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Weeks after a 1200-cubic-metre wastewater spill into the Mahurangi River, Auckland oyster farmers are dealing with the effects of another overflow, which they say has stuffed their Christmas season.
Watercare confirmed to RNZ that on 19 November, Warkworth experienced more than half the town's average rainfall for the entire month, a total of 53mm overnight.
An estimated 86 cubic metres of wastewater mixed with stormwater overflowed into the river from a Warkworth pipeline, the engineered overflow point on Elizabeth Street.
The Ministry of Primary Industries instructed growers to suspend harvesting while it carried out testing, with results expected this week.
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