{"id":548822,"date":"2026-07-29T02:18:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T02:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/548822\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T02:18:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T02:18:25","slug":"orewa-beachfront-seawall-opens-to-protect-against-erosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/548822\/","title":{"rendered":"\u014crewa beachfront seawall opens to protect against erosion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img  alt=\"\u014crewa Beach reserve eroded by heavy seas after a heavy night of wind and rain from Cyclone Gabrielle. Photo \/ Brett Phibbs\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>\u014crewa Beach reserve eroded by heavy seas after a heavy night of wind and rain from Cyclone Gabrielle. Photo \/ Brett Phibbs<\/p>\n<p class=\"TErgZkLeGvuOzWkL\" style=\"display:none\">\u014crewa has been subject to erosion during storm events, with the council forced to replenish lost sand to protect properties along the beachfront for several decades, costing tens of thousands of dollars each time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TErgZkLeGvuOzWkL\" style=\"display:none\">It is hoped the seawall will negate the need for continuing renourishment on the increasingly popular beach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TErgZkLeGvuOzWkL\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIt\u2019s important to recognise this is a unique solution for a specific part of the coastline,\u201d former board chairwoman and current board member Julia Parfitt said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TErgZkLeGvuOzWkL\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cProjects like this are extremely expensive, aren\u2019t easy to deliver, and can\u2019t simply be replicated elsewhere, so we need to take a site-by-site approach to managing coastal erosion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TErgZkLeGvuOzWkL\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe local board of the day recognised the rate that erosion was occurring meant there would be no reserve land left to achieve a walking connection for all abilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"TErgZkLeGvuOzWkL\" style=\"display:none\">The $21.6 million seawall and shared pathway also includes planting, lighting, ramps, and stairs and seeks to minimise impact on existing vegetation and to protect p\u014dhutukawa trees at threat from erosion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TErgZkLeGvuOzWkL\" style=\"display:none\">The design sought to reduce the environmental footprint with locally-sourced, hand-shaped basalt for the seawall anchored with a low-carbon cement that supports performance and durability.<\/p>\n<p class=\"TErgZkLeGvuOzWkL\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to The Daily H<\/a>, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u014crewa Beach reserve eroded by heavy seas after a heavy night of wind and rain from Cyclone Gabrielle.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":548823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[542,9092,33846,79564,273,52151,71,4493,111,139,69,1864,2680,30308,15381,133688,530,43923,147,120414,61,9717,105587],"class_list":["post-548822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-access","tag-against","tag-along","tag-beachfront","tag-environment","tag-erosion","tag-from","tag-increased","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-opened","tag-opens","tag-protect","tag-protection","tag-providing","tag-residents","tag-rewa","tag-science","tag-seawall","tag-to","tag-visitors","tag-walkway"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}