Ētahi atu tūhononga, pae tukutuku hoki
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Beach gravels and sands
This classic paper (PDF, 2.4 MB) by Patrick Marshall is one of the first attempts in the world to study the rounding of beach gravels using a combination of laboratory studies and field measurements. Marshall studied beaches near Napier as well as collecting offshore samples. The paper was published in the Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand (1929).
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Environment Bay of Plenty – Coast
The Environment Bay of Plenty site includes a series of booklets on coastal ecology and management of coasts.
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Nelson Boulder Bank
This paper, from the New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics in 2001, describes the Nelson Boulder Bank and how it formed.
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Seafriends home page
This is a comprehensive searchable site about the coast and seas around New Zealand. Run by an independent conservation organisation, it contains up-to-date information, images, and discussion of issues about coastal management.
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The hazards of persistent marine pollution: drift plastics and conservation islands
This paper by Murray Gregory, published in the Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand (1991) is a survey of plastic littler and debris on New Zealand beaches (PDF, 2.9 MB).
Ētahi whakaaro puaki, takenga
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Cometti, Ronald, and John Morton. Margins of the sea. Auckland: Hodder & Stoughton, 1985.
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Goff, James R., Scott L. Nichol, and Helen L. Rouse, eds. The New Zealand coast: te tai o Aotearoa. Palmerston North: Dunmore Press/Whitireia/Daphne Brasell Associates, 2003.
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Graeme, Ann. ‘Life under the sand.’ Forest & Bird 311 (2004): 40–41.
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Morton, John, and Michael Miller. The New Zealand sea shore. 2nd ed. London: Collins, 1973.
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Stace, Glenys. What’s around the rocks. Auckland: Viking, 1998.
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Walsby, John. ‘Shorebirds.’ New Zealand Geographic 36 (1997): 96–112.