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Kaipara District Council has been working with the Mangawhai Heads Volunteer Lifeguard Service on temporary lifeguard facilities at the surf beach, installing temporary buildings and shipping containers on the lower car park, above the cordoned-off clubhouse.
The lower car park will remain closed in the meantime, as council and the club work on long-term solutions.
A significant landslide behind the clubhouse after the Anniversary Weekend rains and Cyclone Gabrielle resulted in the closure of the clubhouse, lookout and nearby public tracks.
They remain off-limits to the public although the beach can still be reached via the northern access track, across from the upper car park.
MHVLS says it will use the shipping containers as storage facilities for its surf lifesaving and junior surf operations.
Its volunteer lifeguard patrols got underway again over the Labour Day weekend, and the club will host the 30th annual lifeguard longboard nationals on November 4.
