Geoff Chapple, writing in Te Araroa, the newsletter of Te Araroa Trust, called 2004 'the year of access'. 'The Age of Submissions' outlines eight access topics that have each involved consultations and submissions. At the time of writing, all but one of these eight access topics were still in progress.
September 2004.
The Age of Submissions: Recreational Access to the Outdoors
(126 KB, fifteen A4 pages).
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Land Access
'The proposals discussed in the [Acland] report entail a substantial erosion of private property rights which is detrimental to prosperity.'
From the New Zealand Business Roundtable's 'Submission on Walking Access in the New Zealand Outdoors' (November 2003).