Vehicles on the Beach

Vehicles are permitted to access all beaches to launch or retrieve a craft from the water provided they move by the shortest practicable route, as well as emergency purposes. 

Two wheeled road or off-road motorbikes are not permitted to drive on any part of the beach.

Any vehicle brought onto the beach must:

• access the beach via an authorised beach access
• not be parked in such a way as to avoid blocking access for other beach users
• be driven in a safe and careful manner
• not be repeatedly driven back and forth over the same stretch of wet sand to avoid potential damage to shellfish beds
• not be driven onto the dune area as these areas are fragile and contain breeding birds and erosion control plants.

Vehicles may drive along the beach only in the following areas:

• the foreshore between the Official Beach Access Point at Olliver Grove, North Waikanae, to the Official Beach Access Point at the southern end of Rodney avenue, Te Horo;
• the formed shingle track through the reserve area adjacent to the foreshore between the northern ban of the Magaone Stream, Te Horo Beach, to the souther bank of the Ōtaki River mouth;
• the formed shingle track adjacent to the foreshore between the northern bank of the Ōtaki River mouth to the Official Beach Access Point opposite 100 Marine Parade, Ōtaki Beach;
• the foreshore between the Official Beach Access Point opposite 8 Marine Parade, Ōtaki Beach, to the northern limit of the District (Note: The Waitohu Reserve area is outside the limits of the foreshore and is off limits to all vehicles).

Vehicle Zones on the Beach Foreshore