Thomas, the rubbish is only a small fraction of what this is really about. This all boils down to the local whanau out there do not want people camping on their land, if the road into ocean beach didn't cross their land none of this would be happening. They have already held the council to ransom over the road and the price thats paid to iwi over it.
But on the other hand, This type of system is nothing new in Hawkes Bay. alot of our reserves are locked to vehicle access 24 hours a day due to vandalism and abuse. They lock Eskdale Park and Waimarama Domain every night for these reasons. Similarly the HBRegional Council does the same on most of its river access ways.