Homes in New Zealand’s capital, Wellington, are flooded with faeces and sanitary items after an overnight storm leads to a wastewater overflow. Wellington Water says intense rain worsens an incident in the Island Bay area, where a wastewater main becomes blocked. The utility company reports that the overflow affects five properties. Wellington Water dispatches crews to clean affected homes, including removing faeces and other waste and disinfecting indoor areas. The company also places a suction truck on site to help remove material from the overflow location. Media reports describe the situation as a significant sewage discharge that results from the blockage, rather than from a widely stated treatment plant failure in this specific incident. While additional context is noted about ongoing challenges following earlier storms, the immediate cause identified by Wellington Water for the current flooding is the blocked wastewater main during the recent downpour.