18 Sep 2023

Locals question council plans to concrete over creek

From Morning Report, 6:42 am on 18 September 2023

A community group on Auckland's Te Atatu peninsula is questioning council plans to pour concrete and turn one of the last creeks in the area into a stormwater pipe.

Aging infrastructure and storms have exposed the urgent need to upgrade the city's pipes.

But the Rivercare Group Te Wai o Pareira says siloed agencies making decisions will make things worse for locals and the environment.

Jessie Chiang reports.