Auckland's biggest supplier of sand for concrete has decided to lodge an appeal after Auckland Council rejected a bid to take more sand from Pakiri Beach.
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White gold dug up for Auckland: The long, gritty battle over Pakiri s sand
4 May, 2021 10:20 PM
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Protesters form SOS (for Save our Sand ) on a Mangawhai beach. Photo / Supplied
RNZ
By Farah Hancock of RNZ
Sharley Haddon s description of Pakiri Beach s predicament is simple: If you dig a hole in a bowl of sugar, what happens to the sugar around the edge?
She thinks almost 100 years of sand mining off Pakiri Beach, north of Auckland, has caused the shore s sand and the dunes to slump into the holes and trenches left by dredging.
To visitors, Pakiri Beach still looks like a slice of paradise; a long, empty arc of white sand extending from the Pakiri to Mangawhai. For locals like Haddon, there s worry. The beach has changed and not for the better.
Protesters form SOS for Save our Sand on a Mangawhai beach.
Photo: Supplied / Elevated Media
Sharley Haddon s description of Pakiri beach s predicament is simple: If you dig a hole in a bowl of sugar, what happens to the sugar around the edge?
She thinks almost 100 years of sand mining in the waters off Pakiri beach, north of Auckland, has caused the shore s sand and the dunes to slump into the holes and trenches left by dredging.
To visitors, Pakiri beach still looks like a slice of paradise; a long, empty arc of white sand extending from the Pakiri to Mangawhai. For locals like Haddon, there s worry. The beach has changed and not for the better.