A Tauranga woman who claims a man was acting suspiciously and taking photographs of her and a friend on Mauao's summit has spoken out about the incident.
The 33-year-old woman told the Bay of Plenty Times she was taking photographs with a friend at the bottom of the viewing stairs on the summit of the popular tourist site about 7.15pm on October 4 when the pair noticed a man acting suspiciously behind them.
"I had turned around, and he was staring directly at us but standing kind of behind a bush which I thought was a weird place to stand to look at the view if he was," the woman said.
"I walked up to the top where he was standing but a little bit behind him and watched him watching my mate's every move; it creeped me out."
The woman said she and her friend took photos at a few different locations on the summit, including off the track. Every time the woman turned around the man was about 50m away with his camera aimed at them, she said.