Save Our Wai - High Court Appeal

By Save Our Wai by Sustainable Otakiri Inc.

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Save Our Wai - High Court Appeal

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New Zealand: The plastic creation nation. Is this our future? 

Sustainable Otakiri needs to raise $35,000 by January 20th, 2020 or it may have to leave any ambitions of a Court appeal against Cresswell NZ (a Chinese-owned subsidiary company) to save our precious water resource for future generations.

Please give us a chance to stop the bottling and STOP THE PLASTIC! PLEDGE or DONATE Direct (Save Our Water and Environment 06 0489 0754608 30). THANK YOU!

This proposal would be disastrous for NZ and our region. The factory intends to: 

  • Take 1.1 million m3 of deep-aquifer water/year from an aquifer that was previously classified as over-allocated.
  • Discharge up to 450m3 per day of high-phosphorus process water to a local stream flowing into the Tarawera River. 
  • Produce 6m3 of compressed plastic waste daily, from reject bottles and packaging.
  • Export the majority of this bottled water to China.
  • Produce 2,451,960 up to 3.7million bottles (of various sizes) each day. That's up to 1.35 billion a year!
  • Create 202 truck and trailer journeys from Tauranga to Otakiri (and associated emissions) each day - that's one truck every three minutes to the Port of Tauranga.
  • Set a dangerous new precedent nationwide for allowable consent creep without public consultation, given this expansion is 20 and in some areas 50 fold in upscale.

We can win this! Minister Eugenie Sage said she was powerless to stop this, but the community isn't! Sustainable Otakiri has appealed the land use consent in the Environment Court and we have grounds to take this fight to the High Court after Commissioner Kernohan echoed that projects like these industrial scale developments should be Publicly Notified. If it is successful, the Court's ruling will prevent Cresswell building the plant and buying the land without seeking full public consultation, and I'm sure we will all have a lot to say!

The Society has a strongly arguable case that the application should be declined. Sustainable Otakiri has seen the legal advice, discussed with various support groups and agrees that the case needs to be heard by the High Court. The Courts are very strict on how long you have to raise an appeal to the High Court - it is just a matter of weeks. If the Society can't raise $35,000 by the 20th of January then it will have to cancel its plans to appeal. Sustainable Otakiri has twice applied to the government's legal assistance fund and we have been turned down both times. We need your help!

Who are we? Sustainable Otakiri Incorporated is the society behind the Save Our Wai movement. Some close associations we have are with Aotearoa Water Action (Awa), Greater Tauranga and many more amazing organisations.

If you are opposed to 3.7million new, single use plastic bottles being produced in our region every single day (where they produced none before) and shipped overseas to China - Please donate.

If you think that companies who apply to produce massive quantities of plastic should be required to take financial responsibility for the whole life of what they produce - Please donate. 

If you're opposed to the public not being consulted on the actual long term affects of Industrial scale developments and are appalled you're not being given the opportunity to decide if this is the NZ you want - Please donate.

If you're worried what sort of precedent this application sets when a 20-50 fold increase in a business's size can occur like the massive increase in trucking this would allow (without consultation) into Tauranga - Please donate.

If you believe that water is one of Aotearoa New Zealand's most precious resources and should be protected from overseas corporate greed - Please donate.

Comments

Updates 2

Ngati Awa are off to the High Court too!

18/01/2020 at 4:29 PM

Excited to be heading back into the High Court alongside Ngati Awa. 

Ngati Awa announced last night that they too are heading to the High Court to fight against Creswell wanting to set up this industrial scale water bottling plant.

In the environment court they brought an excellent case and will be doing the same I am sure in the High Court.

Some of our arguments will tackle the same topics but we will again be fighting for what we believe are the incorrect applications for land use, which because it was limited notified is an argument only we can bring back to the table.

We still have just over $11,000 to go and our cut off is this Monday at 11am. I urge all our pledgers to share our plight with their friends and social networks urging them to support our cause.

Thank you for all your support to date.

From all the team at Save Our Wai ❤💧✊

 

Media Coverage of our Mission to Save Our Wai

15/01/2020 at 9:13 AM

Kia ora wonderful supporters, we are very happy to see multiple media outlets sharing the story of the mission Save Our Wai is on to protect our water - an essential, precious resource - from greedy overseas corporates who want to bottle it in plastic and ship it offshore. Here's the latest links to the latest updates and news stories:

Please spread the word to your networks so we can get this case in front of the High Court!

- Save Our Wai

    Pledgers 607

    Bob Lawton
    15/01/2020 at 9:05pm

    "A great plan. We need to be putting more pressure on Government especially the Greens to get the fresh water ownership issue sorted. If James Shore can get the Zero Carbon Act over the line maybe he's our man for this job. The Tiriti o Waitangi says fresh water belongs to Maori. Should we object if they make a lot of money from this provided ALL of their business is transacted in NZ and they pay tax on their earnings? It would be a way better deal than we currently get with Google, Uber, Facebook and the like."

    Anonymous pledger
    15/01/2020 at 8:59pm

    "Totally support your campaign. We also need to campaign for central government legislation to outlaw the export of water in single use bottles and to restrict water bottling in NZ to government or Iwi owned companies, restricted to aquifers where there is sufficient water to not adversely affect supplies to New Zealanders in that region. Only large, reusable containers for emergency use should be allowed to be produced, not throw away bottles. There should be a single, clear piece of legislation so that no rogue applications can slip through the cracks."

    Paul Smith
    15/01/2020 at 8:55pm

    "Nail them to the wall. "

    Christina
    15/01/2020 at 8:52pm
    Liz Dawe
    15/01/2020 at 8:45pm
    Bronwen Beechey
    15/01/2020 at 8:45pm
    Elspeth painter
    15/01/2020 at 8:38pm
    Jane Steane
    15/01/2020 at 8:36pm

    "Power to the people <3"

    Paulette Edhouse
    15/01/2020 at 8:34pm
    Anonymous pledger
    15/01/2020 at 8:31pm
    Anonymous pledger
    15/01/2020 at 8:30pm

    "Thank you for organising this campaign - hope we can stop water being sold overseas and reduce the amount of plastic pollution."

    Anonymous pledger
    15/01/2020 at 8:29pm
    Rochelle Salt
    15/01/2020 at 8:23pm
    Peter David Allard
    15/01/2020 at 8:19pm
    Anonymous pledger
    15/01/2020 at 8:16pm
    ross twiname
    15/01/2020 at 8:13pm

    "Don't sell NZ"

    Dianne Hawkes
    15/01/2020 at 8:11pm
    Reamonn Thomson-Dudding
    15/01/2020 at 8:09pm
    Anonymous pledger
    15/01/2020 at 8:03pm
    Anonymous pledger
    15/01/2020 at 7:47pm
    Anonymous pledger
    15/01/2020 at 7:37pm
    Wendy Smith
    15/01/2020 at 7:32pm

    "Hope you have enough backers to make it to the high court. All the best Wendy"

    Rolf
    15/01/2020 at 7:25pm

    "Thanks for the efforts to stop that ecological nonsense :)"

    Natalia Zuleta
    15/01/2020 at 7:12pm

    "Keep fighting! With you all the way!"

    Niels Koervers
    15/01/2020 at 6:39pm
    Tracy Stamatakos
    15/01/2020 at 6:35pm

    "Come on people.... we all need to act now! "

    Anonymous pledger
    15/01/2020 at 6:25pm
    Leith Maxwell
    15/01/2020 at 6:23pm
    trish lambert
    15/01/2020 at 6:02pm
    Debra Cederman-Hill
    15/01/2020 at 6:02pm

    "Thanks for fighting against this. I stand with you!!!!"

    Save Our Wai - High Court Appeal

    Project 2019-12-19 14:44:54 +1300

    New Zealand: The plastic creation nation. Is this our future? 

    Sustainable Otakiri needs to raise $35,000 by January 20th, 2020 or it may have to leave any ambitions of a Court appeal against Cresswell NZ (a Chinese-owned subsidiary company) to save our precious water resource for future generations.

    Please give us a chance to stop the bottling and STOP THE PLASTIC! PLEDGE or DONATE Direct (Save Our Water and Environment 06 0489 0754608 30). THANK YOU!

    This proposal would be disastrous for NZ and our region. The factory intends to: 

    • Take 1.1 million m3 of deep-aquifer water/year from an aquifer that was previously classified as over-allocated.
    • Discharge up to 450m3 per day of high-phosphorus process water to a local stream flowing into the Tarawera River. 
    • Produce 6m3 of compressed plastic waste daily, from reject bottles and packaging.
    • Export the majority of this bottled water to China.
    • Produce 2,451,960 up to 3.7million bottles (of various sizes) each day. That's up to 1.35 billion a year!
    • Create 202 truck and trailer journeys from Tauranga to Otakiri (and associated emissions) each day - that's one truck every three minutes to the Port of Tauranga.
    • Set a dangerous new precedent nationwide for allowable consent creep without public consultation, given this expansion is 20 and in some areas 50 fold in upscale.

    We can win this! Minister Eugenie Sage said she was powerless to stop this, but the community isn't! Sustainable Otakiri has appealed the land use consent in the Environment Court and we have grounds to take this fight to the High Court after Commissioner Kernohan echoed that projects like these industrial scale developments should be Publicly Notified. If it is successful, the Court's ruling will prevent Cresswell building the plant and buying the land without seeking full public consultation, and I'm sure we will all have a lot to say!

    The Society has a strongly arguable case that the application should be declined. Sustainable Otakiri has seen the legal advice, discussed with various support groups and agrees that the case needs to be heard by the High Court. The Courts are very strict on how long you have to raise an appeal to the High Court - it is just a matter of weeks. If the Society can't raise $35,000 by the 20th of January then it will have to cancel its plans to appeal. Sustainable Otakiri has twice applied to the government's legal assistance fund and we have been turned down both times. We need your help!

    Who are we? Sustainable Otakiri Incorporated is the society behind the Save Our Wai movement. Some close associations we have are with Aotearoa Water Action (Awa), Greater Tauranga and many more amazing organisations.

    If you are opposed to 3.7million new, single use plastic bottles being produced in our region every single day (where they produced none before) and shipped overseas to China - Please donate.

    If you think that companies who apply to produce massive quantities of plastic should be required to take financial responsibility for the whole life of what they produce - Please donate. 

    If you're opposed to the public not being consulted on the actual long term affects of Industrial scale developments and are appalled you're not being given the opportunity to decide if this is the NZ you want - Please donate.

    If you're worried what sort of precedent this application sets when a 20-50 fold increase in a business's size can occur like the massive increase in trucking this would allow (without consultation) into Tauranga - Please donate.

    If you believe that water is one of Aotearoa New Zealand's most precious resources and should be protected from overseas corporate greed - Please donate.

    Comments

    Ngati Awa are off to the High Court too!

    18/01/2020 at 4:29 PM

    Excited to be heading back into the High Court alongside Ngati Awa. 

    Ngati Awa announced last night that they too are heading to the High Court to fight against Creswell wanting to set up this industrial scale water bottling plant.

    In the environment court they brought an excellent case and will be doing the same I am sure in the High Court.

    Some of our arguments will tackle the same topics but we will again be fighting for what we believe are the incorrect applications for land use, which because it was limited notified is an argument only we can bring back to the table.

    We still have just over $11,000 to go and our cut off is this Monday at 11am. I urge all our pledgers to share our plight with their friends and social networks urging them to support our cause.

    Thank you for all your support to date.

    From all the team at Save Our Wai ❤💧✊

     

    Media Coverage of our Mission to Save Our Wai

    15/01/2020 at 9:13 AM

    Kia ora wonderful supporters, we are very happy to see multiple media outlets sharing the story of the mission Save Our Wai is on to protect our water - an essential, precious resource - from greedy overseas corporates who want to bottle it in plastic and ship it offshore. Here's the latest links to the latest updates and news stories:

    Please spread the word to your networks so we can get this case in front of the High Court!

    - Save Our Wai

      Bob Lawton
      15/01/2020 at 9:05pm

      "A great plan. We need to be putting more pressure on Government especially the Greens to get the fresh water ownership issue sorted. If James Shore can get the Zero Carbon Act over the line maybe he's our man for this job. The Tiriti o Waitangi says fresh water belongs to Maori. Should we object if they make a lot of money from this provided ALL of their business is transacted in NZ and they pay tax on their earnings? It would be a way better deal than we currently get with Google, Uber, Facebook and the like."

      Anonymous pledger
      15/01/2020 at 8:59pm

      "Totally support your campaign. We also need to campaign for central government legislation to outlaw the export of water in single use bottles and to restrict water bottling in NZ to government or Iwi owned companies, restricted to aquifers where there is sufficient water to not adversely affect supplies to New Zealanders in that region. Only large, reusable containers for emergency use should be allowed to be produced, not throw away bottles. There should be a single, clear piece of legislation so that no rogue applications can slip through the cracks."

      Paul Smith
      15/01/2020 at 8:55pm

      "Nail them to the wall. "

      Christina
      15/01/2020 at 8:52pm
      Liz Dawe
      15/01/2020 at 8:45pm
      Bronwen Beechey
      15/01/2020 at 8:45pm
      Elspeth painter
      15/01/2020 at 8:38pm
      Jane Steane
      15/01/2020 at 8:36pm

      "Power to the people <3"

      Paulette Edhouse
      15/01/2020 at 8:34pm
      Anonymous pledger
      15/01/2020 at 8:31pm
      Anonymous pledger
      15/01/2020 at 8:30pm

      "Thank you for organising this campaign - hope we can stop water being sold overseas and reduce the amount of plastic pollution."

      Anonymous pledger
      15/01/2020 at 8:29pm
      Rochelle Salt
      15/01/2020 at 8:23pm
      Peter David Allard
      15/01/2020 at 8:19pm
      Anonymous pledger
      15/01/2020 at 8:16pm
      ross twiname
      15/01/2020 at 8:13pm

      "Don't sell NZ"

      Dianne Hawkes
      15/01/2020 at 8:11pm
      Reamonn Thomson-Dudding
      15/01/2020 at 8:09pm
      Anonymous pledger
      15/01/2020 at 8:03pm
      Anonymous pledger
      15/01/2020 at 7:47pm
      Anonymous pledger
      15/01/2020 at 7:37pm
      Wendy Smith
      15/01/2020 at 7:32pm

      "Hope you have enough backers to make it to the high court. All the best Wendy"

      Rolf
      15/01/2020 at 7:25pm

      "Thanks for the efforts to stop that ecological nonsense :)"

      Natalia Zuleta
      15/01/2020 at 7:12pm

      "Keep fighting! With you all the way!"

      Niels Koervers
      15/01/2020 at 6:39pm
      Tracy Stamatakos
      15/01/2020 at 6:35pm

      "Come on people.... we all need to act now! "

      Anonymous pledger
      15/01/2020 at 6:25pm
      Leith Maxwell
      15/01/2020 at 6:23pm
      trish lambert
      15/01/2020 at 6:02pm
      Debra Cederman-Hill
      15/01/2020 at 6:02pm

      "Thanks for fighting against this. I stand with you!!!!"

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