Following the Police and Bomb Squad callout centred around a geocache in the middle of Auckland, the NZ Recreational GPS Society would like to clarify some aspects of the event. The geocache container was a small round plastic box containing a logbook and collectable coin, attached to railings by a magnet. It has now been removed by the police. It is not a tracking device as suggested in the media, and it does not contain electronics. It is an inert plastic box.

There are times when stealth used hunting a geocache can be mistaken for suspicious activity or the container mistaken for an unsafe object as has happened on this occasion.

It is unfortunate that a geocache has been mis-interpreted as a potential security risk. Events such as this also serve to remind geocachers that the placement of a geocache should be considerate of security concerns, and the container should not be able to be confused as a security threat.