Only today a man is in court over his use of a four wheel bike on the beach at Haumoana, he has pleased not guilty. He hit and killed a dog.

I must question the legality of all beaches being roads. If this is the case why are people, including anglers, allowed to take farm quads and trikes on a beach when they clearly do not have a roadworthy status? There are members of this site who have four wheel farm bikes and to the best of my knowledge these have neither a registration or a warrant of fitness, so how come they are allowed on the beach if it is designated as a road?