The Cook Islands Government has called on a Chinese company to replace about a third of the pipeline it laid as part of a huge water system upgrade on Rarotonga.
Te Mato Vai, which is being built with the help of China and New Zealand, began four years ago.
But it has been beset by problems and one recommendation is all the work on Stage One be dug up and the government start again.
Don Wiseman has more.
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Work on the Te Mato Vai water project in Rarotonga, Cook Islands Photo: Phillipa Webb / Cook Islands News