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    Waikato's Matamata-Piako District Council has been fined 105 thousand dollar for unlawfully discharging wastewater from its treatment plant in Waihou, near Te Aroha

    Waikato's Matamata-Piako District Council has been fined 105 thousand dollar for unlawfully discharging wastewater from its treatment plant in Waihou, near Te Aroha


    It relates to repeated discharges of sewage over the daily discharge volume, and failing to comply with consent reporting between November 2022 and October 2023.

    The council had faced warnings for similar breaches between 2017 and 2022.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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