Court decision pp1-41
pdf
96k
Court decision pp42-82
pdf
96k
Beaches for Recreation
petition launched
Government announcement (18
August)
PANZ guide to submission-making
(due 3 October) (pdf
4k)
PANZ Submission New
Principles for 'Public Domain'
NGOs meet Ministers
(15 September)
Government responds
to NGO questions
Opinion
Freedom to use beaches is a fragile thing
'Public domain' is no guarantee of public access
Crown Land or Public Domain? What's
the Difference?
"Perhaps the term
"public domain" is designed to confuse the dumb pakeha
more than the dumb native"
News media releases...
Bathing at the beach unlawful
Public ownership of foreshore essential
Foreshore sideshow of statistics and . . . .
What has been described as "the
defining document on public access in New Zealand" released by PANZ
Land access reports released August 2003
Summary of Submissions to the Ministerial Reference Group on Land Access pdf 52k
Walking Access in the New
Zealand Outdoors
A report by the Land
Access Ministerial Reference Group pdf
576k
The Law on Public Access
Along Water Margins
By B E Hayes pdf
988k
Land Access Reference Group Report - PANZ commentary and checklist of pros and
cons
PANZ guide to submission-making:
Due 30 November.
Includes Government's meeting schedule (pdf
24k)
Has Jim Sutton Hijacked Labour's Outdoor Policy?
Abolition of Queen's Chain should not become Government's agenda
Queen Victoria's legacy
What is meant by "Queen's Chain" and related terminology
2.5 million hectares of New Zealand's South Island high country are Crown lands subject to 300 pastoral leases. These provide long-term occupation and grazing rights but no right to obtain freehold ownership.
Through a voluntary process, approximately half these leases are currently being reviewed. Through exchange of rights between lessees and the Crown, approximately 35% is being reserved for conservation and recreation purposes, with public access provided over the freeholded balance.
Check tenure review progress...
Marlborough
Canterbury
Westland
Otago
Southland
LINZ
report 4 Dec 2002 pdf 316k
Reviews North to South
Marlborough
Raglan
F&B Submission
Muzzle
Submissions close 2 February New
North
Canterbury
Mt Oxford
PANZ Submission
Rakaia
Valley, Canterbury
Peak Hill
PANZ
submission
Double Hill
PANZ
Submission
Glenariffe
PANZ
Submission
South Canterbury
Clayton Station
PANZ submission
Scotsburn
Submissions close 22 December New
Mackenzie Basin, Canterbury
Omahau Downs
PANZ Submission
Rhoboro Downs
PANZ
Submission
Bendrose
PANZ
submission
Ahuriri
Valley, Otago
Ben Avon
PANZ Submission
Longslip
PANZ
Submission
Quailburn
PANZ
Submission
Lindis Pass, Otago
Dalrachney
PANZ Submission
Lindis Group of leases
PANZ
Submission
Hawkdun Range, Otago
Otamatapaio
PANZ Submission
Domett Downs
PANZ
Submission
Braeside
PANZ
Submission
Kakanui Mountains, Otago
Dome Hills
PANZ Submission
Wanaka, Otago
West Wanaka
PANZ Submission
Alphaburn
PANZ
Submission
Glendhu
PANZ
Submission
Cattle Flat
PANZ
Submission
Glenfoyle
PANZ
Submission
Mt Burke
Submissions close 1 December New
Dingle Burn
Submissions close 19
January New
Pisa Range, Otago
Waiorau
Renegotiated tenure review
agreement
Mount Pisa Station
PANZ Submission
Eastburn-Waitiri
PANZ submission
Lake Wakatipu, Otago
Glen Nevis
PANZ Submission
Wyuna
PANZ Submission
Knobby Range, Otago
Knobbies-Cairnhill
PANZ Submission
Old Man Range, Otago
Obelisk Creek
PANZ Submission
Silverbirch
Submissions
close 24 November
PANZ submission New
Rock & Pillar Range, Otago
Stonehurst
PANZ Submission
Southland
Glenlapa
PANZ Submission
Mataura Valley
PANZ
Submission
Related high country topics
Molesworth management plan
for review
Submissions due 3 August 2002
Public credibility of tenure reviews tested by marginal strip procedures...
Are covenants worth the paper they are written on?
Departmental hostility to public needs may be put to the test
Topic
in PANZ newsletter (44k
pdf)
Does DoC have liability for recreational visitors' mishaps?
19-year dispute on Waiheke Island ends
at Privy Council
A key case concerning implied dedication of a public road:
"From the moment that a dedicated way has been accepted by
the public there is a right of passage by the public...once a
highway always a highway".
Court of Appeal reaffirms roads held in trust for public benefit:
"Despite vesting in the local authority the right of passage
over a road is one possessed by the public, not the local authority".
Court rejects Ruapehu Council's decision to stop Kokako Road
Recreational value of roads reflected in Johnsons Road decision
Public land ownership
The origins of public
lands in New Zealand. Why is public ownership necessary?
Public access in general
Allenmansrätt, Walkways, law, order and the great outdoors
Covenants (over private land)
Queen's Chain
Only two leases over
marginal strips -- so why was it neccesary to change the law?
Sea coast
NZ Coastal Policy & Plans
Public roads
A guide to road
dedication
Public
conservation estate
'DOC estate' out --
'public land' in...
Crown Forests
Rights of public use are retained despite licences to forestry
companies...
South Island
high country
Grazing and burning the high country to 'save it' from fire...
Treaty
of Waitangi & Maori claims
Claims for sovereignty lack credibility...
Treaty
Claims Register
DoC's involvement in settlements (May 2001) (pdf 684 k)
Legislation
Crown Pastoral Land &
Queen's Chain Protection Bills
Local issues
By local authority areas
Political policy
1993 & 1996 elections
Overseas
UK, Sweden
A guide to writing 'Letters to the Editor'
PDF Library
A wide range of publications about the outdoors