Government seeks urgent advice on how to protect Auckland rockpools

📅 January 18, 2026 04:03 AM ⏱️ 2 min read 🕐 Scraped: January 18, 2026

Summary: A demonstration in Auckland's Whangaparāoa saw residents claiming local rockpools had been stripped bare of sealife by visitors.

Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone

The government is seeking urgent advice on dealing with the alleged stripping of rockpools by harvesters in the north Auckland area.

On Saturday, about a hundred people demonstrated at Army Bay in Auckland's Whangaparāoa for the protection of local rockpools.

Residents told RNZ the bay had been ransacked of marine life

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