Documents submitted by Bream Bay Guardians against the Fast Track proposal

Comments from invited parties

The timeframe for invited parties to provide comments on the MBL application ended at 11:59pm on 26 May 2026. All comments made on the application are now available to view on the Fast-track website.

The Bream Bay Guardians provided a lengthy legal submission and comments to the proposal from MacCallum Bros, along with numerous reports and references. These can be accessed below:

• Bream Bay Guardians Society Incorporated legal submissions (PDF, 207 KB)

• Bream Bay Guardians Society Incorporated comments (PDF, 616 KB)

Videos

• Lobsters – 11 January 2026 – Timothy Haggitt

• Reef – 29 April 2026 – Timothy Haggitt

• Reef and Conger Eels – 29 April 2026 – Timothy Haggitt

• Scallops – 29 April 2026 – Timothy Haggitt

Reports and References

• Allied Concrete and Brookby Quarry Joint Response – May 2026 (PDF, 289 KB)

• Aragones L,P,J (2018) Depth of Closure: New calculation method based on sediment data (PDF, 3.2 MB)

• Aragones Luis Email (2025) (PDF, 133 KB)

• Auckland Council Privacy and Official Information (2023) IOA Response re Pakiri Monitoring (PDF, 175 KB)

• Axiom Economics Report (2026) – Bream Bay Sand Mining – Assessment of purported economic effects (PDF, 788 KB)

• BECA report (2025) FINAL Exec Summary of Alternative Sand Sources (PDF, 330 KB)

• Bennett, K. (2026). Historic Heritage and Archaeological Review of the Bream Bay Sand Extraction Project Application (PDF, 298 KB)

• Blaikie, C. (2026) Letter from Marin Construction (PDF, 582 KB)

• Bridgeman P (2023 July) Supporting Statement (PDF, 3.1 MB)

• Concrete NZ (2023). A net zero carbon Concrete Industry by 2050 (PDF, 3.5 MB)

• Doole DM (2026). Response to MBL replies to Panel (PDF, 602 KB)

• eCoast report – Bream Bay Ecological Survey 2026 (PDF, 2.3 MB)

• Fougere, D (2025) Survey of Bream Bay Opinions on sandmining (PDF, 947 KB)

• FTAA. (2025) Kings Quarry final decision (PDF, 965 KB)

• GNS Science Report (2024) Aggregate opportunity modelling for Northern Auckland region (PDF, 5.4 MB)

• Haskoning Report – Fast-track Project – Bream Bay Sand Extraction Application FTA082 (PDF, 1.4 MB)

• Johns S. (2025) Panel commentary of SEMR to Auckland Council (PDF, 1.2 MB)

• Kings Quarry Admin (2025) Email Sand Operation (PDF, 52 KB)

• Licencing & Regulatory Compliance Auckland Council (2023 to 2025) (PDF, 175 KB)

• Licencing and Regulatory Compliance Auckland Council (2024) (PDF, 162 KB)

• Licencing and Regulatory Compliance, Auckland Council. (2026). Formal Warning (PDF, 202 KB)

• Mackechnie J, (2024) Kayasand Concrete Trial Results (PDF, 284 KB)

• Mackechnie J, (2026) Manufactured sand uses and potential for concrete in Auckland (PDF, 3.5 MB)

• Mataki Enviromental Report (2026) Memo on conditions (PDF, 1.1 MB)

• MBL (2025) McCallum Bros Public Statement in Relation to Sand Extraction at Pākiri (PDF, 141 KB)

• Scott, A. (2026) Email (PDF, 179 KB)

• Semenoff Sand Supplies Letter (PDF, 914 KB)

• Tonkin & Taylor (2017) Mangawhai-Pākiri: Sustainabilty of Coastal Sand: Extraction from a near shore bar (PDF, 429 KB)