Policy 26: Natural defences against coastal hazards

Introduction

Read policy about natural defences against coastal hazards from the New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement 2010.
  1. Provide where appropriate for the protection, restoration or enhancement of natural defences that protect coastal land uses, or sites of significant biodiversity, cultural or historic heritage or geological value, from coastal hazards.
  2. Recognise that such natural defences include beaches, estuaries, wetlands, intertidal areas, coastal vegetation, dunes and barrier islands.
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