Surf break protection is experiencing a rapid rise in attention on an international scale. Researchers of coastal management issues and advocates for protection of the surfing environments are merging here in New Zealand ...

This study investigates what is necessary to identify surf breaks and their associated values to provide for their sustainable management in the coastal environment under the RMA. Surf breaks are a finite natural resource ...

In New Zealand, the emerging field of ‘surfing science’ has arisen alongside grassroot level responses to pressures on surf breaks. Surf breaks are unique and valuable components of our coastal environment. They are ...