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Moa Point shows we live in a world where inadequacy is accepted, what happened to accountability? - Heather du Plessis-Allan

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  • A Herald opinion column argues that the Moa Point wastewater spill exposed a failure of accountability after heavy rain affected Wellington’s treatment plant.
  • The column places the incident among recent cases in which the public was let down without anyone accepting blame.

What happened to accountability? That is the question posed by Herald columnist Heather du Plessis-Allan after the Moa Point wastewater spill in Wellington.

She says the incident forms part of a recent pattern in which the public has been badly let down but no one has taken responsibility. The case at Moa Point followed a night of heavy rain in February, when the wastewater treatment plant was affected.

For du Plessis-Allan, the episode is not only about what happened at the plant. It has become an example of a wider failure to identify who was responsible when essential public services fell short.

Her argument is that inadequacy has become accepted without a corresponding demand for accountability.

What has happened to accountability?

· Heather du Plessis-AllanOpening question in her opinion column about the Moa Point wastewater spill and responsibility for the failure.
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