Hunua Quarry Development

Project summary

Expand the existing quarry to increase annual quarry production to approximately 5.4 million tonnes of aggregate, and to enable the extraction of aggregate for a further 80 years.

Project location

489 Hunua Road, Hunua, 5 kilometres southeast of Papakura, South Auckland.

Project listing application

Hunua Quarry Development application – Ministry for the Environment website

Completeness decision

The substantive application by Winstone Aggregates (a division of Fletcher Concrete and Infrastructure Limited) was deemed complete on 23 April 2026. The application complies with the requirements of section 46 (2) of the Fast-track Approvals Act 2024. The application was lodged on 31 March 2026. 

Record of decision on completeness and scope – Hunua Quarry Development substantive application (PDF, 81 KB)

Memorandum on completeness and scope – Hunua Quarry Development substantive application (PDF, 4.2 MB)

Competing applications decision

The substantive application by Winstone Aggregates (a division of Fletcher Concrete and Infrastructure Limited) was deemed to not have any competing applications or existing resource consents on 7 May 2026. This decision is required under section 47 of the Fast-track Approvals Act 2024.

Record of decision on competing applications − Hunua Quarry Development substantive application (PDF, 81KB)

Decision of appointment of panel and timing of panel decisions

On 2 June 2026, the panel convener issued a minute regarding:

• the appointment of the expert panel

• the timeframe for panel decisions for the Hunua Quarry Development project under clause 2 of section 79 of the Act.

View the minute on the Correspondence page.