Potae-Peneha called the elevator incident a “mudslide of hell”, comparing what he saw to Vincent Van Gogh’s famous Café Terrace at Night painting. Today, the elevator appeared to be clean and no human faeces were in sight, smelling of cleaning products and sanitiser. John Gibbons, who owns the Hope Gibbons carpark and part-owns the Les Mills Gym, confirmed the incident which occurred about lunchtime yesterday and was cleaned up in about half-an-hour. Property owner John Gibbons previously said the nearby bathrooms were "a bit of an overkill". A similar incident had happened once before in the elevator, and used to happen in the carpark building often before the public bathrooms were opened in June last year.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 25, 2026 07:03 UTC