A Waimate District Council survey asking residents if they support a proposed $350 million waste-to-energy plant has received more than 700 responses with an emphatic majority stating their opposition. The result of the survey, which ran from November 5 to 19, showed 94% of respondents were against the proposal. The council received 735 responses to the question: “Do you support

Farmers in a small South Island town are worried milk and meat produced in the area will be contaminated if a waste-to-energy plant goes ahead. “Cattle and sheep are grazing the grass, which puts a massive negative on our exports if things like toxins are found in our meat and wool for New Zealand,” sheep and beef farmer Ross McCulloch

At a November 5, 2024 workshop, the Waimate District Council (WDC) agreed that the mayor write a letter to the fast track ministers requesting Project Kea be removed from the Fast Track Approval’s Bill’s listed projects’. The letter dated November 12 states; WDC writes to express our collective opposition, on behalf of our community, to the approval and construction of