Devonport tops a list of the most polluted Defence Force bases in the country.
Trentham in Upper Hutt, which like Devonport has a lot of housing nearby, ranks among the top five most expensive bases to decontaminate even partially.
Ohakea, Whenuapai, Waiouru and Burnham round out the dirtiest defence sites, among the 21 ranked in a 2019 report newly released under the Official Information Act.
Phil Pennington has been looking into it.
