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57: Preparation of New Zealand coastal policy statements
or “Rules for making official plans about how to look after New Zealand's beaches and oceans”
You could also call this:

“A list of things that can be included in rules about New Zealand's coast”

A New Zealand coastal policy statement can include objectives and policies about many things. You can find information about protecting special coastal areas, including those important to Māori people. It can talk about how to use coastal areas, what the government wants to do with coastal marine areas, and how to keep the natural character of the coast. The statement can also cover New Zealand’s promises to other countries about coastal areas, how to check if the policies are working, and how to make sure people can get to the coast. It can include ways to protect special rights of Māori people and anything else that fits with what the coastal policy statement is for.

The statement can also include other things that are usually in national policy statements. These are explained in another part of the law called section 45A(2) and (4).

The coastal policy statement, or parts of it, can apply to all coastal areas or just some specific coastal areas. This means the rules in the statement can be for the whole coast or just certain parts of it.

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Part 5 Standards, policy statements, and plans
National direction: New Zealand coastal policy statements

58Contents of New Zealand coastal policy statements

  1. A New Zealand coastal policy statement may state objectives and policies about any 1 or more of the following matters:

  2. national priorities for the preservation of the natural character of the coastal environment of New Zealand, including protection from inappropriate subdivision, use, and development:
    1. the protection of the characteristics of the coastal environment of special value to the tangata whenua including waahi tapu, tauranga waka, mahinga maataitai, and taonga raranga:
      1. activities involving the subdivision, use, or development of areas of the coastal environment:
        1. the Crown's interests in the coastal marine area:
          1. the matters to be included in 1 or more regional coastal plans in regard to the preservation of the natural character of the coastal environment, including the activities that are required to be specified as restricted coastal activities because the activities—
            1. have or are likely to have significant or irreversible adverse effects on the coastal marine area; or
              1. relate to areas in the coastal marine area that have significant conservation value:
              2. the implementation of New Zealand's international obligations affecting the coastal environment:
                1. the procedures and methods to be used to review the policies and to monitor their effectiveness:
                  1. national priorities for maintaining and enhancing public access to and along the coastal marine area:
                    1. the protection of protected customary rights:
                      1. any other matter relating to the purpose of a New Zealand coastal policy statement.

                        1. A New Zealand coastal policy statement may also include any of the matters specified in section 45A(2) and (4) (which applies as if references to a national policy statement were references to a New Zealand coastal policy statement).

                        2. A New Zealand coastal policy statement or any provisions of it may apply—

                        3. generally within the coastal environment; or
                          1. to any specified part of the coastal environment.

                            Notes
                            • Section 58(1): amended, on , by section 37 of the Resource Management Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 87).
                            • Section 58(1)(d): amended, on , by section 128 of the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 (2011 No 3).
                            • Section 58(1)(e): replaced, on , by section 54 of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 31).
                            • Section 58(1)(ga): inserted, on , by section 13 of the Resource Management (Foreshore and Seabed) Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 94).
                            • Section 58(1)(gb): inserted, on , by section 13 of the Resource Management (Foreshore and Seabed) Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 94).
                            • Section 58(1)(gb): amended, on , by section 128 of the Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 (2011 No 3).
                            • Section 58(2): inserted, on , by section 48 of the Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 15).
                            • Section 58(3): inserted, on , by section 48 of the Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 15).