New Zealand practices the common law legal system where the decisions of the higher courts

form a link with the courts of equal or lesser status within their jurisdiction.

The laws of New Zealand are based on the English law, which comprising mainly criminal law and
civil law, each branch having its own courts and procedures.

The laws are based on three related principles:

1. The parliamentary sovereignty holds that the legislative body has absolute sovereignty
and is supreme over all other government institutions, including executive or judicial
bodies.
2. The rule of law implies that every person is subject to the law, including people who are
lawmakers, law enforcement officials, and judges.
3. The separation of powers is when the state’s government is divided into branches, each
with separate and independent powers and areas of responsibility so that the powers of
one branch are not in conflict with the other powers.

The judiciary of New Zealand is a system of courts that interprets and applies the laws of New
Zealand, to ensure equal justice under law, and to provide a mechanism for dispute resolution.

The judiciary has four levels:

1. The six-member Supreme Court is the highest court and the court of final appeal, the
Supreme Court has the role of maintaining overall coherence in the legal system.
2. The Court of Appeal is the third tier of this overall structure. It supervises, through appeal,
the judgments of the High Court and ensures consistency in application of the law in the
High Court, deals with civil and criminal appeals from matters heard in the High Court and
serious criminal matters from the District Court.
3. Decisions of the High Court are binding on all lower courts until overruled by the Court of
Appeal or Supreme Court. Because of its position in the judicial structure, the High Court is
the court to which application is made for authoritative declarations of law. The High
Court has the particular responsibility of ensuring the legality of the conduct of all sections
of the community including inferior courts and tribunals and the protection of legal rights
and immunities.
4. Is the primary court of first instance of New Zealand. Most New Zealanders who go to
court will go through the entire justice process in the District Court.

There is also a separate Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court which have jurisdiction
over Māori land cases.
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There are several different methods that have been used in various places to prevent beach
erosion. Some of these methods have worked fairly well.

Breakwaters: These are barriers that are constructed offshore parallel to or at an angle to the
shoreline.

Groins: These are long, wall-like structures that are built on beaches and extend into the ocean
perpendicular to the shoreline.

Vegetation: Strategic planting of vegetation can be used to help control erosion.

Seawalls: Seawalls are one particularly effective way to prevent erosion.

Jetties: This solution involves constructing a line (2 or more depending on the number of
channels) of long structures perpendicular to the coast that reach into the ocean.