DSC_4616 Exposed sandy surf beach at low tide, East Coast of the North Island. Pakiri Beach
DSC_14071 Chenier plains are formed where a shell barrier beach such as this one, comprising shell fragments and coarse sand, is moved by longshore drift and carried landwards through wash action to form bars on the foreshore. Chenier plains are globally rare. The largest in New Zealand, is at Miranda. It is the only chenier plain in the world still aggrading. Miranda/Kaiaua Coast
