News and Updates

What happens when large-scale housing developments are described as regionally or nationally significant, but the infrastructure, sequencing, flood management, productive land, and local planning questions are still unresolved?

We’re celebrating more than 600 members, thanks for all your support! Our Community”s voice is getting stronger. We had over 100 new and familiar faces in our latest community meeting and have started connecting with community groups from around the country.

Jane’s 22 July presentation highlighted risks in the fast-track consenting pathway. In “Different era, same spot,” she connected earlier attempts to develop the land with the current application. Her perspective is shaped by her former role as an RMA Commissioner, which she chose not to…

Our community’s collective Waimauku West Fast Track community response to oppose a proposed 2000+ housing development in Waimauku at the Waimauku RSA

Lots of things have been happening, and many people have been lobbying on the community’s behalf to oppose the large proposed ‘Waimauku West’ development. Make sure to come to our next community meeting next week Wednesday 22 July 7pm, Waimauku RSA. Here’s the latest updates.

In summary, I express my own view – and I think on behalf of the majority of the community – that any new development in Waimauku and the rest of northwest Auckland should properly account for the risk of flooding, as experienced previously, and also…

We asked Chris to support our opposition to Waimauku West and to escalate our concerns to Chris Bishop who signed the referral to Fast Track in the first place. Chris Penk keeps telling us he’s “not the decision maker”. All he is suggesting he will…

Thank you to all the passionate locals who came to the community meetings of the Waimauku Community Association. Over 200 people attended! Our community is united in standing up against the Waimauku West Fast Track development. This development is simply too large for our township,…

Under the government Fast Track system, there are distinct differences to the standard RMA (Resource Management Act) process.

As a starting point, northwest Auckland has been subject to ad hoc development and flooding issues over the years that are well known. Unfortunately (and even, in some cases, tragically) the effects of severe weather have damaged property and caused safety issues.