Broken water main floods Queen Street in downtown Auckland

Watercare workers clean up a burst water main on lower Queen Street. Photo / Sylvie Whinray

By RNZ

A water main has broken at the bottom of Auckland’s Queen Street.

Mayor Wayne Brown said council staff were working with Fire and Emergency and had confirmed it was drinking water that was spilling and not wastewater.

A clean-up is in progress, and Brown said he would be investigating why it happened.

Broken water main at the bottom of Queen St, my staff are working with Fire and Emergency. They have confirmed it is drinking water and not sewage. Clean up is in progress. I will be investigating why this happened. pic.twitter.com/X3ObvNvd79

— Mayor Wayne Brown (@MayorWayneBrown) August 4, 2023