Waikato Regional Council has confirmed to Raglan Community Radio that a consent application has indeed been lodged for mussel spat catching and mussel nursery farm off our coast. It is proposed to be in four separate marine farming blocks covering an area of 700 hectare.
At the same time a formal request for a private plan change has been made to the operative coastal plan to change commercial aquaculture from being a prohibited activity. This is separate to the wider coastal plan review happening at the moment and will have its own public submission process.
Angeline Greensill, Chairperson of Tainui o Tainui and Nga hapu o Te Uru Customary Fisheries Forum is calling on community members to make submissions to the Regional Council Coastal Plan which is open for consultation at the moment for the first time in 30 years.
As a representative of these organisations she is very concerned about an application by Northwestern Mussels Limited for a private plan change that would allow for 4 mussel spat farms off our coast.
She has called a meeting with the Regional council to let them know local iwi are opposed to the private plan change which she is worried will go unnoticed as the focus is on the main plan review.
The 2023 Waikato Scholastics Surf Team is heading over to Gisborne to compete at the National Surfing Champs these school holidays. Coached by DK and Tana they’ll be in the water from next Monday 25th through to Friday 29th September. As always the team is dominated by Raglan surfers and includes:
Van Camenzind, Jake Bailey, Sam Greetis for the U14 Boys
Theo Morse, Jacob Haines, Ethan Kirk Orman for the U16 Boys
Lani Frazerhurst, Jade Camenzind, Molly Mahina for the U16 Girls:
Luke Dymond, Jahmin Thompson for the U18 Boys:
And Ayla Gee for the U18 Girls:
It’s a good weekend coming up if you like garage sales with both the Camp Ground at 10am on Saturday and the Old School Arts Centre at 10am on Sunday hosting their own events. Proceeds from the Camp Ground are going to local charities and the Old School will be using their proceeds to fund the myriad of arts related activities and services that they run.
The Raglan Town Hall is hosting the second Whaingaroa Healthy Living Expo this weekend from 9 till 4pm. Described as a fun family day with integrative workshops, demonstrations and stalls, it'll have everything from crystals to massage to herbal medicine to yoga plus a series of workshops next door in the Community House basement room.