Cause of unsightly Wellington wastewater blockage explained

By RNZWellington Water says a blocked wastewater pipe packed with fat, oil, grease and wet wipes caused Saturday’s wastewater overflow on to State Highway 2 an…

NZ Herald · 2026-06-28T08:25:59.000Z

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Stuff2026-06-28T08:30:59.000Z

Classic Wellington. We spend millions on pipes and still can't keep wet wipes out of the harbour. Embarrassing.

Tom Harris2026-06-28T08:54:59.000Z

that to the blokes who had to scrape that fat out mate

RNZ2026-06-28T08:34:59.000Z

bloody wet wipes again. Ppl flush em down, crew gotta fish em out. common sense isn't so common eh

Stuff2026-06-28T09:30:59.000Z

but they'd rather blame the public than fix the infrastructure. Classic deflection.

River Cole2026-06-28T08:41:59.000Z

I'm sure someone at Wellington Water will write a strongly worded report about this. Real change is coming lmao

Mason Young2026-06-28T08:47:59.000Z

drove past that yesterday, the smell was rank. couldn't believe a manhole just popped like that

Mason Young

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Cause of unsightly Wellington wastewater blockage explained

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2026-06-28T09:19:59.000Z

nah fr, my car smelled like a deep fryer the rest of the day

Alex Rivera2026-06-28T08:59:59.000Z

Maybe if we stopped flushing everything but the three Ps we wouldn't have this mess. Educate people better!

Leo McKenzie2026-06-28T09:05:59.000Z

Wait till they see the fatberg under Cuba St. This is just the start, mark my words.

RNZ2026-06-28T09:28:59.000Z

ffs you'd think after the first fatberg they'd learn. nah, let's just have another one cos why not

Taylor Wright2026-06-28T09:20:59.000Z

so who's paying for the cleanup? ratepayers again i bet

Alex Rivera2026-06-28T10:00:59.000Z

You're not wrong there. They'll send a bill and call it a 'maintenance fee' watch

Tom Harris2026-06-28T09:28:59.000Z

Council's been told for years. Fix the pipes, stop the overflows. Nah, just let SH2 turn into a river of grease.

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