Table of Contents

Foreword; Tension Lines; The Political & Juridical Battle in the Salt-sand Environment; Domesticating Rural Coastal Places: A case study of the Tutukaka coast; The 'Big H': Naming & claiming landscapes; Being Landscape; Beyond the Orderly Appearance of Productive Rural Land; Bounding the Land: Cadastral framework on the Taieri; Ecological Heritage in the Taranaki Region; Auckland Landmarks: Architecture & the shaping of national identity; Waikato: River of life Linda Te Aho; Transforming Merino Country in the Mackenzie; Nga Pakanga o Wahi Tapu: Battles over sacred places; 'Just part of who you are': The hidden significance of landscape in the wind farm debate; Shifting Positions.

About the Author

All three editors are based at the University of Otago: Jacinta Ruru in the Faculty of Law, Janet Stephenson at the Centre for the Study of Agriculture, Food and Environment, and Mick Abbott at the Department of Design Studies.