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Auckland needs Pakiri’s sand, commissioners hear Kaipara Ltd legal representative Morgan Slyfield. Commissioner chair Les Simmons. A new map produced by Kaipara Ltd sections off an area to be avoided by dredging, marked in grey. Hearings for Kaipara Ltd’s resource consent application to dredge two million cubic metres of sand offshore from Mangawhai and Pakiri began this morning. Just weeks ago, it was revealed by the Mangawhai Harbour Restoration Society and Friends of Pakiri group that Auckland Council’s consent compliance monitoring team was investigating Kaipara Ltd due to alleged environmental damage. Mangawhai Harbour Restoration Society chair Ken Rayward says the society organised a team of divers who reported that an 18km trench had been caused by continual dredging of a single stretch of seabed. ....
White gold dug up for Auckland: The long, gritty battle over Pakiri s sand 4 May, 2021 10:20 PM 15 minutes to read 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. ....
Opponents to sand mining along Mangawhai-Pakiri coast make massive statement 22 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM 3 minutes to read Hundreds of people formed a Save our Sand SOS on Mangawhai Beach to show opposition to plans to mine sand along that coast for the next 20 years. Photo / skinelementslimited.com Hundreds of people formed a Save our Sand SOS on Mangawhai Beach to show opposition to plans to mine sand along that coast for the next 20 years. Photo / skinelementslimited.com Northern Advocate By Toby Allen The pressure is on to turn the tide on sand mining off the Mangawhai to Pakiri coast, with three Auckland Council resource consent hearings to begin on March 1. ....