{"id":628745,"date":"2026-10-12T23:10:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T23:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/628745\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T23:10:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T23:10:14","slug":"waste-of-time-dog-walkers-flouting-omanu-beach-ban-says-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/628745\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Waste of time’ dog walkers flouting \u014cmanu Beach ban, says local"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Mount Maunganui resident says dog access rules are frequently being breached on \u014cmanu Beach.<\/p>\n

By Ayla Yeoman of Local Democracy Reporting<\/p>\n

Brian Dey, who lives near the beach, said there was about one dog per 10 people in Tauranga, and the other nine people deserved a dog-free beach.<\/p>\n

He said the beach had dog access rules, but they were not communicated clearly enough or dog owners ignored them.<\/p>\n

\u201cYesterday when I looked out the window, there were 15 dogs on the beach in front of the surf club.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is a \u201cno dogs\u201d sign at the beach entrance, and a \u014cmanu Beach carpark sign specifies \u201cstrictly no dogs\u201d within 200m of the surf club. The penalty for breaching this is a $300 fine.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The \u014cmanu Beach “no dogs” signage. (Source: Local Democracy Reporting)<\/p>\n

Dey said dozens of dogs were off-leash on the beach every day.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe city council signage is a waste of time.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said the beach would be loaded with people in the summer with kids playing in the sand, \u201cbut that\u2019s the same sand that dogs have been peeing on\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should be able to avoid that.\u201d<\/p>\n

He was not against dogs but argued there should be a space without them for people to enjoy.<\/p>\n

The Gathering of the Goldens brought dogs and owners from across the North Island together for a parade, photos and plenty of wagging tails. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n

Dey suggested people walking dogs along the beach should exit, walk along the Oceanbeach Rd footpath and rejoin once they had passed \u014cmanu Beach.<\/p>\n

There were unleashed dogs on the beach when Local Democracy Reporting visited.<\/p>\n

Tauranga City Council animal services team leader Oscar Glossop said dogs were not allowed on the \u014cmanu foreshore area in front of the surf club.<\/p>\n

He said dogs could pass through on a leash as long as they were under control and not causing a nuisance or danger to other people or animals.<\/p>\n

\"Tauranga<\/p>\n

Tauranga animal services team leader Oscar Glossop (Source: Local Democracy Reporting)<\/p>\n

\u201cMost dog owners are responsible and enjoy walking their dogs on the beach.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we receive reports of breaches, or our officers observe them, we\u2019ll investigate.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Dog Management Bylaw said dogs should be on a leash at all times in the \u014cmanu Beach carpark and were prohibited in front of the surf club between two beach access markers.<\/p>\n

It said there was an exception for dogs to transit through the area on a leash.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The very detailed \u014cmanu Beach carpark sign stipulating “no dogs”. (Source: Local Democracy Reporting)<\/p>\n

Glossop said the bylaw was up for review in December 2028.<\/p>\n

Surf Lifesaving New Zealand and the \u014cmanu club were approached for comment.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Local Democracy Reporting is local body journalism co-funded by RNZ and NZ On Air<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Mount Maunganui resident says dog access rules are frequently being breached on \u014cmanu Beach. By Ayla Yeoman…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":628746,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[50,138,111,139,69,1756],"class_list":["post-628745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-animals","tag-business","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tauranga-bay-of-plenty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628745","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=628745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}