A group of students from Te Kura O Moana spent Saturday morning cleaning up South Bay beach. By lunchtime, they had filled six rubbish bags with plastic bottles, food wrappers, and broken fishing line. The organiser, Mrs Patel, said the rubbish could harm seabirds and other wildlife. One student, Maia, said the clean-up was the best school activity she had ever done. Another student said the beach looked much tidier afterwards. Local residents thanked the group for helping to keep the bay clean.