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The results from the new samples are expected to be available tomorrow evening.

The results from the new samples are expected to be available tomorrow evening.

News from Ministry of Health Results from more wastewater samples collected from the Wellington region are expected this evening. These new samples were collected following two earlier samples returning weak positive results that are likely due to recently recovered cases continuing to shed the virus. The Ministry is encouraging anyonewith symptoms, especially if they are in the Wellington region, to get tested promptly. This advice also applies to recent visitors to the Wellington region. Any...

Kevin Stent/Stuff Extensive repair work on pipes beneath Mt Albert at Island Bay ran for months in 2020, and now residents have been told there is more to come. (File Photo). Island Bay residents are being told to expect three months of foul odours due to maintenance work on a major sewerage pipe. It’s another kick in the guts for a community that suffered through months of the “overpowering” stench of sewage after extensive damage was found in a pipe deep beneath Wellington in 2020. T...

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...

It would mean residential ratepayers pay a levy of $70 to $100 per year, on top of rates. Wellington City Councillor Sean Rush, who holds the Three Waters portfolio, said the levy would give the council more ability to fund projects without breaching debt limits. “It frees up funding for other projects such as water and the libraries,” he said. Wellington City Council is currently working with Crown Infrastructure Partners to develop a proposal to submit to Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga Min...

Confusion over one line in the city council's operating budget sets alarm bells ringing.

STUFF A huge fountain erupted in Aro Valley sending torrents of water down Aro Street, as Wellingtons pipe networks woes continue. Wellington’s pipes are at breaking point. Cracks, leaks, and bursts are spilling sewage and water on to city streets and into the harbour. In the last week, a “very highly critical” wastewater pipe ruptured, spilling sewage across two central city streets, and a main burst, sending an enormous fountain 20 metres into the air and flooding Aro St. Last summe...

Calls for kayakers to carry locator beacons in wake of Koyren Campbell disappearance 25 Jan, 2021 11:52 PM 2 minutes to read The search for missing kayaker Koyren Campbell. Photo / Jack Crossland NZ Herald The employer of a Wellington kayaker missing for over a week has encouraged a requirement that all water-goers carry a locator beacon. It follows the disappearance of kayaker Koyren Campbell, 22, who has been missing since failing to return from a fishing trip eight days ago. His employer, D...

Campbell’s family thanked those involved in the official search effort, which included police search and rescue, maritime, and dive units, the Navy and Air Force, the Westpac Rescue Helicopter, the Nelson Rescue helicopter, the Airport Rescue boats, and the Coastguard. But an unofficial search effort continues, operating out of a company van emblazoned with Campbell’s image. “We won’t stop,” says Downer. KEVIN STENT/Stuff The work van of David Downer. Poor weather over the last we...