A popular Māori carving at Cass Bay near Lyttelton was vandalised over the weekend.
The statue, Kōauau o Tāne Whakapiripiri, is at Pony Point Reserve between Rapaki Bay and Cass Bay and is part of a popular walking track in Governors Bay.
A post on Twitter included pictures of the destruction and said they were "absolutely furious and devastated to hear of this act of pointless vandalism at Cass Bay".