The west coast of New Zealand has many wild and remote beaches less frequently visited than the popular and safer to swim beaches on the east. It is possible to walk these beaches without another person in sight for kilometer after kilometer. Such was the case when I crept out of the house early on a wintery morning. These pictures were taken at Ocean Beach, Kawhia.
![Kawhia, Ocean Beach sunrise, New Zealand](https://i0.wp.com/wanderwild.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/F1A3473.jpg?resize=900%2C600&ssl=1)
![Pipis washed up on beach, New Zealand](https://i0.wp.com/wanderwild.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/F1A3519-3.jpg?resize=900%2C456&ssl=1)
![Kawhia Ocean Beach, New Zealand](https://i0.wp.com/wanderwild.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/F1A3497.jpg?resize=900%2C558&ssl=1)