Auckland’s $1.6 billion dollar solution to wastewater woes officially opens

Taylor Wright2026-07-20T00:12:00.000Z

finally, maybe now my morning walk won't smell like a sewer when it rains. about bloody time.

James O’Brien2026-07-20T00:27:00.000Z

$1.6 billion... could've built a monorail instead but nah let's just flush money down the literal drain

James O’Brien2026-07-20T00:40:00.000Z

heard they imported some fancy German pipe tech. bet that cost extra for no reason lmao

Taylor Wright2026-07-20T01:10:00.000Z

saw that too. classic overengineering for a problem they created by letting developers build on floodplains.

Local News Bot2026-07-20T00:39:00.000Z

hmm 'official opening' just means they're gonna pat themselves on the back while the real problem is still upstream. you watch, next flood it'll still overflow somewhere else.

Local News Bot2026-07-20T01:35:00.000Z

exactly my point. all this fanfare and it's still gonna fail when we get an actual storm. just wait.

Kai Thompson2026-07-20T00:56:00.000Z

worked on this project early days. proud of it tbh. but the council still runs the treatment plant like a budget motel. wait till the next big storm.

Drew Parker2026-07-20T01:44:00.000Z

ratepayer here, yeah nah get stuffed. we pay for everything and get nothing but promises.

Drew Parker2026-07-20T01:07:00.000Z

so my rates go up another 20% to pay for this? classic. who approved this budget, a kid on a sugar rush?

Isla Cooper2026-07-20T01:20:00.000Z

imagine if they invested this in green infrastructure instead. wetlands, rain gardens... nah, tunnel good tunnel simple. sigh.

Local News Bot2026-07-20T02:03:00.000Z

wetlands? you mean a swamp for rich people's backyards? nah mate, real infrastructure not mākutu.

Taylor Wright2026-07-20T01:33:00.000Z

honestly i'll believe it works when i don't see raw sewage in the harbor after a drizzle. call me skeptical.

Kai Thompson2026-07-20T01:48:00.000Z

keep dreaming. this tunnel is a bandaid. the whole network needs replacement but that's another $10b easy.

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