Our Coast

Coastal publications

We have produced a range of publications related to coastal management.

Strategy, management and policy:

• Auckland Regional Plan: Coastal - a framework for assessing proposals to use or develop the coastal marine area, and policy guidance for the landward part of the coastal environment.
• Auckland Regional Policy Statement
• Coastal Hazard Strategy (CHS) - Provides guidance for assessing and managing coastal hazards.
• Coastal Erosion Management Manual (CEMM) - informs users of the region's coast about the hazards of coastal erosion, and the environmental effects of implementing a particular response.
• CEMM Section 1 - Introduction (65.9 KB PDF)
• CEMM Section 2 - Is there a coastal erosion problem (196.3 KB PDF)
• CEMM Section 3 - Determine the cause of erosion (61.3 KB PDF)
• CEMM Section 4 - Understand the environmental context (44.8 KB PDF)
• CEMM Section 5 - Your response to the problem (179.6 KB PDF)
• CEMM Section 6 - Select an options (100.2 KB PDF)
• CEMM Section 7 - Assessment of environmental effects (74.3 KB PDF)
• CEMM Section 8 - Need for a resource consent (45.0 KB PDF)
• CEMM Part B1 - Checklist (35.8 KB PDF)
• CEMM Part B2 - Legal issues (35.6 KB PDF)
• CEMM Part B4 - Statutory framework (60.3 KB PDF)
• CEMM Part B6 - Assessment of Environmental Effects (97.3 KB PDF)
• CEMM Glossary (68.0 KB PDF)
• Clarks Beach Coastal Erosion Management Guidelines (1.4 MB PDF)
• Browns Bay Coastal Hazards Strategy
• Pahurehure Inlet Management Plan (1.4 MB PDF)
• Algies Bay Coastal Compartment Plan (613.1 KB PDF)
• Draft Waiuku Estuary Management Plan.

General education:

• Sand Dunes - factsheet on sand dunes and their environmental worth
• Coastcare - guide to Coastcare groups what they do and how the ARC is involved (103.0 KB PDF)
• CE1 Our coast and sea - who do I contact (171.5 KB PDF)
• CE2 So you want to carry out works in the coastal marine area (510.2 KB PDF)
• CE3 What to include in an Assessment of Environmental Effects (AEE) (163.3 KB PDF)
• CE4 Jetties, ramps and other access (212.7 KB PDF)
• CE5 Managing Coastal Erosion (161.5 KB PDF)
• CE6 Public Access to Auckland’s Coast (205.6 KB PDF)
• CE7 Moorings (180.9 KB PDF)
• The New Zealand Mangrove (summary booklet)
• The New Zealand Mangrove (Technical Publication No 325)
• Hauraki Gulf Forum State of Environment Report
• Hauraki Gulf Forum Shellfish Depletion Report
• Southern Kaipara seabed ecology survey
• Various technical publications are relevant to the coast

Coastal planting:

• Coastal Planting Guide 1 - overview to coastal planting in different coastal environments
• Coastal Planting Guide 2 - Dunes
• Coastal Planting Guide 3 - Coastal Forests
• Coastal Planting Guide 4 - Coastal Cliff Tops
• Coastal Planting Guide 5 - Coastal Wetlands, Salt marshes & Estuaries
• Coastal Planting Guide 6 - Coastal Clay banks.

If you have trouble with accessing any of these publications please contact us on (09) 366 2000 or info@arc.govt.nz.

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