‘It’s Devastating’: Generations-Old Eel Population Wiped Out in Wairoa Stream

‘It’s devastating’: Generations-old eel population wiped out in stream

Hundreds of eels, including breeding stock thought to be 40 to 50-years-old, have been found dead in the Waiatai Stream near Wairoa.

‘It’s devastating’: Generations-old eel population wiped out in Wairoa stream

Hundreds of tuna (eels), including breeding stock thought to be 40 to 50 years old, have been found dead in the Waiatai Stream near Wairoa. Darren Hill,...

Hundreds of decades-old eels found dead in Waiatai Stream

Reading Time: 3 minutes By Linda Hall for LDR Hundreds of tuna (eels), including breeding stock thought to be 40 to 50 years old, have been found dead in the Waiatai Stream near Wairoa. Darren Hill, whose family has farmed the land in the Waiatai Valley for generations, noticed something wasn’t right on Sunday. “My farm is near the Waiatai drain,” Hill said. “On Sunday, when I went to pump out of the main drain, all the eels in it around my pump…