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Westmere Weekend Fish Tragedy
March 08, 2004
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Westmere Weekend Fish Tragedy

Auckland Regional Council

ARC pollution control officers pulled out more than 40 banded kokopu (native trout) and 10 eels from a Westmere stream this morning, after concrete slurry burned their gills causing them to suffocate to death.

Pollution control officer Allan Wright was called to Notley Street on the Motions Creek side of Westmere midday on Sunday after local resident Paul Adshead reported what looked like paint in the small stream....Read More

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