Sewage pipe problem: Auckland s Hobson Bay beach unswimmable until 2022
8 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Local resident Bruce Renshaw has lived in Remuera his entire life and swum in Hobson Bay since he was a child. He says he s disgusted at the lack of care for the water quality there.
Tom Dillane is a reporter at the New Zealand Heraldtom.dillane@nzme.co.nz@tomdillane1
People who live near a pretty Auckland beach are flushed with anger because the water remains unsafe for swimming because of old sewerage pipes plugged into stormwater connections. Hobson Bay, the waterfront for the wealthy suburbs of Remuera and Parnell, has been declared an indefinite health hazard and warning signs have been erected along a 6km shoreline.
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