Dredging continues as McCallums lodge appeal

Sand mining opponents were saddened, if not surprised when McCallum Bros Ltd (MBL) lodged an appeal with the High Court on May 3 against the Environment Court’s decision to refuse its appeal to carry on dredging hundreds of thousands of tonnes of sand from the Pakiri-Mangawhai coast. The move means that MBL can continue to mine sand offshore until the final determination of that and subsequent appeals, thanks to a temporary consent granted by the Environment Court in July last year, a compromise that saw an end to inshore dredging. The temporary consent would also expire if MBL removed 230,000...