'Toheroa Wars': Cultural politics and everyday resistance on a northern New Zealand beach

New Zealand Geographer

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-38

  Murton, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural politics; Culture wars; Foreshore; North Kaipara beach; Toheroa

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

PSEUDOCARDIUM SACHALINENSIS;

EID: 33748453874     PISSN: 00288144     EISSN: 17457939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7939.2006.00046.x     Document Type: Article

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