Auckland Transport disputes slip responsibility

It is not the first time the bank in Whitaker Road has slipped onto the road. The slip took out the landowner’s water pipe and exposed the gas pipe at the front of the property. The garden shed and its contents ended up on the road. A Warkworth couple is at their wit’s end trying to motivate Auckland Transport (AT) to fix an eroding bank on their boundary, which they say is owned by AT. However, AT says it is not their problem. During heavy rain earlier this month, part of the bank in front of Jo and Matt Wildermoth’s home collapsed, taking their gardening shed and equipment with it, and block...