Torrential rain on Saturday created the perfect conditions for water sports on a Papamoa reserve - but the council has warned against such antics.
Local resident Bernard Golder captured footage of a man on a surfboard being towed by a quad bike along the flooded reserve.
Mr Golder said he had been watching the water rise quickly on Saturday morning because of the heavy downpour.
He was out walking the dog later that morning when he spotted the man entering the reserve opposite Harrison's Cut in Papamoa, he said.
Underneath the flooded waterway was a stormwater run-off drain.