After eight hours in the water and an epic 20km swim Athol Steward was very glad to reach Kai Iwi Beach on Saturday evening.
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He is hoping news of the two swims will bring donors to a Givealittle page, Making Waves NZ, and raise funds for Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM) to fight the mining proposal.
Mining company Trans-Tasman Resources is seeking to use its consents to suck up millions of tonnes of iron-rich sand from the seabed 22-36km offshore from Pātea. The consents were quashed in the High Court, and the company is looking to an Appeal Court case to overturn that.