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‘Ungodly, Heavy Smell’: Bottles Flushed Down Toilets Blamed for Closure of Popular Swimming Spot

Raw sewage from a blocked septic system caused by bottles in toilets led to beach closure and health warnings affecting multiple nearby beaches, officials said.

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Investigations into the closure of a popular Christchurch swimming spot have found that a foul-smelling odour was caused by a septic tank overflowing after...

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Bottles in toilets caused sewage leak that closed beach

People putting bottles in public toilets are being blamed for a wastewater system overflow that closed a popular Christchurch beach over the weekend.

·Otago, New Zealand
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‘Ungodly, heavy smell’: Bottles flushed down toilets blamed for closure of popular swimming spot

Investigations into the closure of a popular Christchurch swimming spot have found that a foul-smelling odour was caused by a septic tank overflowing after...

·Auckland, New Zealand
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Sewage leak that closed popular beach blamed on bottles in toilets

A health warning was issued after raw sewage was detected at Corsair Bay in Lyttelton at the weekend.

·New Zealand
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RNZ broke the news in New Zealand on Monday, January 12, 2026.
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