A sunset vigil for English backpacker Grace Millane will be held under Mauao this Saturday.
Organiser Gemma Main thought Mount Maunganui Beach was the "most peaceful and beautiful place in the world", and the perfect place to remember the 22-year-old whose body was found on Sunday afternoon in the Waitakere Ranges.
"I feel really sad that Grace didn't get to experience the beauty of Mount Maunganui, so it's a way of bringing it to her," Main said.
Everyone was invited to attend the vigil, which would start at 8pm by the Mount Maunganui Surf Club.
She said the community would get together and share a moment of silence on the beach for Millane and she hoped to organise a group to perform a haka.