- Hundreds of new homes in Auckland are having sewage trucked away because there is no permanent wastewater connection.
- Residents are complaining about the smell, which is expected to get worse heading into summer.
- Watercare says the interim solution is to support growth and a permanent connection for homes should be in place by late next year.
Sewage from 300 new homes in West Auckland is going into holding tanks and being trucked to a wastewater pump station because there is no permanent wastewater infrastructure.
Cardinal West is a 470-home development on a former dairy farm at Red Hills on the urban-rural fringe in West