Legal Status
Old baches often have 'existing use' rights under the Resource Management Act in areas where even such modest residential or part-time residential buildings would not be allowed by newer planning regulations. As such they are quite prized, even though authorities typically look unfavourably on proposals to convert them into full residential buildings.
Some baches whose construction was obviously legally dubious (such as those on Rangitoto Island) have been dismantled over time.
Read more about this topic: Bach (New Zealand)
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