The $2.3 million toilets

The Herald reports:

A new public toilet block is causing a stir in the capital with its rainbow lighting exterior and $2.3m price tag dubbed a “bit of an overkill” by a neighbouring property owner.

The Inglewood Place toilets opened last week on the corner of Taranaki and Dixon streets in Wellington’s CBD. …

The new block replaces toilets removed from nearby Te Aro Park in 2022, after they became a hot spot for crime and antisocial behaviour and represented a “cause of hurt for mana whenua due to their proximity to Te Aro Pā”, the council said at the time.

What caused the hurt to mana whenua due to proximity to Te Aro Pa? Was it the toilets or the crime?

Anyway $2.3 million for toilets seems rather excessive.