Colac Bay is a small town and popular surfing spot 40km west of Invercargill. Kevin Mulqueen leans against a sign he attached to the fence of his Colac Bay home. We don’t want another Fox River,” he says, referring to the Fox Glacier landfill which was ripped open by floods in March 2019. Alan and Deen McKay have been fighting Southland District Council over an eroding road and adjacent dump site in Colac Bay. The trio, who form part of the Colac Bay Erosion Committee, are asking the same question.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 08, 2021 02:03 UTC