LOCAL CANDIDATES OPPOSE SAND MINING
MAJORITY OF LOCAL CANDIDATES OPPOSE SAND MINING
Forty-one candidates in this year’s Whangārei District Council local elections were asked whether they support or oppose marine sand mining in Te Akau Bream Bay, and why.
The responses provided are as follows:
35 Candidates OPPOSE the mining of marine sand
1 Candidates NEUTRAL RESPONSE to the mining of marine sand
5 Candidates NO RESPONSE
NO RESPONSE - Contact them to ask WHY?
Hikurangi Coastal Ward - Susy Bretherton susyb@xtra.co.nz and Ren Haskell ren.haskell4council@gmail.com
Urban Ward - Tiana Epati TeeEpati@gmail.com
Jayne Golightly golightlyjayne@gmail.com
Paul Gosling – Paora (no email)
Survey results and individual responses can be viewed in the attached PDF. To view each Candidates personal statement, click on their name.
This survey was carried out by the Sub Committee of the Whangārei Heads Citizens Association—Say No to Sand Mining Te Akau Bream Bay.
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