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Caption:Kura Moeahu at Waiwhetu Stream.Photo credit:RNZ / Samuel RillstoneTe Rūnanganui o Te Āti Awa and Whaiwhetū Marae chair Kura Moeahu.RNZ / Baz MacdonaldA sign warning of the wastewater spill at Moa Point in March.RNZ / Samuel RillstoneThe Seaview plant.RNZ / Krystal GibbensWellington Water’s chief operating officer Charles Barker.RNZ / Samuel Rillstone
Wellington Harbour is off limits for swimmers with strong southerlies, rain and rough seas forecast to ease heading into Wednesday.
Wellington’s Moa Point treatment plant will not be fully fixed until at least a year after it catastrophically failed. In a timeline released on Wednesday, Wellington Water and Wellington City Council say the wastewater treatment plant is expected to be fully restored by February 2027 - and raw sewage should be able to be treated by November this year.
Sea-level around New Zealand has risen by 20 centimetres in the past century, and is forecast to continue to rise.
Residents in Wellington’s Island Bay say they were disgusted to find a stream of faecal matter and sanitary products from overflowing maintenance hole covers during heavy rain overnight. 5 June 2026.
Slips scar the hills around Cape Palliser on Wairarapa’s south coast.
Homelessness Bin the Ban letter for parliment
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Some of the mysterious bottles of milk left at a fuel stop in Alexandra.
Falling coins of different political party colours.
New Zealand table tennis player Lucas Alexandre
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