The Hapu
The Hapu
The Hapu
The Trust
Haere mai
Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust
Wayby Valley Landfill Decision
Ngāti Whātua Entities to End Legal Opposition
to Wayby Valley Landfill Consent
After six years of sustained legal proceedings, three Ngāti Whātua entities — Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua, Te Uri o Hau Settlement Trust, and Ngā Maunga Whakahii o Kaipara Development Trust — have made the difficult decision to withdraw their legal opposition to the resource consent for the proposed Wayby Valley Landfill (formerly known as the Dome Valley Landfill), effective 7 May 2025.
This decision follows careful deliberation and was based on three key considerations:
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The ongoing cost of litigation had become financially unsustainable
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An independent peer review of the leachate report did not support a recommendation to decline the consent
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There was significant legal risk, including potential liability for Waste Management’s legal costs if the case were lost
Given these findings, the entities have chosen to shift their focus toward strengthening and influencing the consent conditions — to better safeguard the environment and uphold their responsibilities to whānau and whenua.
E ngā iwi o ngā hau e whā e noho ana i runga i ngā motu nei,
Aotearoa, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, katoa.
ABOUT US
Te Uri o Hau is a Northland hapū of Ngāti Whātua whose area of interest is located in the Northern Kaipara region.
Te Uri o Hau descends from Haumoewaarangi through Hakiputatomuri, who is the tribe’s founding ancestor, and includes people who affiliate to ngā marae tūturu: Ōtamatea, Waikaretu, Ōruawharo, Arapaoa.
The tribe has settled its historical grievances with the Crown and is developing the future for its people with many more stories to be told. This website will tell some of those stories and we hope you enjoy your journey here with us.