Boozing partygoers who left a disgusting mess of rubbish and broken bottles on Papamoa Beach have been told to do their partying at home.
Papamoa councillor Steve Morris was responding to the aftermath of a big beach party on Tuesday night which shocked regular beach walkers.
"The cheeky buggers ... I would prefer they partied in their parents' backyard rather than coming out to our place," he said.
Mr Morris said beach parties were now far less common than in the 1980s when Papamoa was remote from Tauranga and it was more socially acceptable. Things had stabilised as the population grew and his only recent recollection of a beach party was one planned by Hamilton quad bikers towards the Kaituna Cut.