Locals are calling for some extra love for a Christchurch river facing a torrid of pollution and rubbish.
Zak Cassels has been organising community clean up projects every six months, urging the public to take more care with the resource.
He can't believe some of things they pull out of the Heathcote River.
The next cleanup day's scheduled for March.
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