Hundreds of fish found dead in a north Christchurch stream were of a rare species that is declining in number and regarded as being at risk.
About 800 fish and eels were discovered in a 4-kilometre section of Kaputone Creek in Belfast on Wednesday.
Environment Canterbury (ECan) investigators are analysing water samples and testing the fish for the cause of the deaths.
They believe the fish were killed by a contaminant, possibly something that entered the stream through the stormwater network or from someone dumping something in the creek.
Courtesy of stuff.co.nz
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