Locals question council plans to concrete over creek
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A community group on Auckland's Te Atatu peninsula is questioning council plans to pour concrete and turn one of the last creeks in the area into a stormwater pipe.
Aging infrastructure and storms have exposed the urgent need to upgrade the city's pipes.
But the Rivercare Group Te Wai o Pareira says siloed agencies making decisions will make things worse for locals and the environment.
Jessie Chiang reports.