ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the case study of the Dunedin District Plan and its application to the management of the landscape of the Otago Peninsula. In Pollock-Ellwand’s study a perceptual gap is in evidence between ‘natural’ and ‘cultural’ dimensions of landscape; between insider and outsider perceptions of landscape; and between theory and its application. The chapter explains the discursive analysis of material relating to the application of a new planning regime to an area of New Zealand. It illustrates that the coincidence of the power of the state and the definition of landscape as scenery continue to have powerful effects on the management of the environment. In the 1980s New Zealand underwent a political and philosophical revolution with a dramatic shift from centralized economic and political control to the imposition of radical neo-liberal policies.
