Kaipara outrage at hoons on dunes

Kaipara District Mayor Jason Smith says the closure of Auckland's Muriwai Beach to vehicles this summer, has seen more four wheel drive enthusiasts head further north each weekend and many are driving rough-shod over the ecologically fragile sand dunes and historically important sites on Ripiro Beach.

Pouto beach

Shags dry their wings at at the northern end of Ripiro Beach photo - LDR / Susan Botting

A motorbike heads along Ripiro Beach in Northland. photo - LDR / Susan Botting

Baylys Beach

Pouto Lighthouse