Watercare has a stormwater overflow outlet in Taipari Strand, Te Atatu Peninsula, which is designed to spew raw sewage into the Henderson/Taikata Creek during heavy rainfall. 

Henderson Creek is being contaminated by sewage discharged after heavy rain from the number 10 outlet of the Whenuapi Line, located in Taipari Strand behind the watersports clubrooms near the Roy Ranby boardwalk and below Matipo Primary School and Crieff Place.

Watercare and Auckland Council have never warned the public of the danger to health and safety nor done anything to prevent it.

Sewage contamination risk affects the watersports clubs and the public who fish or let their dogs and children swim in the tidal river around the pontoon.

Complaints laid with Auckland Council and Watercare have finally resulted in a meeting scheduled to occur onsite which will involve officials from these organizations, members of the Henderson-Massey Local Board, and the public.

You are being invited to a meeting on:

Thursday 20th August, starting at 9AM, outside the Waitemata Rowing Club rooms, Taipari Strand

• The meeting should last about an hour to discuss this important health and safety issue. We need to give Auckland Council and Watercare a clear and unforgettable message about what we expect of them.
• What we need to achieve from this meeting is to make Auckland Council and Watercare fully accept their legal responsibilities and commit to undertaking concrete and effective action to remedy the situation.
• For Watercare, that means an engineering solution to terminate the sewage discharges and in the interim a reliable monitoring system that reports all sewage spills immediately to Auckland Council.
• For Auckland Council, that means its Safeswim division monitoring water quality and putting up health and safety signage regarding sewage spills at Taipari Strand and other places like Chapman Strand where people enter the water along the Henderson Creek.

If you support this call for change, please come along to the meeting or sign the petition so we can send Auckland Council and Watercare a strong message from our community! STOP POLLUTING OUR RIVER AND BACKYARD!!

Supported by members of Forest & Bird Motu Manawa Restroation Group (motumanawa@gmail.com) and members of Friends of Harbourview (harbourviewpark@gmail.com) - email us your views!