The smell is obvious as soon as you get out of the car on Carlton Ave: the smell of animal effluent.
It's not an uncommon smell in New Zealand but it's one that the residents of Carlton Ave, near Carlton School, are getting sick of.
Chris Winchcombe has lived opposite Carlton School for 28 years and he said stock trucks were "just part of the furniture" as the street formed part of SH3.
But Mr Winchcombe said what has become problematic in recent years is stock trucks dumping their effluent on the road.
"It's an ongoing problem, and it does happen quite often. A truck will pull over to the side of the road to go to the dairy, and they'll dump their effluent on the side of the road."