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Residents of a central Auckland suburb are fed up with frequent sewage overflows ruining what should be a picturesque coastal view.
A community group in Hobson Bay, just east of the city centre, says the council is responding too slowly to the flood of faeces.
Rain or shine, local woman Margot Nicholson said sewage was a regular sight.
"We have dry weather spills, which are from broken pipes and blockages and things. Those are happening almost all the time," she said.
"In wet weather, the phrase we use is: if it's wet enough for your hair to get wet ... there will be spills."
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Hobson Bay and the neighbouring Judges Bay had been haunted by frequent wastewater spills for several years.
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