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:
3. 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:
4. activities involving the subdivision, use, or development of areas of the coastal environment:
5. the Crown's interests in the coastal marine area:
6. 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
   2. relate to areas in the coastal marine area that have significant conservation value:
7. the implementation of New Zealand's international obligations affecting the coastal environment:
8. the procedures and methods to be used to review the policies and to monitor their effectiveness:
9. national priorities for maintaining and enhancing public access to and along the coastal marine area:
10. the protection of protected customary rights:
11. any other matter relating to the purpose of a New Zealand coastal policy statement.

12. 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).

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

14. generally within the coastal environment; or
15. to any specified part of the coastal environment.