Coastal protection awareness survey

Consultation closed 16 October 2009.

Volunteers planting at Tangimoana Beach

Your answers to the coastal awareness survey will help the Department of Conservation gauge what people know about our coastal environments and the values they place in them.

This information will be used to help develop a coastal protection programme in the Palmerston North area (along the North Island west coast from Foxton to Turakina).  

Manawatu coastal environment

Coastal environments, such as dunes and estuaries, are recognised as nationally significant eco-systems in New Zealand. Conservation programmes and community projects that help to conserve these areas are becoming more important.