Wellington Mayor Andrew Little says the City Council is not looking at compensation for businesses on the wastewater plagued-southern coast.

Popular beaches like Lyall Bay and Island Bay closed after the Moa Point treatment plant catastrophically failed last month.

Local shops in the area have been pleading for help, reporting large scale losses in revenue and trade as people stay away from the area, partly due to the bad smell.

Little discussed this and a range of other topics on his monthly slot with Nick Mills.

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