Save Ocean Beach

Below are just a few Articles that have appeared in the Otago Daily Times over the years regarding public concerns and council actions with regards to Erosion issues at Ocean Beach, Sea Wall safety and Construction issues.
from 1937 - 2005

Title: Ocean Beach Domain/Meeting of Board/Erosion at St. Clair.
Date: 29 JAN 1937
Page: 11

Title: Erosion at St Clair.
Date: 20 JUL 1939
Page: 6

Title: Erosion continues at St Clair.
Date: 21 JUL 1939
Page number: 4

Title: Rough seas/St Clair beach pounded.
Date: 15 AUG 1939
Page: 4

Title: Erosion at St Clair/Protective measures required.
Date: 22 AUG 1939
Page: 9

Title: Erosion at St Clair/Domain Board watching position.
Date: 23 AUG 1939

Title: Where will it end?/The foreshore erosion/Inroads in fifty years/A serious position.
Date: 30 AUG 1937

Title: Beach erosion/Position at St Clair.
Date: 19 SEP 1939
Page: 4

Title: Urgent anti-erosion measures needed.
Date: 13 OCT 1993
Page: 5

Title: Erosion at St Clair 'worst in 30 years'.
Date: 10 FEB 1995
Page: 16

Title: Stabilising work begins on sand dunes.
Date: 21 SEP 1996

Title: Erosion management at St Clair Beach.
Publication: Dunedin Star Midweek
Date: 25 SEP 1996
Page: 3

Title: Shifting sands.
Date: 09 MAR 1998
Page: 1

Title: High seas destroy reclamation along St Clair Esplanade.
Date: 02 MAR 1999
Page: 5

Title: Urban sprawl aids beach erosion/Study finds natural dunes replenish themselves.
Date: 04 MAR 1999
Page: 5

Title: Dune erosion concern.
Date: 30 MAR 1999
Pag: 5

Title: Erosion of sea walls a big concern/Future funding "mistake".
Date: 23 APR 1999
Page: 5

Title: St Clair residents to lobby council over erosion.
Date: 22 JUL 1999
Page: 2

Title: Coastal route erosion stuns expert.
Date: 22 AUG 2000
Page: 2

Title: Council assesses coastal erosion.
Date: 02 OCT 2001
Page: 3

Title: Beach users look to help save eroding sand dunes.
Date: 29 OCT 2001
Page: 4

Title: Money the answer to beach blues - expert.
Date: 31 OCT 2001
Page 3

Title: Council to seek funding for coastal erosion study.
Date: 05 AUG 2003
Page: 134

Title: Sand hill erosion preventive measures/Effective steps taken.
Date: 07 JUN 2004
Page: 3

Title: No link between erosion and Waitaki River dam-building.
Date: 21 OCT 2004
Page: 16

Title: Removing rocks foolish, geologist says.
Date: 22 DEC 2004
Page: 2

Title: Ocean waves two, concrete ramp nil.
Date: 10 MAR 2005
Page: 1