Is it legal to collect at Auckland, New Zealand: Rangitoto Wreck Bay ships' graveyard?

Prohibited, look only. NZ: DOC scenic reserve, hulks scheduled as historic heritage in the Auckland Unitary Plan and protected under the Heritage NZ Pouhere Taonga Act 2014; look and photograph only, removal is an offence

What can you find at Auckland, New Zealand: Rangitoto Wreck Bay ships' graveyard?

iron hull plates, ribs, fastenings, ballast, bottle glass and ceramic fragments among the wreckage, lava-rock pools

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Auckland, New Zealand

Rangitoto Wreck Bay ships' graveyard

Tidal foreshore Documented siteProhibited, look only

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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Nails and fittings

Wreck timber

Old bottles

Also reported: ribs, lava-rock pools.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), NPS photo (Public domain), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

At least 13 hulks dumped on the Rangitoto shore between 1887 and 1947; wreck iron and timber lie in the intertidal.

Auckland Council heritage walk page: 13 ships dumped 1887 to 1947 at Wreck Bay, protected as a significant historic heritage place, visit at low tideView source →