A group of Wellington residents are preparing for a month of broken sleep while a pipe's being fixed, at night time only.

Wellington Water's repairing Aro Valley's Holloway Road wastewater pipe.

The narrow road must fully close - so to maintain access, works are being done overnight.

Local, Derek Thunder, says that doesn't stack up. 

"There's not a lot of traffic on our streets, there's about as much at night as there is during the day."

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A group of Wellington residents are preparing for a month of broken sleep while a pipe's being fixed, at night time only.
Wellington Water's repairing Aro Valley's Holloway Road wastewater pipe.
The narrow road must fully close - so to maintain access, works are being done overnight.
Local, Derek Thunder, says that doesn't stack up.&nbsp;
"There's not a lot of traffic on our streets, there's about as much at night as there is during the day."
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With a straight down the middle approach, Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive on Newstalk ZB delivers the very latest news and views to New Zealanders as they wrap up their day.

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Derek Thunders: Wellington local on the outrage over Wellington Water’s noisy overnight works

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