Help protect our environment from landfill

Hui 10th July 2021

15 July 2021

A HUGE THANKS to everyone who attended our hui on Saturday 10th July. What a wonderful feeling of togetherness and hope. Our strength is in our unity. So thank you to our wonderful community, iwi, legal, central & local government representatives & media. Your individual contributions and commitment to this collective fight make protecting our environment possible.

Special mentions to Rob (hall audio & visuals), Fred (entertainment) & Zandri (live stream), you helped make this a very successful event.

Te Ao Maori News coverage of our hui:

https://www.teaomaori.news/fight-abolish-landfill-gathers-steam?fbclid=IwAR37U7iWH1_L9wzVORWqaZiaF74FU4yWpmd80ts-uoB-SrpLATKYuXksp7E

For anyone who wasn't there, here are livestream video's in order, along with notes on their content.

Video 1: https://www.facebook.com/zandri.spies/videos/857385961854940

Content: Mikaera Miru (Fight the Tip/Te Uri o Hau) > Michelle Carmichael (Fight the Tip) > Alan Riwaka (Ngati Whatua) > Ringi Brown (Ngati Manuhiri) > Marja Lubeck (Labour MP) > Greg Sayers (Auckland Rodney Councillor) > Colin Smith (Rodney Local Board) > Jason Smith (Kaipara District Mayor) > Andrew Braggins (Environmental Lawyer for Fight the Tip) > Community questions

Video 2: https://www.facebook.com/zandri.spies/videos/351941203204175

Content: Open forum & questions

Video 3: https://www.facebook.com/zandri.../videos/3709346379165388

Content: Open forum & questions > Michelle Carmichael - explaining witness forms > Open forum & questions > Mikaera Miru – closing > karakia > waiata

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We are heading to the Environment Court

16 June 2021

Our group needs your help to fight against the massive Auckland Regional landfill in the Dome Valley, Wellsford.

Auckland council has approved resource consent and with your help we will appeal this decision in the Environment Court.

We are opposing the proposed landfill in order to protect the environment, Hoteo River, Wellsford town water, Kaipara Harbour, endangered species, and to eliminate the impact of 300-500 extra trucks a day on SH1 through the notorious Dome Valley.

Our group opposed this landfill through the submission process, submitting evidence from a range of experts. There are better locations and technologies that should be used. Recycling in NZ is far lower than other countries because landfilling is a cheap method of disposal for these Waste Companies.

A leading Environmental Engineer specialising in Waste Minimisation who has advised the govt & UN on waste strategy also supports our petition to ban landfills near waterways anywhere in NZ.

For more information please email fightthetip.nz@gmail.com or join our facebook group Fight the tip, Save the Dome.

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