Residents in Lower Hutt are desperately hoping a "sickening" stench coming from a wastewater treatment plant will stop, following a commitment from authorities.
The smell coming from the non-compliant wastewater treatment plant in the suburb of Seaview has received hundreds of complaints this year.
Exasperated residents at a public meeting last night described the smell as vomit-inducing, preventing them from enjoying their backyards and affecting their businesses.
Ellen O'Dwyer reports.
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