http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1308/S00327.htm Holiday park sentenced for clearing native sand dunes Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 10:19 am Press Release: Bay of Plenty Regional Council Holiday park sentenced for clearing native sand dunes For immediate release: 13 August 2013 An eastern Bay of Plenty holiday park and its owner have been fined a total of $42,000 for illegal earthworks and illegal vegetation clearance in native sand dunes at Thornton Beach last year. Thornton Beach Holiday Park Limited and its owner, David John Edwards, each pleaded guilty to two Resource Management Act offences brought by Bay of Plenty Regional Council for clearing sand dunes between 11 May 2012 and 10 August 2012. They were sentenced by Judge Melanie Harland on 7 August 2013. [....]