¾ÅÒ»ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ

ZB ZB
Opinion
Live now
Start time
Playing for
End time
Listen live
Up next
ZB

Water NZ CEO on the need to invest in water infrastructure following Wellington wastewater spill

Author
¾ÅÒ»ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞtalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 6 Feb 2026, 2:30pm
The Moa Point Wastewater Treatment Plant. Photo / Mark Mitchell
The Moa Point Wastewater Treatment Plant. Photo / Mark Mitchell

Water NZ CEO on the need to invest in water infrastructure following Wellington wastewater spill

Author
¾ÅÒ»ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞtalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 6 Feb 2026, 2:30pm

Following this weeks wastewater spill in Wellington Gillian Blythe, Water NZ CEO, has emphasised the need for a reform of water infrastructure and oversight. 

"I think what's really critical is that we need to have regulatory oversight and we need to be able to highlight what it is that the the type of non-compliance is," she told Andrew Dickens. 

"Sometimes those non-compliances can be at the lower end, whether a report was filed at the right time, whether a sample was taken in the right time period, but some of them will be at the more complex end, and we need to make sure that we are focusing on that information."

LISTEN ABOVE

Take your Radio, Podcasts and Music with you