A Wellington college has had to send its students home due to a water fault.
One of the pipes in a new building at Newlands College has ruptured, causing a significant amount of water to run into the drains and build-up pressure under the asphalt.
Principal Grant Jones said he was concerned as the drains carried all the schools cabling, heating and power were starting to fill with water.
He said the school had shut off the water, sent students home and called in a digger to isolate the problem.
He said all students had an emergency plan in such an event and the school had organised for either parents to come and pick them up or buses to take them home.
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Wellington students sent home due to water fault
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