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Wellington.Scoop More than a hundred people attended a public hui in Titahi Bay last night to discuss plans to continue discharging sewage into Porirua Harbour. Titahi Bay residents have long been concerned about the discharge of untreated sewage into their bay. There was disappointment that the mayor of Porirua did not attend the hui, and that no city councillors or regional councillors were present to hear the residents’ concerns. The meeting made a unanimous decision to ask why the Mayor and the councillors did not attend. And there was a consensus that commissioners are needed to consider the issue, as the resource consent process provides no clear plan or financial strategy to fix frequent polluting from an ageing treatment plant.