Analysis of Written Submissions on the Report Walking Access in the New Zealand Outdoors
Glossary and Abbreviations
Access strip A strip of land created under the Resource Management Act 1991 for the purpose of allowing public access to or along any river, or lake, or the coast, or to any esplanade reserve, esplanade strip, other reserve, or land owned by the local authority or by the Crown (excluding land held for a public work)
AMF The literal translation of ad medium filum aquae (AMF) is “to the centre line of the river”. The term refers to the English common law presumption that the beds of non-tidal rivers and lakes were owned by the adjoining landholders to the centre line or centre point
Cadastral map A representation at a scale of the boundary features relating to land in a district in a graphic or digital form
Curtilage An area that surrounds a building. This area could be subject to access restrictions in the interests of privacy and safety. The extent of a curtilage will depend on the size, setting and use of the building
DOC Department of Conservation
Esplanade reserve Land reserved under section 229 of the Resource Management Act for various listed purposes, of which public access may or may not be included. The land is owned by the territorial authority
Esplanade strip A strip of land registered under section 229 of the Resource Management Act for various listed purposes, of which public access may, or may not be, included. The land remains vested in the private owner
Group, the Land Access Ministerial Reference Group
Hapu Maori sub-tribe or groups of families within an iwi
HQA High quality access
HSEA Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992
Iwi Maori tribe
Kai moana Seafood
Landholder For the purposes of this analysis, a landholder is an owner/occupier/lessee of land
LINZ Land Information New Zealand
MAF Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Mahinga kai Traditional food or resource areas
Manawhenua Traditional status, rights and responsibilities of iwi, hapu or whanau as residents in their territory
Marginal strip Strip of land reserved from the sale of Crown land along banks of rivers and lakes and above the high tide mark held for conservation and access purposes. Reserved from disposition of land for Crown
OIC Overseas Investment Commission
Private land Is taken to mean, for the purposes of this analysis:
• any land (other than unformed legal road) that is for the time being held in fee simple by any person other than the Crown;
• any Maori land within the meaning of the Maori Affairs Act 1953;
• any land (other than unformed legal road) held by a person; under a lease or licence granted to that person by the Crown (without any requirement for the provision of public access)
Public land Includes parks and reserves held by local government or the Department of Conservation for a variety of purposes, and Crown lands and forests held by LINZ, State-owned enterprises, and licensees which are available for public recreation
PWA Public Works Act 1981
Queen’s Chain Popular term used to describe land under various mechanisms and legislation that enables public access alongside rivers, lakes and the coast
Report, the “Walking Access in the New Zealand Outdoors” (2003)
Riparian land/margin Land alongside rivers or lakes
RMA Resource Management Act 1991
User For the purposes of this analysis, a user is someone who uses land with intent to recreate or to reach a particular location in order to recreate
Waahi tapu A place sacred to Maori in the traditional, spiritual, religious, ritual, or mythological sense
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
