Magus, Author at mccallumbros

August 29, 2025September 5, 2025

McCallum Bros Public Statement in Relation to Sand Extraction at Pākiri

McCallum Bros Ltd (“MBL”) and Manuhiri Kaitiaki Charitable Trust (“Ngāti Manuhiri”) have reached a Settlement Agreement in relation to MBL’s sand extraction at Pākiri. As part of the Settlement Agreement, MBL has agreed to:

surrender its Temporary Consent permitting sand extraction at Pākiri;
abandon its High Court appeals pursuant to the Environment Court decisions of 2024; and
settle the costs awarded in favour of Ngāti Manuhiri by the Environment Court.

For completeness, MBL will no longer be extracting sand at Pākiri under the above consent, effective immediately. MBL’s reasoning for this includes:

the costs, resources and time incurred in continuing the High Court appeal, which could take years to be determined; and
MBL are focusing on other opportunities, which includes its Fast-track application for sand extraction at Bream Bay.

Despite MBL having 8 strong points of law to contest from the Environment Court decision, the uncertainty of the High court appeal process and the reality of going back to the Environment Court doesn’t give MBL the confidence to proceed with the appeal.

January 23, 2025April 23, 2025

Pullquote

“McCallum Bros is a wholly New Zealand family-owned business that has been in operation for more than 120 years. We are committed to minimising the impact on the environment of the activity proposed in this application. We are in the process of undertaking extensive Assessments of Effects to better understand what the likely impacts are and how we can reduce or mitigate them as far as possible.”

Callum McCallum – 4th generation McCallum family owner/ operator

November 1, 2021February 4, 2025

Resource Consenting Process

To ensure we can continue to support the upper North Island’s growth, we are undertaking a resource consenting process to allow ongoing extraction of sand off the coast of Pakiri to help meet the needs of the construction sector.

LEARN M ORE

October 26, 2021January 30, 2025

Barging Timber Kilns

With the use of the pairing of our tug the Acheron III and barge the Pohonui, we barged two large timber kilns along with a number of other bulk items for the kilns from Tauranga to Whangarei.

Kiln weights were individually lifted on board (44 in total) and acted as a stand for the kilns, each 17x11m kiln was lifted on and put carefully in its place, while the other bulk items were carefully placed around the remaining deck space.

Using a combination of welded U-beam braces, heavy duty lugs and chain, the kilns and other items were securely lashed to the deck allowing for a safe sail up the coast to their new home in Northland. The Pohonui with its steel deck and removable front and rear hopper walls makes her a perfect vessel to customise the deck space larger or smaller depending on the type of bulk cargo. This particular job was a great example of her versatility.