The Mauao base track has reopened and is now safe to use.

On December 24 the Mauao base track was closed, as it was not possible to walk around the base track.

Tauranga City Council say the slips and debris caused by the bad weather have now been cleared. All other tracks on Mauao remain open.

The council's contractors will be monitoring low-lying parks and tracks during the holiday break, and closures might occur if there were safety concerns.

The council's manager of parks and recreation, Mark Smith urges people to take care when walking at high-tide times, with a king tide expected again on December 29.

'The peak tides will affect all of our coastal tracks at about the same time,” he says.

'As it is not possible to monitor them all simultaneously, we ask people to use their own judgement and to turn back if they have any concerns.”

Some of the more popular low-lying tracks in Tauranga are at Matua, Mauao and Waikareao Estuary.

King tides are especially high tides that occur only a few times each year.

In January 2018, a king tide combined with bad weather to cause damage to low-lying tracks and private properties.

Accurate information about high tide times can be obtained from MetService.