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Atide of anger is rising in New Zealand’s capital, Wellington, as the city’s toilets continue to flush directly into the ocean more than two weeks after the catastrophic collapse of its wastewater treatment plant.

Millions of litres of raw and partially screened sewage have been pouring into pristine reefs and a marine reserve along the south coast daily since 4 February, prompting a national inquiry, as the authorities struggle to get the decimated plant operational.

Abandoned beaches, public health warning signs and seagulls eating human waste are now features of the popular coastline, with the environmental disaster zone adjacent to the airport where thousands of international visitors alight every day.

Fears for the safety of marine ecosystems – including vulnerable species such as the little blue penguin, or kororā, which nest along the shore – are mixed with concerns over the length and cost of disruption to those who depend on the coast for income, wellness, and recreation.

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[–] Agrivar@lemmy.world 14 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Is this what happens when your pristine island turns into the escape route for the world's wealthiest assholes? Is the government becoming right-wing and outsourcing everything to shitty corporations? How the heck does the capital let things get this bad?!?

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Is the government becoming right-wing and outsourcing everything to shitty corporations? How the heck does the capital let things get this bad?!?

Americans looking down there like:

I literally get a lot of hate when I try to warn people in other countries that what's destroying the US is an international problem and everyone, everywhere is going to be impacted the same way. It's much easier to retain a smug sense of self-important invulnerability to the things you see happening to "those annoying people over there, they ain't like us."

[–] einkorn@feddit.org 4 points 5 hours ago

Easy: Privatize profits, nationalize costs. No single company is going to pay for the cleanup and associated costs.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Well, that's... Shitty.

Seems like they just had that... Dumped on them.

Seems like you guys... Sprung a leak.

That's a real... National Accident.

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[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 7 hours ago

Kiwi? More like... Pee-Pee.