Now more beaches may be subject to similar action.
Every summer, New Zealanders take to the beach to bask in the sun and enjoy the warm weather.
For some a summer tradition is to take their car for a joy-ride on one of the country's long beaches.
However, this joy-riding comes at a cost.
According to the Ministry of Transport, between 2013 and 2017, there were 75 car crashes on beaches, with nine people killed and 47 seriously injured. In 2018, two beach goers were killed in separate incidents, including one case where a drunk Auckland teenager was doing donuts on a beach and rolled his ute, killing a 17-year-old.