The Coastal Coalition is a political group in

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

that opposes the removal of coastal and marine land from

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ownership. It was created to fight what it considers the risk of coastal land and marine areas coming under the control of local Maori under the proposed

Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill The Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011 is an Act of the New Zealand Parliament created to replace the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004. It was brought in by the fifth National government and creates a property class for the marine a ...

of 2010, which is intended to replace the

Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 The Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004 is a former Act of the Parliament of New Zealand. It overruled the 2003 decision of the Court of Appeal in ''Ngati Apa v Attorney-General.'' Its passage arose out of, and further fueled, the New Zealand for ...

. The group has run a large number of advertisements opposing the Bill. The group has been called 'clowns' and 'profoundly sickening' by

Chris Finlayson Christopher Francis Finlayson (born 1956) is a New Zealand lawyer and former Member of Parliament, representing the National Party. He was elected to Parliament in 2005. In the Fifth National Government, from 2008 to 2017, he was Attorney-Ge ...

, the New Zealand attorney-general responsible for bringing in the new Bill, because of alleged untruths in their arguments. The group in turn called for Finlayson to be taken off his duties in respect to the Bill, arguing that he lacked the openness for discourse about the Bill that should have to be expected of his position.

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Coastal Coalition
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Coastline of New Zealand Political organisations based in New Zealand