Wellington.Scoop report by Mary Argue
Building waste fragments suspected to contain asbestos have been found on a popular beach track near Seatoun in Wellington. Local Anne Taylor was left feeling “gutted” after her discovery while walking in the Oruaiti Reserve, east of Seatoun beach.
The artist and “citizen scientist” reported her findings to the Wellington City Council supplying photographs and the location of the fragments.
After nearly a month of being a “squeaky wheel,” Taylor learned the information was with a beach clean-up crew who also remove asbestos near Moa Point and at the edge of the Taputeranga Marine Reserve between Houghton Bay and Hungerford Road.