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Some coastal residents north of Auckland are preparing for a "David vs Goliath" battle to protect its soft white sand.

Residents have won a major battle against McCallum Bros, Auckland's biggest supplier of sand for concrete, with a resource consent application to take more sand off a beach north of the city rejected.

Auckland needs Pakiri’s sand, commissioners hear Kaipara Ltd legal representative Morgan Slyfield. Commissioner chair Les Simmons. A new map produced by Kaipara Ltd sections off an area to be avoided by dredging, marked in grey. Hearings for Kaipara Ltd’s resource consent application to dredge two million cubic metres of sand offshore from Mangawhai and Pakiri began this morning. Just weeks ago, it was revealed by the Mangawhai Harbour Restoration Society and Friends of Pakiri group that Auckland Council’s consent compliance monitoring team was investigating Kaipara Ltd due to alleged e...

'White gold' dug up for Auckland: The long, gritty battle over Pakiri's sand 4 May, 2021 10:20 PM 15 minutes to read Protesters form SOS (for "Save our Sand") on a Mangawhai beach. Photo / Supplied RNZ By Farah Hancock of RNZ Sharley Haddon's description of Pakiri Beach's predicament is simple: "If you dig a hole in a bowl of sugar, what happens to the sugar around the edge?" She thinks almost 100 years of sand mining off Pakiri Beach, north of Auckland, has caused the shore's sand and the dunes to slump into the holes and trenches left by dredging. To visitors, Pakiri Beach still looks like ...

Protesters form SOS for "Save our Sand" on a Mangawhai beach. Photo: Supplied / Elevated Media Sharley Haddon's description of Pakiri beach's predicament is simple: "If you dig a hole in a bowl of sugar, what happens to the sugar around the edge?" She thinks almost 100 years of sand mining in the waters off Pakiri beach, north of Auckland, has caused the shore's sand and the dunes to slump into the holes and trenches left by dredging. To visitors, Pakiri beach still looks like a slice of paradise; a long, empty arc of white sand extending from the Pakiri to Mangawhai. For locals like Haddon,...