A car pulled from rocks at Te Kōhanga / Shipwreck Bay on Sunday.
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The waves around Te Kōhanga / Shipwreck Bay are world-famous but changing tides, sinking sands and rocky outcrops are a life-threatening hazard for drivers along the shore.
Tangata whenua say the number of vehicles getting stranded is growing exponentially.
On Saturday night, rescuers pulled out a stranded van and the next morning, they salvaged a flipped car.
Not only is the petrol, oil and debris a pollution problem - kaitiaki like Patau Tepania said drivers lives were at risk. Cars are made for on the road not for on the beach. Someone could easily get killed.