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For the first time in its history, the national water authority has taken control of a private supply and ordered the local council to operate it.
The move comes after the Far North town of KΔeo clocked up 10 years under a boil-water notice and after 30 days - according to residents - with no running water at all.
Taumata Arowai chief executive Allan Prangnell said it was the first time the authority had taken such a step and it had not been done lightly.
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