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Thousands Still Attend Festival After Sewage Spill

Organisers cancelled water events due to sewage from Moa Point plant spill, but thousands attended with some activities relocated, and testing shows no contamination in inner harbour.

Summary by Otago Daily Times
The cancellation of water-based activities at this year's Island Bay Festival didn't put too much of a dampener on the day.

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Thousands still attend festival after sewage spill

The cancellation of water-based activities at this year's Island Bay Festival didn't put too much of a dampener on the day.

·Otago, New Zealand
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Island Bay Festival cancels water-based activities due to sewage spill but thousands still attend

Thousands of people congregated at the festival which had to cancel one of its headline events, the Blessing of the Boats, earlier this week.

·New Zealand
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RNZ broke the news in New Zealand on Sunday, February 8, 2026.
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