Wellington City Council has been awarded for "showing the most egregious gullibility in the past year". The New Zealand Skeptics conference has awarded the council its annual "bent spoon" accolade for its contractor's use of water divining to find underground pipes. READ MORE:* Not all legends are mere myth - what about water divining? * Why not have our own Wellington City Council Paranormal Team* Wellington City Council contractor Downer uses 'magic' dowsing rods to find pipes"If one of our contractors wants to have a go at dowsing then they should fill their boots - as long as it doesn't cost any money or result in random holes being dug all over the city." Jay Novella, a member of popular podcast The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe said that water divining simply did not work.

Source: Stuff December 01, 2019 00:45 UTC