Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011.
This Act establishes a durable scheme to ensure the protection of the legitimate interests of all New Zealanders in the marine and coastal areas; recognizes the manu tuku iho exercised in the marine and coastal area by iwi, hapu and whanau as tangata whenua; provides for the exercise of customary interests in the common marine and coastal areas; and acknowledges the Treaty of Waitangi.The Act sets out the legal arrangements to apply to the common marine and coastal area including: the special status of the common marine and coastal area as an area that is incapable of ownership; matters rel