"Horrified" locals share "disgusting" changes in swimming spot
<p>South Auckland locals are "horrified" by their local swimming spot that has been forced to close due to an increase in E.coli bacteria.</p>
<p>According to<span> </span><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/01/waiuku-locals-disgusted-after-waitangi-falls-closed-over-faeces-e-coli-pollution.html" target="_blank"><em>NewsHub</em></a><em>,<span> </span></em>the popular swimming spot at Waitangi Falls in Waiuku is so full of both animal and human faeces that residents have been avoiding the spot all summer.</p>
<p>The smell coming from the once-popular swimming spot has is enough for people to stay far away.</p>
<p>"It's horrifying, it's rubbish," one person says.</p>
<p>"I wouldn't even go closer than I am now," another adds.</p>
<p>"I'm just absolutely horrified, I'm disgusted that you come down for a swim and this is what you're greeted with. It's soul-destroying," a third agreed.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">'It's horrifying': Waiuku locals disgusted after popular Waitangi Falls closed over faeces, E.coli pollution <a href="https://t.co/ZIRHyZNcJc">https://t.co/ZIRHyZNcJc</a></p>
— Newshub (@NewshubNZ) <a href="https://twitter.com/NewshubNZ/status/1355790427102666757?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2021</a></blockquote>
<p>Resident Dorothy Hoskins has said that the council should've acted sooner.</p>
<p>"We need action. Seven days have gone now, seven days of literally shit pouring into the Manukau Harbour - this is a beautiful harbour, people live on this harbour. Something needs to be done and needs to be done now," she says.</p>
<p>In a statement, the Council says its pollution response team is "monitoring levels and will continue to do so until water quality is back to normal".</p>
<p>"The cause of this pollution is now under investigation," it added.</p>
<p>But locals say something needs to be done now to clean it.</p>
<p>"We have to act," Hoskins says.</p>
