Excavation of contaminated soil begins shortly at a Ponsonby school a year after a fire spread asbestos around the neighbourhood.
The soil already had asbestos in it before the fire which destroyed two classrooms.
For neighbours it is the latest instalment in what they say has been a terribly handled public health emergency.
Phil Pennington reports.
The Education Ministry admits it dropped the ball with neighbours, that they faced significant disruption last Christmas holidays and its communications were 'simply not good enough'
It is promising to improve, and to set up a national asbestos management working group to help schools and kura identify and manage asbestos.
