Title: Foreshore and seabed

Authors: Joanna Sibbald, Kirsten Wick

Addresses: Department of Management, University of Canterbury, University of Canterbury Commerce Building, Management Department, Private Bag 4800 Christchurch, New Zealand. ' 6 Waikura Street, Blenheim, New Zealand

Abstract: This paper examines the foreshore and seabed customary rights and public access issue in New Zealand. The issue is discussed from the perspectives of both the indigenous Maori people – specifically the Ngai Tahu tribe, and the current Labour-led New Zealand Government. It is then analysed against a framework of modernisation, development and regulation economic theory, with an alternative hybridised paradigm proffered. Further implications and considerations are also explored.

Keywords: indigenous peoples; customary rights; public access; modernisation; Maori economic development; regulation; Ngai Tahu; foreshore ownership; seabed ownership; New Zealand; regulation theory; custom; marine environment law.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2005.006814

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2005 Vol.2 No.2, pp.188 - 198

Published online: 15 Apr 2005 *

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