A date has been set for the next chapter in the long-running battle for consent to mine iron sand from the South Taranaki seabed.
It will be heard in the Court of Appeal in September.
In August 2017 the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) gave mining company Trans-Tasman Resources (TTR) marine discharge consents to suck up 50 million tonnes of black iron sand 22-36km offshore from Pātea.