Environment Canterbury has defined two hazard zones along the coast. Hazard Zone 1 is a zone delimited by a line approximately parallel with the shoreline, set inland from mean high water springs,which contains the current active beach system and land that is at risk from coastal erosion of this Plan being produced. Hazard Zone 2 is inland from Hazard Zone 1, and marks land that is at risk from coastal erosion in the period 50 to 100 years of this Plan being produced. Coastal Erosion features as shown in Volume 3 and Chapter 9 of the Regional Coastal Environment Plan (RCEP) and in Appendix 5 of the Canterbury Regional Policy Statement (RPS). For further information please visit http://ecan.govt.nz/publications/Pages/regional-coastal-environment-plan.aspx and http://ecan.govt.nz/our-responsibilities/regional-plans/rps/pages/default.aspx
