PHOTO: ROSE DAVIS/STUFF – The public walkway to Hooks Beach encroaches on private land.
A Waiheke Island property owner is trying to close Auckland Council’s popular public track to Hooks Beach.
Waiheke Local Board chairperson Paul Walden said the walkway encroaches on a property at the end of Mitchell Road.
A trespass notice has been issued by the landowner, ordering council officers and local board members and staff to stay off the track.
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