Story: Beachcombing

More links and websites

• Accumulation and distribution of virgin plastic granules on New Zealand beaches

  A link to a 1978 paper describing the growing problem of plastic granules in the sea and on beaches.

• Nature Watch NZ

  This website publishes reports of sightings of marine species and other beach finds around New Zealand.

• The hazards of persistent marine pollution: drift plastics and conservation islands

  This paper by Murray Gregory, published in the Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand (1991) is a survey of plastic litter and debris on New Zealand beaches.

More suggestions and sources

• Crowe, Andrew. The life-size guide to the New Zealand beach: featuring the odd things that we get washed up on the sand. Auckland: Penguin, 2004.
• Evans, Alice. Mount Camel calling Auckland: Hodder and Stoughton, 1981.
• Hall-Jones, John. Stewart Island explored. Invercargill: Craig Printing Company, 1994.
• Hayward, Bruce W. ‘A load of old rubbish: Kawerua beach litter surveys, 1974–1997’ Tane 37 (1999): 15–26.
• Walrond, Carl. ‘Beachcombers and castaways.’ New Zealand Geographic 56 (March–April 2002): 102–109.