Newsletter 30 July 2026

Celebration Milestone: We now have over 600 members

Within 2 months of launching, we now have well over 600 members and close to 750 newsletter subscribers! Very exciting, thank you all for your continued support and action!

Keep spreading the word, tell your neighbours, family and friends about Waimauku West and encourage them to sign up as members.

Here’s a map with key points you can use when talking to others about the proposed Waimauku West development:

Map of the Waimauku area with the proposed development and points of critique

We need your help!

We are volunteer-led and up against a complex system with significant planning, environmental and infrastructure implications.

Get involved

Do you have experience in any of these areas or other skills you think may help, and capacity to be involved?
Even a few hours of your time can make a real difference:

  • Environmental law, planning, resource management or consenting
  • Technical expertise in traffic, civil engineering, stormwater modelling or infrastructure
  • Research, data analysis or policy
  • Media, PR, writing, videography or visual storytelling

Email us at chair@waimauku.org.nz to get involved.

Support us

With the substantive application lodgement date moving closer, we may need to employ our own legal and technical consultants for which we require funding. Any donations, no matter how large or small are much appreciated.

Bank details
Waimauku Community Association Incorporated
02-0200-0408537-000

Do you know of, or are you, a business or community funding group, that is in the position to support our cause financially so we can engage consultants.

Event recap: Waimauku Community Meeting 22 July

We packed out the Waimauku RSA again with more than 100 concerned locals who turned up to hear more about the Waimauku West fast-track proposal. It was great to see many new and familiar faces at our community meeting.

Thank you to our guest speaker Jane Sherard, it was so interesting to hear her insights. Jane’s presentation Different era, same spot, highlights risks in the fast-track consenting pathway and is now available on our website Fast-Track Consenting – the unintended consequences.

Thanks to Councillor Greg Sayers and Guy Wishart, Rodney Local Board Chairperson for turning up again and continuing to support our community.

We keep getting asked, what can I do?

Nationwide concern

It’s evident that inappropriate fast-track development is a nationwide concern. You just have to look at the stories from the Pegasus residents in the South Island, or the recently approved Delmore development near Ōrewa and hear the outcry from locals who have to live with the effects of these out-of-sequence developments if they go ahead.

We have connected with other communities around the country who are facing similar challenges.

It’s encouraging to see growing media interest, with last week’s Stuff and NZ Herald articles.

Let’s keep the pressure on! It’s working!

We’re attracting attention, getting people talking, and decision-makers are starting to hear our concerns.

Looking ahead

We’re in conversations with the Waimauku West planners and hope to meet with them over the next couple of weeks to see their updates. Watch this space, we are continuing to advocate for our community’s voice and will set up another community meeting soon.

We are currently connecting with all Kaipara ki Mahurangi candidates and are working on a Meet the Candidates meeting in Waimauku to be held in the afternoon on Sunday 20 September.

We’ll be providing updates via newsletter, our website and on social media as it becomes available.

Please keep spreading the word, encourage others to join the Waimauku Community Association –  We are our community’s voice!

Thanks for your support,

Waimauku Community Association Committee