Wellington hit by sewage overflow as storm overwhelms failing wastewater system

Five households directly affected by sewage flooding; broader public health risk from contaminated coastal waters affecting swimming and water sports access.

In the early hours of June 5, a fierce thunderstorm did not create Wellington's sewage crisis — it merely made it undeniable. Five Island Bay homes were flooded with raw waste as a blocked main gave way beneath the pressure of a system already broken since February, when the Moa Point treatment plant first failed. For months, millions of litres of untreated sewage have flowed quietly into coastal waters; now the failure has entered people's living rooms. A city's infrastructure, like its patience, has limits — and Wellington is learning what happens when both are exceeded at once.

Wellington hit by sewage overflow as storm overwhelms failing wastewater system

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