The Department of Conservation has launched an investigation after a seal was skinned and eaten by those occupying Mahanga Bay in Wellington.
The occupation on Miramar Peninsula formed after the anti-mandate protest at Parliament was broken up earlier this year.
Tents, campervans and cars could be seen littered across the area near the beach this week.
DoC Kapiti-Wellington operations manager Angus Hulme-Muir said staff were informed about a seal being recovered from a net in Mahanga Bay. The seal appeared to have drowned as a result.
Staff went to the scene and met with the people who reported it, Hulme-Muir said.