20-year fight continues at Pakiri Hall
Olivia Haddon presents images of the seafloor from 1995.
Pakiri’s Olivia Haddon said she was continuing the fight her father Laly Haddon started when she appeared before commissioners at Pakiri Hall on May 10, asking them to decline Kaipara’s application.
Ms Haddon said when the last consent was granted, it was ruled that the kaitiaki role of her family should be provided for and the family should be involved with monitoring.
“My father was unable to stop the sand mining, but ensured a relationship of consultation and partnership,” she said.
However, she said this relationship had failed in recent years, and that Kaipara Ltd had since contracted McCallum Bros to undertake its extraction.