Coastal Restoration Trust of New Zealand

Coastal Dune Ecosystem Reference Database

Urgent need to protect New Zealand’s coastal landscapes

Author
Healy T
Year
2003
Journal / Source
in P. Kench and T. Hume (eds.), Proceedings of the Coasts and Ports Australasian Conference 2003, Auckland, New Zealand, September 9–12
Pages
7 pp
Summary
Alarm bells for protection of coastal landscape should be well and truly ringing! This is exemplified by the great rush toward “life-style block” subdivision of large coastal tracts (simply glance at the “NZ Herald” Real Estate section), and recent cases such as the University of Auckland’s hedonistic attempt to sell prime coastal land on the scenic Coromandel coastline for development.