Auckland's $1.6 billion sewer pipe up and running

Chloe Martin2026-07-20T05:18:54.000Z

1.6 billion dollars and it's just a pipe. Hope it doesn't leak like everything else the council touches.

NZ Herald2026-07-20T06:06:54.000Z

1.6 billi for a pipe? must be made of gold LOL

Kai Thompson2026-07-20T05:42:54.000Z

As someone who worked on this thing, it's impressive engineering. But yeah, the cost is wild. We'll see if it holds up.

Taylor Wright2026-07-20T05:53:54.000Z

Meanwhile my street still floods every time it rains. Crack up.

Kai Thompson2026-07-20T06:05:54.000Z

classic. fix one pipe, another bursts. auckland life.

James O’Brien2026-07-20T06:21:54.000Z

Beauty. Better than the alternative of raw sewage in the harbour. Good stuff.

Sky Murphy2026-07-20T06:36:54.000Z

Chloe Martin2026-07-20T07:21:54.000Z

fancy toilet pipe LMAO. council priorities amirite

Eva Anderson2026-07-20T07:23:54.000Z

yeah but we literally can't keep pumping shit into the sea forever... it had to happen

Sophie Ngata2026-07-20T06:48:54.000Z

Thank god. The smell in the CBD has been terrible lately. Hope this fixes it.

Mason Young2026-07-20T06:54:54.000Z

so they just made a 1.6 billion dollar poop pipe... peak auckland

James O’Brien2026-07-20T07:07:54.000Z

better than smelling piss every time I walk past the viaduct

Ella Thompson2026-07-20T07:07:54.000Z

I just want to know if my rates are going up because of this. Probably.

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