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AQA MEDIA RELEASES & ARTICLES
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Aggregate News – February/March 2022
Featherston quarry approval emerges as river sources deplete
Featherston quarry operator Peter Warren says he’s pleased a long and challenging process to get approval for a new quarry on the outskirts of the town has concluded. South Wairarapa District Council last week approved the consent for PJ Warren Earthmoving to process...
Aggregate News – December 21/January 2022
Aggregate News – October/November 2021
INFRASTRUCTURE STUDY PROVIDES SOLUTIONS – LET’S IMPLEMENT THEM
The quarry industry says it will work with Government agencies to remedy policies which a NZ Infrastructure Commission Te Waihanga study says make it harder to access the aggregate needed to meet growing demand. Aggregate and Quarry Association (AQA) CEO Wayne Scott...
Rock our Future rocks on
Pupils from schools in Oamaru and Pukekohe are this year’s winners in the Rock our Future competition. AQA CEO Wayne Scott says the competition’s third year required school students to write an essay describing their experiences at a quarry and what they learned. “We...
Aggregate News – August/September 2021
Forest & Bird beating a hollow and expensive drum
Forest & Bird's opposition to new consenting pathways for quarries is a call to burn more fuel and add cost to every new home, says the Aggregate and Quarry Association. CEO Wayne Scott says F&B is effectively telling its members that sometimes tiny patches of...
Aggregate News – June/July 2021
Dunedin quarries sweep national industry awards
Dunedin’s Blackhead Quarries has swept the annual national awards of the quarry industry. At a gala dinner in Wellington on Friday night, Blackhead Quarries and associated companies took five of the seven awards given to quarries competing from around the country....
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