Protect the Wainuiomata River Environment

On the Wainuiomata River flood plain and across the road from Remutaka Forest Park (home of repopulating Kiwi) there is a cleanfill. (A cleanfill is a low-cost alternative to landfills for specific and defined waste materials. In this case 'clean' refers to being environmentally clean, meaning that the materials are 'meant to be' free of contaminants that may cause harm to people, animals, or environments that they come into contact with).

The local residential and rural community were told this cleanfill would adhere to strict operating conditions and would only operate for 6 years after which it would cease operation, be planted out with native trees and designated as a reserve. That sounded great to us.

Now it is 9 years later, the cleanfill is still in operation, the owners and operators are making millions in profit plus they are 'alleged' to have ignored conditions of consents and have been seen 'allegedly' allowing dumping of prohibited materials, for example: plastics and contaminated liquids, these waste materials have the potential to have an adverse effect on the environment.

The owners of the cleanfill have recently applied for a 'limited notified' consent to increase the size of the cleanfill. The current active consent they have in place is for a further 10 years.

Most alarming to us all are the potential environmental effects on the Wainuiomata River and the potential for a 'Fox River' type environmental disaster when the river next floods.

We need to stop this cleanfill and we can't do it without you. We need your support and your donations to hire experts to help us write effective submissions against this cleanfill

The initial quote for this work is $10,000. Anything we raise above that would go towards legal and other experts.