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Earthworks at Ōpua boatyard and reserve spark concerns
5 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Earthworks are underway at Doug s Ōpua Boatyard to lower a slipway used to haul boats ashore. Photo / supplied
Earthworks are underway at Doug s Ōpua Boatyard to lower a slipway used to haul boats ashore. Photo / supplied
Peter de Graaf is a reporter for the Northern Advocatepeter.degraaf@northernadvocate.co.nznorthernadvocat
Earthworks at an Ōpua boatyard at the centre of a decades-long stoush over a public reserve have raised neighbours hackles but the owner says the work is consented and will create a boatyard that s better for the environment.