First Coastal News of 2026 dropping this week

Coastal News 
Issue 88 | June 2026

We are now releasing only two issues of Coastal News each year, so this is our first issue of the year. 

Contents: 

• Marine protections strengthened in the Hauraki Gulf 
• Deeper ocean ecosystems are unique – and uniquely vulnerable without better protection
• The lower Taiari catchment as a national test case for coastal climate change adaptation
• Targeted amendments to the New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement
• Napier 2025: Annual Conference review
• News from the regions
• Central Government update
• Conference 2026: Building coastal resilience through collaboration
• NZCS Scholarship winners 2025
• SCHISM Workshop review

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