Camping The Kiwi Way, Spring 2023
Camping the Kiwi Way 5: spring 2023
ISSN:2815-8261 (Print) | ISSN 2815-827X (Online)
Featured content
Grandad’s Grandad’s caravan
Because we had a newborn, my parents-in-law offered us the caravan.
10 Tips for Safe Caravan Towing
The same accident rates, but the main reason, jack-knifing, is different.
Why not stop and stay a while?
Where to stop when travelling and camping in NZ—use it, share it, add to it.
Pros and cons of full time family travel
PROS: You get to spend a lot of time as a family.
CONS: You spend a lot of time as a family.
Update: Self-containment and freedom camping changes
RV & Camper business services:
Self containment, LPG work, electrical work, motorhome work & more.
Table of contents
2 Freedom camping under the new law
4 Freedom camping & self-containment: status, Spring 2023
4 Freedom camping: who does what
5 Grandad’s Grandad’s caravan
7 Cooking on the road: planning food for off the road
9 10 Tips for safe caravan towing
9 Why Caravans roll over… and how to prevent it
10 Building a connected NZ camping and tourism industry
10 Lake pukaki
12 Why not stop and stay a while? Introducing Stop and Stay
15 Pros and Cons of full time family travel
18 Update: Self-containment and freedom camping changes
20 Thinking about your overnight park
22 PUZZLE: Small town New Zealand
25 A small paint kit, a few good brushes…
26 This is the story of three types of self-contained vehicles…
26 A classic
29 Two uses
32 Yaktrax
34 Events — Festivals and shows
35 RV & camper business services
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Editor: Miriam Richardson
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Lake Monowai, Fiordland p11. ©2023 Kayla Laatz
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