Asian Council on Reducing Crime chairperson Rosa Chow reminds migrants about the damage sinkers can cause to moored boats.

Efforts are underway in Howick to educate migrants on local bylaws including not taking park ducks home as pets.

A full bus load of Chinese, Korean and Indian migrants were part of this month's trip.

Howick Local Board deputy chair Adele White, who was on the bus, says the field trip covers topics like trespass rules, liquor bans and crime prevention.

JARRED WILLIAMSON/FAIRFAX NZ Shelly Park Beach Cruising Club's Neil Bramley and Paul Collard-Scruby display some of the sinkers last year.

"We were also up at Lloyd Elsmore Park. There we reminded them about not feeding the ducks or taking them home as pets," she says.

"It's really good for migrants to tour around Howick, see local beaches and hear about getting to know your neighbours."

The Asian Council on Reducing Crime is working with the Shelly Park Cruising Club to remind migrants about the damage surfcasting can do, including producing a multi-lingual sign.

The club approached Eastern Courier about the problem in January 2015, saying moored boats were having windows, decks and propellers damaged by those casting their heavy sinkers between boats.

A warning sign, in English, Mandarin and Korean, will soon be put up at the entrance to the beach reminding fishermen they could be prosecuted if they damage boats.

The ACRC has worked the surfcasting issue into a new bylaw field trip scheme it organises for the migrant community.

On its third trip, they were met by cruising club member Paul Collard-Scruby, who outlined the club's concerns with heavy sinkers causing costly damage to moored boats.

"We don't want people to stop fishing, we're just reminding them to do it away from the moored boats," he says.

ACRC chairperson Rosa Chow says the trips are becoming more popular amongst migrants.

"Some people have lived here for a while but they don't know all of the rules," she says.

She hopes future trips will cover more than just bylaws, with some emphasis on seeing other community events.

Korean Positive Aging Charitable Trust manager Yongrahn Park says her members appreciate the trip being organised.

It gives them a better understanding of how bylaws work in everyday life, she says.