20 Feb 2026

Wellingtonians disturbed by sewage exploding from toilets

From Checkpoint, 4:34 pm on 20 February 2026

Residents in the Wellington suburb of Miramar are disturbed after sewage exploded out of their toilets. Work being done by Wellington Water contractors apparently caused the sewage to back up. It comes after a major failure at the nearby Moa Point water treatment plant earlier this month which has discharged millions of litres of raw sewage into the Cook Strait every day. Kaya Selby reports.