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  • New Chum Beach - Wainuiototo. The journey continues.

      1 May 2022
    Posted by: Rosemary Stone
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    Preserve New Chum for Everyone would like to give everyone an update on our progress to date.

    The Northern Headland of New Chum Beach has been secured and we are now in the structure plan process as dictated by the interim decision of the Environment Court in relation to housing development on the larger block of land directly behind New Chum Beach.

    Significant legal expenses are necessary to engage experts to represent Preserve New Chum for Everyone Inc and all those who have supported this cause for over a decade to preserve and protect this iconic area.

    Any donations towards legal fees are gratefully accepted and can be given through the 'general' PNC4E givealittle page: https://givealittle.co.nz/donate/org/preserve-new-chum-for-everyone-inc

    Please share the givealittle link. If there are any questions please contact us by email: newchumforeveryone@orcon.net.nz or,

    through our website: https://www.preservenewchum.org.nz/

    Thank you

    Nga Mihi Nui

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  • Waiting time now...

      4 June 2019
    Posted by: Rosemary Stone

    The environment court hearing has now finished. Thanks to your generous donations on this Give-a-little page, we were able to employ a ‘dream team’ of professional experts including Robert Enright (barrister), Robert Scott (planner), Di Lucas (landscape architect) and Megan Graeme (ecologist). As leaders in their respective fields, we felt like we were in very capable hands. We also had an impressive team of lay witnesses – Phil Keoghan, international TV star, Luke Reilly, of local business Luke’s kitchen, Wanda Briljevich for Ngāti Huarere ki Whangapoua, Grahame Christian, manawhenua and local supporter and former MP Catherine Delahunty, spokesperson for Preserve New Chum Inc. Together, our experts and lay witnesses presented compelling arguments as to why development would be inappropriate and that the beach should be conserved and protected for future generations.

    What now?

    Negotiations are underway with the owners of the land behind the beach, the Thames Coromandel District Council and other interested parties including Preserve New Chum Inc. The applicants have been offered the chance to modify parts of their original submission to address concerns raised during the hearing. We have presented counter-arguments to some of these points. Now we all await the decision of the commissioners, expected in June/July.

    Finances

    Thanks to generous donations via Give-a-little, fundraising and two successful grants from the NZ Environmental Legal Assistance Fund (the ELA), we were able to cover $76,000 of costs. However, the court hearing has emptied our coffers and we do need more money for further legal assistance. If you would like to continue supporting us financially, you can do so via this page until the end of June. Thereafter, you can go to our main Give-a-little page which you'll find by searching "New Chum".

    Thank you

    As always, thank you so much for your ongoing support. As our team sat in the court room in early April, we were all very aware that we were representing you, the thousands of passionate supporters of New Chum beach.

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  • Would you like to join us at the environment court?

      31 March 2019
    Posted by: Rosemary Stone

    The hearing dates have been set. We (Preserve New Chum for Everyone Inc) will be appearing on 8, 9 and 10 April. The hearing is open to the public and you are welcome to attend. TCDC, 515 Mackay St, Thames 3500. Please introduce yourself to the committee - we will be there with our T-shirts on :-)

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  • We're off to court

      27 January 2019
    Posted by: Rosemary Stone

    We now have a date for the Environment Court hearing. It will be held in early April, so it is essential that we have enough funds to employ legal, landscape and ecology experts to defend our position - that there should be no development behind New Chum beach.

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  • Rarely asked - now requested, Help Save New Chum Beach!

      23 December 2018
    Posted by: Rosemary Stone

    We are raising $50,000 to cover upcoming fees for technical experts employed to represent Preserve New Chum for Everyone Inc.

    Thank you for your support, this campaign will continue for another month.

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