29 Aug 2023

'Art' or 'desecration'? Mystery carved skull turns heads in South Taranaki

From Checkpoint, 5:53 pm on 29 August 2023

Mystery surrounds the appearance of a stylised skull carved into the sandstone cliffs at Waipipi Beach near Waverley in South Taranaki.

The creation is reminiscent of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards' famous skull rings, or for millennials - the skull emoji.

Our Taranaki Whanganui reporter Robin Martin has been at Waipipi Beach.