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Eugene Doyle has been leading the fight to clean up the bay after it was repeatedly contaminated by fecal pollution. He spoke to The Dominion Post about his favourite spots in Wellington.
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.
News from Greater Wellington Regional Council
Bill, 8, from Wellington and Ellie, 11, from Kāpiti were today announced as the winners of Metlink’s ‘Design a bus’ colouring contest, meaning their designs will be turned into two Metlink buses hitting Wellington’s streets next month.
These talented tamariki were chosen out of 15 finalists and hundreds of entries for the popular contest which Metlink ran last month as part of the Brendan Foot Supersite Round the Bays activities.
Bill is especially excited to board his bus to the beach. He says, “I love swimming in the sea and often go to Island Bay with my friends, so it would be fun to get on my bus to go swimming. But what I am most looking forward to little children being able to go on my bus and choose where they sit by pointing at the different fish.”