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3.8 Aerial photograph
An aerial photograph has been provided for each coastal area of local or regional
significance. The aerial photographs identify the following information:
Physical location
Land tenure, including land owned by the Crown (i.e. Department of
Conservation administered estates), district council’s (i.e. recreation reserves) and
private land which has public access rights attached (i.e. esplanade strips)
Formed and unformed roads.
A photograph of the general area is provided for most sites.
4. Appendix I
Maps showing the location of inventory sites, unformed roads and subdivisions
located adjacent to the coast are shown in Appendix I.
5. Definitions
Amenity values means those natural or physical qualities and characteristics of an
area that contribute to people’s appreciation of its pleasantness, aesthetic coherence,
and cultural and recreational attributes.
Archaeological site means any place in New Zealand associated with human activity
which occurred more than 100 years before that time.
Coastal areas include the coastal marine area, dune systems, estuaries and areas
adjoining the coast where coastal vegetation, processes and features dominate.
Endangered means species in danger of extinction and whose survival is unlikely if
the causal factors continue operating.
Endemic means a species which is confined to New Zealand and is not found
elsewhere.
Endemic subspecies means a subspecies or geographic race which is confined to
New Zealand.
Fauna means all the animal life of a given place or time.
Flora means all the plant life of a given place or time.
Fur seal haul-out is an area where fur seals are able to come out of the water. The
areas are usually flat and located at sea level.
Georepreservation Inventory is a listing of significant geological features held by the
Geological Society of New Zealand.
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