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	Podcast:		Checkpoint
	Episode:		Oyster farmers still waiting for promised compensation from Watercare
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:05:03
	Publish Date:		2025-12-18 04:18:00
	Description:		Nearly two months on from a sewage spill that completely destroyed their crops, Mahurangi oyster farmers are still waiting to see a full compensation package. 1200 cubic metres of sewage overflowed from a Watercare pump station in late October, contaminating thousands of oysters in the Mahurangi river and preventing the farmers from harvesting for nearly a month. Watercare agreed to give a million dollars in compensation to 10 affected farmers, who split it between them, and the organisation promised to provide a second payment before the end of the year. But as Evie Richardson reports, the farmers are still waiting and getting increasingly desperate.
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