Not this time after they gave away public ownership of the foreshore and seabed.
From the nbr.co.nz
Radioactive material was first detected on the foreshore of Dalgety Bay in 1990.
From the news.uk.msn.com
There will be substantial oil on the beaches, in the water and on the foreshore.
From the auckland.scoop.co.nz
The beach theme of the Queen St branch matches the location on the old foreshore.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The council is seeking private investment to upgrade sites along the foreshore.
From the smh.com.au
But a statue on the foreshore acknowledges an even earlier Antarctic explorer.
From the nzherald.co.nz
This would have been the most likely outcome of foreshore hearings in New Zealand.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Here, at least most of the foreshore has been free from private visual blight.
From the smh.com.au
Information about the 11-kilometre foreshore walk can be found at harbourhike.com.
From the smh.com.au
More examples
The part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark
The intertidal zone (also known as the foreshore and seashore and sometimes referred to as the littoral zone) is the area that is exposed to the air at low tide and underwater at high tide (for example, the area between tide marks). ...
The part of a shore between high water and low water, especially the beach exposed at maximum ebb spring tides
[JP 1-02] (DoD) That portion of a beach extending from the low water (datum) shoreline to the limit of normal high water wave wash.
The intertidal zone where the bottom is covered by water during high flows and exposed to the air during low flows.
The part of the shore, lying between the crest of the seaward berm (or upper limit of wave wash at high tide), and the ordinary low-water mark, that is ordinarily transverse by the uprush and backrush of the waves as the tides rise and fall.
The land between high tide and low tide lines. The owner owns absolutely up to the high tide marks, but is subject to the right of the public to the low tide line.
Intertidal area between the highest and lowest tide levels
That part of a beach that is exposed by the low tides and submerged by high tides. This area can include many different types of habitats, including steep rocky cliffs, sandy beaches or vast mudflats. Also called intertidal beach.