NZ Coastal Policy Statement 
The Minister of Conservation is responsible for preparing the NZ Coastal Policy Statement.  The first NZ Coastal Policy Statement was issued in 1994 and a new statement was took effect from December 2010.

Roading Law as it Applies to Unformed Roads – The Sequel
Published October 2007
The main purpose of this report is to provide an illustration of the method and the depth of research underpinning Roading Law as it Applies to Unformed Roads.

Roading law as it applies to unformed roads
Published March 2007
This commentary explains the nature of the "Queen's highway", what the free right of passage is, the special character of roads along rivers, lakes and the sea, as well as some historical perspective.

Elements of the law on movable water boundaries
Published March 2007
This commentary highlights unsatisfactory elements in our waterside law that detract from a stable legal environment. It shows that we need legislation to protect landowners and the recreational users from inadequacies in such law as we now have.

The law on public access along water margins
Published August 2003
Public access to our coast, lakes, rivers and streams for all citizens has been a feature of New Zealand land law and practice from the earliest colonial times. The foresight of many of the early administrators and the genuine efforts of their successors have kept that ideal alive - indeed it may have become larger in life than it is as law.

If Visitors to My Farm are Injured, Am I Liable?
July 2009
This farming fact sheet, published by the Department of Labour, details farmers' responsibility to warn visitors of workplace hazards under the Health and Safety in Employment Act (1992). 
 
Explaining the Queen's Chain Myth: the Evolution of Laws for Marginal Strips
Published April 1999 (NZ Surveyor No 289)
Baldwin, John