Paewira proposal timeline

● In December 2021, Global Contracting Solutions launched resource consent applications to build a waste-to-energy plant in Te Awamutu with Waipā District Council and Waikato Regional Council

● In March 2022, the regional council asked GCS for more information on a number of matters including flooding, air quality, and waste acceptance

● In April 2022, Waipā District Council asked GCS for further information in regards to acoustic effects, operational effects and mitigation

● In July 2022, GCS responded to both requests

● In September 2023, the councils decided to jointly process the consent applications and invited feedback from the community

● Submissions closed in October 2023

● In October 2023, the district council asked GCS to provide further information on landscape, national, regional and district policy instruments and waste sources

● The same month, the community group Don’t Burn Waipā organised a protest against the proposed plant

● In December 2023, the regional council also asked for more information. GCS has not yet responded to the regional council’s request

● The same month, Waikato Regional Council asked the minister to call in the application

● In February 2024, Waipā District Council joined the regional council in asking the minister to call in the application

● The same month, Te Nehenehenui, the postsettlement governance entity for Maniapoto, wrote a letter to the Minister for the Environment in support of the council’s application for a call in

● In March 2024, Tukoroirangi Morgan, the chairman of Te Arataura, the executive entity for Waikato-Tainui, wrote a letter to the Minister for the Environment in support of the council’s application for a call in