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Auckland

Rotoroa Island, Salvation Army asylum foreshore

Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted
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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Codd and soda bottlesCodd and soda bottles
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: glass eroding from beach banks.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Liz West (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Salvation Army alcohol and drug treatment island 1911-2005, confiscated bottles were smashed and buried, now a heritage and conservation island reached by ferry

The island trust's own museum documents and displays bottles excavated during restoration, erosion still exposes glass on the beaches

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Ferry schedule limits time ashoreBroken glass in eroding banks

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