With the beautiful weather we have been experiencing lately along with the easing of mask regulations (albeit somewhat confusing depending on the situation), the sign of a somewhat normal summer is upon us. We re certainly heading in a more normal direction than last year. We ll actually have live entertainment..woo hoo!
It s been announced that a number of concert events will be returning this summer in the beautiful Berkshires which is great news for live music fans along with the local musicians that have been dying to get out and play, and we re not talking about Facebook Live. That instant reaction that you receive from a live audience must be much more rewarding as a musician than wondering what people think on the other side of a laptop, tablet or smartphone. Of course, the audience can make comments and post emojis when the performance is virtual, but it s just not the same.
Society argues Kaipara Harbour should supply sand needs
MHRS legal representative James Carnie and Richard Bull.
A map showing Kaipara’s proposed consent area in hatched red.
The Mangawhai Harbour Restoration Society (MHRS) argued that controversial sand mining near Pakiri should be shifted to the Kaipara Harbour or substituted for other sources at a hearing in the Warkworth Town Hall last week.
The hearing comes in the wake of Kaipara Ltd’s application to renew its consent to extract two million cubic metres of sand offshore from Pakiri and Mangawhai over 20 years.
It contends that Pakiri’s sand is required to prevent a shortage of supply for the production of concrete in the Auckland market.
Sand mining ‘cultural fees’ contested during hearing
The hearing was welcomed into Te Kiri Omaha Marae in Leigh.
Omaha Marae chair Annie Baines.
Kaipara Ltd managing director Steve Riddell and legal representative Morgan Slyfield.
Political manoeuvring among iwi and hapu took centre stage at a special hearing at Te Kiri Omaha Marae in Leigh. The hearing was for Kaipara Ltd’s application to extend its consent to extract sand offshore from Pakiri.
Omaha Marae chair Annie Baines told commissioners that Kaipara Ltd had been withholding its “cultural liaison fee” for a year, without the knowledge of the marae.
As part of Kaipara Ltd’s consent, 17 years ago, it had agreed to pay 50 cents for each cubic metre of sand extracted, worth $2 million over the 20-year period. Half was paid to the Ngati Wai Settlement
Sandra S. (Sandy) Green died April 14, 2021, at Select Specialty Hospital in Orlando. Sandy had a brief illness with cancer. Sandy was born near Culpeper Virginia to Mary Francis