Legislation

Contents

1. Primary legislation
2. Secondary legislation (notices)

Primary legislation

Primary legislation is law made by Parliament. Herenga ā Nuku Aotearoa, the Outdoor Access Commission, is established under and gets its powers from the Walking Access Act 2008. In this law, the Commission is called by its legal name, the Walking Access Commission.

The Walking Access Act has 5 sections with empowering provisions that enable Herenga ā Nuku to create secondary legislation. These relate to creating, revoking or regulating walkways:

• Section 24 Declaration of walkway over public land
• Section 31 Declaration of walkway over private land
• Section 40 Revocation of notice declaring walkway
• Section 67 Regulations
• Section 69 Bylaws to be approved by Commission and published

Secondary legislation

Secondary legislation is law that is made by someone other than Parliament. It is made under a power that Parliament has formally delegated in a particular Act. Secondary legislation is defined in section 5 of the Legislation Act 2019.

As at 20 November 2024, Herenga ā Nuku had made 30 principal pieces of secondary legislation. These are listed below with their publishing date and a link to their notice in the New Zealand Gazette. There have been no amendments.

s24 Declaration of walkway over public land

• Land to be Declared a Walkway—Stratford, 19 November 2015
• Land to be Declared a Walkway—Stratford District, 3 December 2015

s31 Declaration of walkway over private land

• Land to be Declared Walkway—Pukekohe, Auckland, 15 November 2024
• Land to be Declared a Walkway—Russell, Far North District, 31 July 2023
• Land to be Declared Walkway—Banks Peninsula, Christchurch City, 27 June 2022
• Land to be Declared Walkways—Arrowtown, Queenstown–Lakes District, 23 June 2022
• Land to be Declared Walkways—Lees Valley, Waimakariri District, 13 June 2022
• Land to be Declared a Walkway—Waipara, Hurunui District, 31 May 2022
• Land to be Declared a Walkway—Whangamomona, Stratford District, 21 December 2021
• Land to be Declared a Walkway—Kerikeri, Far North District, 15 October 2021
• Land to be Declared a Walkway—Te Kuiti, Waitomo District, 15 March 2021
• Land to be Declared a Walkway—Pungaere, Far North District, 3 March 2021
• Land to be Declared a Walkway—Wanaka, Queenstown–Lakes District, 5 April 2019
• Land to be Declared a Walkway—Fairlie, Mackenzie District, 29 March 2019
• Land to be Declared a Walkway—Springfield, 30 April 2018
• Land to be Declared a Walkway—Lawrence, Clutha District, 14 March 2018
• Land to be Declared a Walkway—Waipu Caves, Whangarei District, 6 June 2017
• Land to be Declared a Walkway—Taringatura, Southland District, 24 May 2017
• Land to be Declared a Walkway—Barryville, 16 June 2016
• Land to be Declared a Walkway—Pureora, 16 June 2016
• Land to be Declared a Walkway—Pohangina, 19 November 2015
• Land to be Declared a Walkway—Kerikeri, 19 November 2015
• Land to be Declared a Walkway—Rakaia Gorge, Selwyn District, 21 April 2015
• Land to be Declared a Walkway—Stratford, 18 February 2015
• Land to be Declared a Walkway—Whanganui, 23 December 2013
• Land to be Declared a Walkway—Hurunui Mouth, Hurunui District, 18 June 2013
• Land to be Declared a Walkway—Waitaria Bay, Kenepuru Sound, Marlborough District, 18 June 2013
• Land to be Declared a Walkway—Maunganui Bluff, Kaipara District, 18 June 2013
• Land to be Declared a Walkway—Part White Cliffs Track, Taranaki, 11 June 2012
• Land to be Declared a Walkway—Lake Otuhie, Golden Bay, 22 May 2012
• Land to be Declared a Walkway—Dry Acheron Station, Canterbury, 22 February 2011

s40 Revocation of notice declaring walkway

• Revocation of a Notice Relating to Declaration of a Walkway—Pohangina, Manawatu District, 26 August 2022
• Revocation of Part of a Notice Relating to Declaration of a Walkway—Pukearuhe, New Plymouth District, 24 September 2021
• Revocation of Notice Relating to Declaration of a Walkway—Pureroa, Waitomo District, 12 February 2019
• Revocation of Part of a Notice Relating to Declaration of a Walkway—Warkworth, Auckland, 16 August 2018