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Tip hearing — ‘failure not an option’ u by Paul Campbell
A major pollution threat to the Kaipara Harbour and its environs has been emphasised in appeal submissions against the proposed Dome Valley landfill for Auckland’s rubbish now being heard in the Environment Court.
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Commercial oyster farmers, Michelle said: “Collectively local residents and an expert we have contributed an in bird migration have added immense and impor tant their concerns to the broadrange of expertise, knowledge and experience to support based appeal led by Fight The Tip including individuals, the our opposition to this landfill Director-General of Conservation, proposal. We are part of a great team — community, Forest and Bird and major Ngāti Whātua, Ngāti Manuhiri, iwi groups. Forest & Bird and Department Fight the Tip executives Sue of Conservation, which are Crockett and Michelle Carmichael opposing this. presented their submissions last “Special thanks to the Friday, with the court sitting in team at The Environmental Auckland linking online to guard Lawyers, along with the other against Covid. opposing legal teams who are “We need to protect this doing a superb job collectively important Wayby and Dome presenting our case. You can Valley environment because of really see how everyone is its high rainfall, waterways, high fulfilling their part of evidencing ecological values, wetlands, the widespread reasons to extensive aquifer and connection oppose this. The coming weeks to the Hōteo and to the mighty will continue to be exciting Kaipara Harbour. Failure is not an to watch.” option,” Michelle told the hearing. The court has now adjourned “ Yo u r honours and p Michelle Carmichael (left) and Sue Crockett in FTT lawyer Andrew until 10am Monday, August 22. c o m m i s s i o n e r s , fo r o u r Braggins’ witness room for their online court appearance The appeals are being heard by communities and mana whenua connected to these areas, now and to While the four-year campaign against judges Jeff Smith and Melinda Dickey, come, I am asking you to apply the highest the tip plan has covered flora and flora with commissioners Glenice Paine, Dr protection on it you can by declining threats, the FTT team was impressed Ruth Barlett and Kevin Prime. The court this landfill on behalf of all our future with a submission detailing a threat to will hear cultural submissions at a marae generations,” she said. migrating bird patterns. In particular, in September. The event covers concerns over “We definitely came away feeling the critically endangered fairy tern as we’d done the best we could,” said evidence was put forward that the tip Waste Management’s proposal for Sue. “There was a very wide range of plan would endanger flight patterns and a new Auckland Regional Landfill, people giving evidence, and I think every attract predatory seagulls. An organic which has been granted resource reason (opposing the landfill) and more plant nursery adjacent to the tip site also consent given in a split decision by listed concerns. hearing commissioners. ¢ was covered.”
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