‘Slumsville’ owner told to pay up

• An Auckland developer faces a bill of $90,000 after erecting eight temporary houses that flushed human waste into a stream.

Augustine Lau has a history of legal trouble, with numerous court judgments finding against him, including a case concerning earthworks at two waterfront properties at Waiwera that caused a steep and dangerous bank, another around a garage illegally converted into a “house”, and another dealing with a Paremoremo section where relocatable houses were installed to create what neighbours described as “slumsville”.

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