Law of the foreshore and seabed


by Mark Hickford

Questions about public access to and public ownership of the coast and beaches came into sharp focus in the early 2000s with the case that northern South Island Māori brought in the Māori Land Court to determine whether the Marlborough Sounds foreshore and seabed were Māori customary land.

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Main image: The legal demarcation of foreshore and seabed

Photograph showing the legal demarcation of foreshore and seabed


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