Tokomaru Bay residents can be found at their beaches picking up rubbish washed ashore from their defunct landfill after rainfall events. Rubbish, sediment and woody debris choke the Mangahauini River and a local says people have not been able to swim or fish there since 2021. But the community could be closer to a quicker resolution to these environmental and health issues after the remediation of the contaminated Tokomaru Bay legacy landfill wa…
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