A decisive battle over whether an Auckland dredging company can keep taking thousands of tonnes of sand from the Pakiri and Mangawhai shoreline began in the Environment Court on July 17.
The six-week case is an appeal by McCallum Brothers Ltd (MBL) against the refusal by Auckland Council commissioners last year to allow it to continue to extract sand in the offshore coastal marine area in the Mangawhai-Pakiri embayment.
The appeal is opposed by 16 groups and individuals, including the Environmental Defence Society, Pakiri and Te Arai residents’ groups, Kaipara District Council, ...
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