Access
New Zealand's culture and recreation is based on access to the outdoors, whether it be in the mountains, countryside, on rivers and lakes or the coastline.
- New walking access consultation panel formed
5 August 2005 - Cabinet paper - Walking Access in the New Zealand Outdoors
20 December 2004
- Analysis of Written Submissions on the Report, Walking Access in the New Zealand Outdoors
5 August 2004
This document is an analysis of written submissions made on the report of the Land Access Ministerial Reference Group, Walking Access in the New Zealand Outdoors - Summary of Comments Made at Consultation on the Report of the Land Access Ministerial Reference Group, Walking Access in the New Zealand Outdoors
3 March 2004
This document is a summary of comments made by people participating in consultation on the report of the Land Access Ministerial Reference Group , Walking Access in the New Zealand Outdoors - Meeting Record of Stakeholder and Public Meetings for Walking Access in the New Zealand Outdoors Consultation
3 March 2004
Notes taken at public meeting held from September till November 2003 - Consultation on walking access begins
18 September 2003
Rural Affairs Minister Jim Sutton is seeking public feedback on proposals to clarify and enhance the legal situation relating to public walking access over private land, along riverbanks and the foreshores of lakes and the sea. more>> - Letter from Minister
11 August 2003
Inviting responses to the report and on how access can continue to be available to New Zealanders in the future. more>> or as
- Ministerial Statement
11 August 2003
The report by the Land Access Reference Group was an important document, Rural Affairs Minister Jim Sutton said today. - Summary of Submissions
18 August 2003
This paper presents a summary of the submissions received by the Ministerial Reference Group on land access. There were over 230 written submissions, as well as presentations by various groups. - The Law on Public Access Along Water Margins
11 August 2003
Public access to our coast, lakes, rivers and streams for all citizens has been a feature of New Zealand land law and practice from the earliest colonial times. The foresight of many of the early administrators and the genuine efforts of their successors have kept that ideal alive - indeed it may have become larger in life than it is at law. - Walking Access in the New Zealand Outdoors
11 August 2003
This report outlines the discussions and conclusions of the Ministerial Reference Group established in January 2003 to consider whether the arrangements for public access to water margins, access to public land and private rural land are sufficient, while providing for private land use, both now and in the future.
Contact for Enquiries
Mark Neeson
Manager, Land and Water Policy
Pastoral House
25 The Terrace
PO Box 2526, Wellington
Phone: +64 894 0703
Fax: +64 4 894 0745

