We’re running out of time
A fast track application has been submitted to allow an Auckland mining company access to dredge sand from Bream Bay for the next 35 years.
McCallum Bros are using the Fast Track process to green light its proposal to extract 8,450,000 m3 of high value marine sand for private profit.
Now submitted, this economically and environmentally damaging mining operations being assessed by an appointed panel. It’s happening now.
We are delighted that the Bream Bay Guardians have been invited to submit to the panel.
Packhorse crayfish filmed in the sand where McCallum Bros are proposing to dredge.
Sand mining will destroy our beaches and marine life
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Sand mining will destroy our beaches and marine life *
Sand mining turns sea floors into deserts, erodes coastal protections, ruins surf breaks, kills scallops, and threatens the habitats of critically endangered species like the Tara Iti - our most endangered bird.
McCallum Bros, an Auckland-based mining company, is planning to extract 8.45 million m3 of sand from the seabed in Bream Bay over the next 35 years.
They have likened its dredging operations to “a vacuum cleaner operating on the seafloor.”
Their proposal includes dredging up to five days a week, for hours at a time, with all the sand being sold for private profit to Auckland's construction industry to make concrete. There is no benefit to the local economy.
Bream Bay sand is over 6000 years old and was deposited thousands of years ago when the Waikato River flowed out on the east coast. It will never be replenished.
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McCallum Bros have stated the removal of millions of tonnes of sand will have no impact on any part of what is on, in or around Bream Bay.
They have released a number of impact reports prepared by environmental and engineering firm Tonkin & Taylor in support of this claim.
We have analysed these reports and prepared our responses. We are ready to present our findings to the panel.
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