What is a marginal strip?
Published Jul 10, 2018, 12:02 PM
Marginal strips are strips of land adjoining the coast, lakes larger than eight hectares in area, and rivers greater than three metres in width.
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What are esplanade reserves, esplanade strips and access strips?
Published Jul 10, 2018, 12:05 PM
These are different legal mechanisms involving access, but there may be restrictions on their use. Check with the relevant territorial authority.
Are river beds public land?
Published Jul 10, 2018, 12:17 PM
Riverbeds can be a useful form of access where water margin access is not available or not practicably usable.
The effects of erosion and accretion
Published Jul 17, 2018, 3:26 PM
The effect of erosion and accretion on public access along water margins can be quite complicated and require expert advice.
Signage Project
Published Sep 3, 2018, 10:09 AM
We are working with Federated Farmers and Rural Women NZ to provide signage for landholders to use to mark agreeable and voluntarily granted access routes.
Access along rivers, lakes and the coast
Published Sep 5, 2018, 1:23 PM
What is the Queen’s Chain and what happens when erosion, accretion or water movement affect public access? What are the access rights relating to the foreshore?