Coastal Restoration Trust of New Zealand

Coastal Dune Ecosystem Reference Database

Impacts of gravel removal from the coastline between Paroa and Blaketown Factsheet

Author
NIWA
Year
2006
Publisher / Organisation
West Coast Regional Council / Foundation for Research, Science and Technology Envirolink Fund
Month
September
Summary
This document has been produced to answer a number of issues raised by local residents concerning ongoing gravel removal from four mining licence sites along the Blaketown-Karoro-Paroa coastline. The discussion below is based on visits to this coastline on a number of times over the last year by NIWA coastal staff, review of available documents relating to the mining activities and of the beach processes operating along this coastline, and discussions with WCRC staff and a number of concerned local residents.