Iron Sands

Iwi and environmental groups are to appeal a bid to take millions of tonnes of iron sand from the seabed off South Taranaki.

A company wanting to mine iron sand off the South Taranaki coast has rejected accusations its proposal would wreck the marine environment.

Opponents of a proposal to mine millions of tonnes of ironsand from the seabed off the Taranaki coast say the hearings process has been biased.

A South Taranaki iwi has accused the Environmental Protection Authority of not releasing videos it says were redacted from an application to mine ironsands of the region's coast.

A plan to mine iron sands off the South Taranaki coast is back on the table, two years after a similar application by Trans-Tasman Resources was turned down.