Pop superstar Taylor Swift has angered Auckland conservationists who say her crew put a rare native bird at risk filming at a west coast beach.
Swift is believed to have made a music video at Bethells Beach this week, where it is alleged her production team breached their permit by bringing up to 12 vehicles onto the beach.
The crew had approval to use two vehicles.
The beach is home to endangered baby dotterels.
Waitakere Ranges local board chair Sandra Coney posted on Facebook today alleging Swift broke the conditions of her filming permit, and voicing her concerns for the endangered coastal bird.
"Taylor Swift filming at Bethells this week. Permission was given for I think 2 vehicles, instead there were about a dozen. Parks not happy at all," she said.
"We are trying to minimise vehicles on beaches for good reasons but at Bethells there are baby dotterels. We have developed a dotterel management plan as there is a heap of filming out there, and we welcome it as economic activity that should leave no footprint, but Taylor's lot did not respect the environment or the conditions of their consent."
Taylor Swift's record label, Universal Music, has declined to comment.
Waitakere Ranges local board member Neil Henderson said the news was "disturbing" as there were only about 10 dotterels at any one time at the beach.
"The numbers aren't large by any means," he said.
"People needed to stick to the rules," Mr Henderson said, regardless of how famous they were."
Let me perch and hope they sue. Welcome to the Court, Taylor Swift
UPDATE:
The local film production company behind Taylor Swift's Bethells Beach music video has apologised over concerns it disrupted nesting dotterel on the West Coast beach.
"Taylor Swift and her management team were in no way at fault" says Cherokee Films.
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