Attack From The Sea

As the sea bites relentlessly into the eastern foreshore of Waikanae Beach, engineers of three local bodies are joining forces in a bid to check the attack.

A joint committee of the City Council. Catchment Board, and the Harbour Board is studying reports on possible ways of meeting the sea's challenge.

"The situation is being watched very closely," the city engineer, Mr N. R. Sanderson, told "Photo News".

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Foaming sea threatens to undermine young Norfolk pines as it eats into sandbank at eastern end of Waikanae foreshore

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Aerial picture at right was taken in 1953. The dotted line shows how waves have encroached on the foreshore. The pictures are by Alan E. George.

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The sea pours through a gap in the concrete "apron" near the mouth of the Turanganui River. Sandbank has been eroded back to fence-line.