Welcome to The Russell Protection Society Inc

Russell an iconic place and an important part of our national heritage. The Russell Protection Society promotes wise and sustainable development that adds to the existing historic and special character, amenity and economy of Russell and surrounding areas. We seek to protect the values that attract people to live, work and recreate in, or visit, Russell.

Letter No 2 to Council re landfill issue

30-11-2008

Following further legal advise we wrote a second letter to the Far North District Council and the Northland Regional Council.

 

Letter to Council re landfill issue

29-11-2008

Today we wrote this letter to the FNDC's Acting Chief Executive Officer and the General Manager for Water, Wastewater and Refuse.

 

Press Release - re FNDC plans to dump District waste at Russell

29-11-2008

Press Release - re FNDC plans to dump District waste at Russell

The Russell community is very angry about Far North District Council plans to dump 1000 tones of rubbish per month from the Far North District at Russell's small rural landfill says Bob Drey, Chairperson of the Russell Protection Society.

 

Petition to oppose the fast-filling of the Russell tip

I oppose the Far North District Council's proposal to fast-fill the Russell Landfill with District refuse. I agree that utilizing a small country dump such as ours in a sensitive coastal location for a debatable short term financial saving, with longer term environmental, monitoring and remedial costs, is a very short-sighted, narrow and old fashioned approach. I consider that the Far North District Council should continue to send the Far North's rubbish to a properly engineered landfill site.

 

Breaking News - FNDC plans to fast-fill Russell landfill

24-11-2008

Following a meeting with representatives of the Russell Protection Society and Russell Ratepayers & Citizens Association, the FNDC has issued this press release to announce its plans to use the Russell landfill to dump up to 1000 tonnes of District waste a month from the southern area of the Far North.

We are horrified by this proposal and are now researching the issue, including obtaining legal advise.

 

Bay of Islands Community Wastewater Scheme - Hearing

The hearing was held on 29 September 2008 in Paihia.
Many individuals and Bay of Islands Community Groups spoke out against the size of the proposal.

We made a 50 point presentation to the Commissioners.  Click to read our presentation

 

Annual Plan 2008 update - FNDC response

Here is the response to our 2008 Annual Plan submission from the Far North District Council.

 

Annual Plan 2008

The FNDC's Draft Annual Plan 2008-09 was open to submissions and we made a four page submission on the critical issues concerning the Russell peninsula such as water and wastewater, district and structure planning, erosion control, stormwater management / flood mitigation, RMA processes and various infrastructure issues.