A flotilla - or should that be convoy - of boats will be towed through Dargaville next week to protest a planned bylaw that would see powerboats banned from Kai Iwi Lakes.
An outcome of a recent review into the Taharoa Domain Reserve Management Plan 2002, the suggested bylaw - titled the Draft Kai Iwi Lakes (Taharoa Domain) Bylaw 2015 - has been drawn up by the Kaipara District Council and is being put out for consultation alongside the Draft Kai Iwi Lakes (Taharoa Domain) Reserve Management Plan 2015.
If approved, the bylaw will abolish the use of powerboats in the Kai Iwi Lakes' Taharoa Domain catchment and could rid the area's popular lakes of recreational watersports from as early as 2018.
This could spell ruin for the Kai Iwi Lakes Water Ski Club, a club which has been established on the Lake Waikare shoreline for more than 40 years and holds annual competitions at the lake.
On Tuesday the Friends of Kai Iwi Lakes working group wants to send a message to the KDC with a peaceful towed boat protest that is planned for Victoria St from 11.30am.