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![Blocked drains cause supermarket flood](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Blocked drains cause supermarket flood
The Auckland City Council is under fire after neglected storm water drains flooded a supermarket.
![<i>Mike Reid:</i> Council 'flexibility' may mean privatisation by stealth](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
<i>Mike Reid:</i> Council 'flexibility' may mean privatisation by stealth
Mike Reid writes on council control of water services and options for the future.
![Meridian and DOC request hold on dam appeals](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Meridian and DOC request hold on dam appeals
Meridian Energy and DOC have filed a joint memorandum in the Environment Court requesting the appeals relating to the Mokihinui hydro proposal be put on hold.
![Waterless Sunday in Howick after mains valve fails](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Waterless Sunday in Howick after mains valve fails
Water supply to Howick and Bucklands Beach areas should be back to normal today after a valve failure.
![Failure leaves thousands without water](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Failure leaves thousands without water
A break in a water main has left thousands of people without water across east Auckland since earlier this morning.
![Weather watch: Sick and tired](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Weather watch: Sick and tired
I mentioned the other week about how “sick and tired” I was for paying so many rates and having, what I feel, is a fairly average service in return.
![<i>Margaret Devlin:</i> Water industry needs regulation to flourish](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
<i>Margaret Devlin:</i> Water industry needs regulation to flourish
Margaret Devlin, a professional director, writes on water providers, monopolies and necessary controls.
![<i>Weather Watch</i>: Auckland's water crisis](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
<i>Weather Watch</i>: Auckland's water crisis
Weather analyst Philip Duncan can't believe Aucklanders are being asked to conserve water.
![Auckland facing water restrictions](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Auckland facing water restrictions
A lack of rainfall could see Auckland's water storage lakes fall to 50 percent by the end of May.
![Iwi defends Meridian Energy payment over dam](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Iwi defends Meridian Energy payment over dam
A West Coast iwi has defended its decision to accept money from Meridian Energy for advice on the effects of a $300 million hydro dam.
![Meridian paid iwi after position change on dam](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Meridian paid iwi after position change on dam
Meridian Energy paid money to the local West Coast iwi after the iwi changed its position on a $300 million hydro dam.
![Mayor backs $300m hydro dam plan](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Mayor backs $300m hydro dam plan
Mayor Pat McManus says there's no shortage of water on the West Coast and the 'silent majority' of locals support the proposed Mokihinui dam.
![Downpours 'no drought breaker'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Downpours 'no drought breaker'
Forecasters and frustrated farmers say short bursts of heavy showers yesterday will do little to break droughts.
![Rain coming, but then it's back to the drought](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Rain coming, but then it's back to the drought
Parts of the drought-stricken north are expected to get their first rain in more than two months, but forecasters warn they are unlikely to be the end of the drought.
![How the West poisoned Bangladesh](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
How the West poisoned Bangladesh
Up to 20 million people in Bangladesh are at risk of suffering early deaths because of arsenic poisoning - the legacy of a well-intentioned but ill-planned water project.