Submitters on the extension to the Bonny Glen landfill are having to "put their lives on hold" because they haven't been given a time slot to speak at a resource consent hearing.
A hearing is under way in Marton on the proposed extension of the landfill near Marton.
Rangitikei District councillor Soraya Peke-Mason, who on Monday said the decision to hold the hearing outside Rangitikei was an "insult", has again criticised the process. She said many submitters in her Turakina Ward were still waiting for a time slot.
Submitters are due to start presenting their case today and into next week.
Ms Peke-Mason said people had jobs and had to travel to Feilding. Not knowing a day or time was unhelpful and meant they "had to put their lives on hold".