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Tolaga Bay Coach Service

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Tolaga Bay Coach Service

The foreshore has been commonly used in New Zealand as a transport route and therefore as public space. Here, passengers and a great deal of luggage are being carried along the foreshore at Tolaga Bay (on the East Coast) towards the Māori settlement.

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Tairawhiti Museum, Te Whare Taonga O Te Tairawhiti

Reference: 302.2-10

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Mark Hickford, Law of the foreshore and seabed – Public access, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/8531/tolaga-bay-coach-service (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Mark Hickford, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 January 2015.