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America's Cup: Bringing Wynyard Point into the 21st century

by Sail-World.com/nz 30 Sep 2019 03:48 PDT 30 September 2019
The second tranche of storage tanks come out of Wynyard Point to make way for further America's Cup base and activity areas - September 22, 2019 © Richard Gladwell

ONE News' Nicole Bremner, took a look around Wynyard Point and the rectification work that is being undertaken to repair almost a century of environmental abuse and broken storm water and contamination.

At the same time care is being taken to preserve something of the history of the area. Many of the techniques being used are quite innovative from an engineering perspective, in an attempt to bring century old structures up to current standards.

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