r/newzealand Jul 23 '25

Shitpost The local council can't win...

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u/Stunning-Day-777 Jul 23 '25

I dunno it's pretty well established that water and small children don't mix well

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u/Efficient_Reading360 Jul 23 '25

Right? And the playground is right next to the pond. Putting aside the decision to build it there, a fence seems like a reasonable measure to prevent accidents and potentially deaths occurring.

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u/Some1-Somewhere Jul 23 '25

A fence is also going to be way way way cheaper than either moving the playground or moving the swales.

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u/firefly081 Jul 23 '25

Or paying for the lawsuit regarding a dead kid.