{"id":561748,"date":"2026-08-07T11:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T11:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/561748\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T11:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T11:46:10","slug":"dog-falls-into-sinkhole-on-porirua-walkway-council-had-been-told-about-water-leak-and-hole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/561748\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog falls into sinkhole on Porirua walkway; council had been told about water leak and hole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"GVVHMTqjHdqyH\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cMy heart went into my throat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"GVVHMTqjHdqyH\" style=\"display:none\">Jones managed to pull her pet out before her head went under. The dog was left covered in silt and sand, and smelling like decomposing plants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"GVVHMTqjHdqyH\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cShe was very wide-eyed, it gave her a fright.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"GVVHMTqjHdqyH\" style=\"display:none\">Missy had swelling on her paws today but was otherwise okay, Jones said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"GVVHMTqjHdqyH\" style=\"display:none\">The walkway was busy and needed to be cordoned off until it could be repaired, she added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"GVVHMTqjHdqyH\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIt\u2019s a serious injury waiting to happen. It\u2019s not small, and if a small child or a small dog falls in there, I don\u2019t think you\u2019d be able to get them out very easily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"GVVHMTqjHdqyH\" style=\"display:none\">A retaining wall was beside the hole next to the beach shore, with water falling down it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"GVVHMTqjHdqyH\" style=\"display:none\">Residents told RNZ the leak had been growing for weeks, along with the hole, which they had reported to the council.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"RNZ measured the hole as being just under a metre deep. Photo \/ RNZ, Baz Macdonald\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>RNZ measured the hole as being just under a metre deep. Photo \/ RNZ, Baz Macdonald<\/p>\n<p class=\"GVVHMTqjHdqyH\" style=\"display:none\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/topic\/porirua-city-council\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/topic\/porirua-city-council\/\">Porirua City Council<\/a> spokesperson said it was concerned about the area and the section of the path would be closed for the weekend. However, it was unclear whose problem it was to fix.<\/p>\n<p class=\"GVVHMTqjHdqyH\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThere will be a further investigation as to who carries responsibility for the leak, which will include talking to nearby boatshed owners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"GVVHMTqjHdqyH\" style=\"display:none\">A spokesperson from the Parks team said council-owned water services agency Tiaki Wai had carried out repairs on the site last week, however, the hole had come back worse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"GVVHMTqjHdqyH\" style=\"display:none\">A Tiaki Wai spokesperson said they had attended and inspected the site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"GVVHMTqjHdqyH\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAs it is a private leak, we will need to work with the responsible owner for them to make the repair,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"GVVHMTqjHdqyH\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe will continue to monitor the site until this repair is underway.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cMy heart went into my throat.\u201d Jones managed to pull her pet out before her head went under.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":561749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1443,95,1558,2220,5205,9219,15248,1351,22528,296,5603,111,43,139,69,90,29462,218174,36655,6859,105587,376],"class_list":["post-561748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-about","tag-and","tag-been","tag-carter","tag-council","tag-dog","tag-falls","tag-had","tag-hole","tag-into","tag-leak","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-on","tag-porirua","tag-sammy","tag-sinkhole","tag-told","tag-walkway","tag-water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}