17 Feb 2020

Water infrastructure problems across New Zealand

From Afternoons, 2:19 pm on 17 February 2020

Wellington and Auckland in particular are battling ageing water pipes that aren't up to the job of burgeoning populations. 

Metro Magazine's digital editor Tess Nichol has been investigating a particularly smelly result of Auckland's issues which is making its beaches much less appealing to swimmers.

A swimming warning sign at Brown's Bay beach in Auckland.

Photo: RNZ / Liu Chen