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Poor effluent performance
It seems like the city people aren’t that competent at handling their effluent.
Thirty or 40 years ago, Dunedin had a problem with effluent on its beaches, and Napier, too. To fix the problem, they extended their pipelines further out to sea so the fish got to live on it.
When Havelock got contaminated, the townies immediately accused farmers. Turned out it wasn’t farming at all.
Queenstown originally tried to blame their effluent problem on stock contamination, but have now decided its human effluent that is causing the problem. Taupo had a big spill into the lake six or seven years ago, and Taupo’s water goes all the way to Waikato, feeding lots of towns along the way, as well as Auckland’s water supply.
Now Warkworth is having effluent spills and it is ending up in the Mahurangi River.
The people in control of the city’s sewage should be prosecuted, the same as farmers are.
And why aren’t Forest & Bird protesting about this? They were very quick to condemn farmers with their dirty dairying campaign.
There should be a dirty city campaign as well.
G.F. Taylor, Mangawhai
Just like Auckland
I just wanted to reach out and thank Auckland Transport (AT) for bringing some big city thinking to our rustic backwater.
Now I’m not always one to appreciate AT given that nine months later they still have not mustered the wherewithal to get Ahuroa road open. Two humans can build another human in less time.
In this instance though, I think they need to be congratulated for their idea of introducing paid parking to Warkworth. Not for the revenue purposes that some cynical readers might assume, but to encourage turnover of shoppers. For example, instead of relaxing over a coffee patrons will chug their scolding brews and rush off so the next wave of customers can get parked.
Could this genius idea be the catalyst for bringing us simple country folk out of the dark ages?
What other aspect of Auckland enlightenment could we also adopt? I’ve noticed a dearth of rough sleepers in the town centre, could AT bus some in from central Auckland?
When I purchase my recreational drug of choice, a tasty craft beer, my local dealer does not even wear a gang patch!
The absence of dirt bikers zooming around Lucy Moore Memorial Park just makes our town look sleepy. And what would St Greta say if she knew Warkworth Queen St had not been converted to cycle and bus lanes?
If we all pull together and support AT, then and with a bit of mahi we can make Warkworth like any other thriving Auckland suburb. Thank you AT.
S Gonzales, Ahuroa
Patching, and counting
In response to the recent article about the Matakana Rd surface (MM Oct 23), I counted 62 patches, courtesy of Vector between the Warkworth substation and Clayden Road. Anyone, feel free to check the number and correct me. I really hope the high voltage power cable they were installing isn’t as ‘patchy’.
Goldsworthy, Omaha
