The sewage spill happened at Purewa Creek in Meadowbank. Image / Google Maps
A nauseating sewage overflow has highlighted wider wastewater issues in Auckland.
Council member Desley Simpson was called to Meadowbank yesterday by locals who told her raw sewage was coming out of a pipe into Purewa Creek.
She said she was a bit dubious, thinking there shouldn't be sewage coming out
in the middle of a large city.
But when she arrived, it was stomach-churning to see tampons, clumps of wet wipes and what looked like excrement.
Simpson said it was part of a larger problem in Auckland that included beach and water quality.
