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Waste Management faces nine appeals
The strength of opposition to Waste Management’s plan to build a massive landfill in the Dome Valley is gathering momentum, with nine appeals against the project lodged in the Environment Court by last week’s deadline.
A government department, New Zealand’s largest conservation group and several influential Maori groups are among those objecting.
The appeals were triggered when hearing commissioners voted four to one to grant a resource consent for the regional landfill, which will replace the Redvale tip in 2028. Their decision was announced on June 14.
Appeals have been lodged with the Environment Court by the Director-General of Conservation (DOC); Forest and Bird; Fight the Tip: Tiaki Te Whenua Inc; Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua; Ngati Manuhiri Settlement Trust; Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust and Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei; Nga Maunga Whakahii o Kaipara Development Trust; Ngati Rango; and Refining NZ.