On my early walk this morning I was appalled to see that here in Papamoa mother nature appears to have gone colour-blind. The once brown beach is now bright green and the once green lawns are now brown.

The sea lettuce is so thick between Papamoa beach and Harrison's Cut that it is only possible to walk on the beach above the high tide mark.

Do we call it ‘clean green beaches?' Man surely does not take long to ruin his environment with his chemicals.

J Duncan, Tauranga