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	Podcast:		Checkpoint
	Episode:		Watercare agree to compensation after oyster farmers left without income
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:05:08
	Publish Date:		2025-11-12 03:51:00
	Description:		Watercare has agreed a compensation deal with oyster farmers left without an income after tens of thousands of litres of sewage spilled into the Mahurangi Harbour contaminating their oyster beds. A fault at Watercare's new Warkworth Wastewater Treatment plant caused the massive sewage overflow. Testing then revealed the harbour's oysters were contaminated, Forcing the oyster farms to shut down for a minimum 28 days. Mahurangi Oyster Association chairperson Lynette Dunn spoke to Lisa Owen.
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