This site details the provisions relating to the
Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 that came into effect
in November 2004 and January 2005. It also
describes key aspects of the Resource Management
(Foreshore and Seabed) Amendment Act 2004.
This summary links to the full text of Wai 1071,
the Waitangi Tribunal’s report on the Crown’s
foreshore and seabed policy.
More suggestions and sources
Bennion, Tom. ‘Lands under the sea: foreshore
and seabed.’ In Waitangi revisited:
perspectives on the Treaty of Waitangi, edited
by Michael Belgrave and others, 233–247. Melbourne:
Oxford University Press, 2004.
Boast, Richard. Foreshore and seabed.
Wellington: LexisNexis, 2005.
Boast, Richard. Rangahaua Whanui national
series theme Q: the foreshore. Wellington:
Waitangi Tribunal, 1996.
McHugh, P. G. ‘Aboriginal title in New Zealand:
a retrospect and prospect.’ New Zealand Journal
of Public and International Law 2 (2004):
139–202.