Story: Coastal shoreline All images & media From page 1 – Cliffs and beaches Coastal profiles New Zealand’s differing coastline Cliffs, Cape Kidnappers Sand and gravel shore, Puketā Nelson Boulder Bank Mōkau beach Raised beaches, Turakirae Head From page 2 – The rocky coast – upper shore Zones of a rocky shore Pōhutukawa Coastal lichens Column barnacles Common sea snails (1st of 3) Limpets (2nd of 3) Chitons (3rd of 3) From page 3 – The rocky coast – lower shore Rock pool stamps Pink paint and coralline seaweeds Brown seaweeds Pacific oysters From page 4 – Rock pools and boulder shores Cockabully Purple shore crab Collecting kina and pāua Shore skink From page 5 – Sand dunes Fore-dune formation and erosion Plants of the sand dunes (1st of 3) Spinifex (2nd of 3) Marram grass (3rd of 3) Katipō spider Excavating a midden, Watsons Beach Archaeological coastal gardens, Pukaroro From page 6 – Sandy beaches – lower shore Ngakengo Beach, Northland Collecting toheroa (1st of 2) One day’s harvest (2nd of 2) Paddle crab ready for eating Treasure on the shoreline (1st of 3) Violet snail shells (2nd of 3) Plastic pollution (3rd of 3) From page 7 – Shore birds Red-billed gull Birds of the shoreline (1st of 3) Baby dotterel (2nd of 3) Shore plover (3rd of 3) Cat footprints
