McCallum cousins fight over islands, luxury lodge

McCallum cousins fight over islands, luxury lodge
Pakihi island is one of the properties the McCallums are fighting over (File photo).
Victoria Young
Litigation continues over parts of the McCallum family empire, known for McCallum chip quarrying, as two siblings – Fiona and William McCallum – allege their cousin and uncle took advantage of their father before his 2017 death.Bill McCallum was one of the three McCallum brothers’ owning a wide-ranging business empire that includes shipping, logistics, oysters and the quarrying of red rock used in construction known as McCallum Chip.His children Fiona and William say Bill’s brother Robert McCallum and Bill’s n...

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