However, even the sweeping dunes of Aotearoa cannot be saved from the rubbish polluting the oceans at an alarming rate. A landmark United Nations report has identified plastic pollution as one of the major health risks to the world. READ MORE:* Tourists' plastic waste ruining idyllic holiday spots* New Zealand fails to make list of world's 50 best beaches* How to travel plastic freeNot to mention the obvious ecological impact to sea life being entangled in them or ingesting them. But an increasing number of foreign plastic objects rolling into 100% Pure New Zealand. But now the opposing tourist desires of convenience (assisted by plastic) and aesthetic (ruined by plastic) are butting up against each other.

Source: Stuff March 22, 2019 15:56 UTC