Publications

The New Zealand Coastal Society produces multiple publications: a weekly 'Email Digest', a triannual print publication 'Coastal News', occasional 'NZCS Special Issues', and 'Kupu Takutai - Coastal Terms' posters to mark Te Reo Maori language week.

On this page you can find pdf copies of these publications.

Carparks to cockles - Plastic pathways in Te Taitokerau (Northland)

Coastal sediments and the darkness at noon

C-SIG Species Heys – Coastal Taxonomic Resource Tool

E-SUDS - The next sedimentation super tool

Marine offsetting and compensation - review, findings and recommendations

Mangrove ecosystem engineers: How a mangrove forest influences intertidal flat morphology – Insights from numerical modelling

Impacts of a coastal State Highway on a recovering pinniped population

Kupu Takutai: Tangata me mahi - Coastal Words: People and jobs

Cyclone Gabrielle, more to come?

Novel numerical modelling of tsunamis from volcanic explosions

Investigating coastal archaeological vulnerability in Aotearoa New Zealand

Sustainability in action: mangroves as eco-engineers

Offshore reef discovery on Pātea Bank

Defining nature-based solutions for coastal climate change in Aotearoa New Zealand

Crowdsourcing tsunami observations

Restoration of over-stabilised coastal foredunes using excavated foredune notches

Infrastructure in a coastal context: Interview with Geoff Cooper of Te Waihanga

SPECIAL PUBLICATION #5: COASTAL ADAPTATION

Kupu Takutai: Takorotanga papa - Coastal Terms: Geography

Using data driven approaches to make short-term predictions of storm surge around New Zealand's coast

The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano and tsunami

Biodiversity offseting and compensation in the marine environment

Coastal News Issues 1993 - Present

Archive of Past Issues of the Coastal News.

Kupu Takutai - Coastal Terms

Three Tsunamis (and Earthquakes)...in One Day

Assessing the use of satellite derived bathymetry to simulate storm surge in NZ estuaries

The Lost Kelp Forest

The impacts of coastal erosion and storms on the West Coast's critically endangered lizards

South Port capital dredging campaign 2020

SPECIAL PUBLICATION #4: COASTAL SYSTEMS AND SEA LEVEL RISE

Coastal News Advertisers Guide

Information on advertising in NZCS publications.

Article Index

A comprehensive list of every article published in the NZCS Coastal News.

Author Index

A list of authors who have contributed to the coastal News over the years.

SPECIAL PUBLICATION #3: SHAKY SHORES: COASTAL IMPACTS & RESPONSES TO THE 2016 KAIKOURA EARTHQUAKES

Just after midnight on 14 November 2016, the 'Shaky Isles' of New Zealand shook for two minutes. A series of faults unzipped in the north-eastern South Island from Culver...

Guidelines for Contributors

Information on the style guidelines for NZCS publications.

SPECIAL PUBLICATION #2: ADAPTING TO THE CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE

The New Zealand Coastal Society has published Adapting to the consequences of climate change: Engaging with communities to assist coastal professionals, decision-makers a...

SPECIAL PUBLICATION #1: RENA: LESSONS LEARNT

At 2.20am on 5 October 2011 the 37,000 tonne cargo ship MV Rena grounded on Astrolabe Reef in the Bay of Plenty. When it grounded, the Rena had 1368 containers and over 1...