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Camping the Kiwi Way, 9, Spring 2024

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Featured

Steampunk from North to South and back again: "It's a chance to get dressed up andsome have fun page 5

The re-build of my Toyota van: I woke up to the smell of the sea and the sun rising. I was bitten by the lifestyle. Page 7 

Towing your caravan — tips, tricks and weights: If you are new to towing it is not hard to master. Page 13 

Buyer beware: The caravan was only 9 years old. We pawed over the photos, checked questions asked…  Page 21 

The making of the Black Moa™ A new cassette toilet for small spaces. Page 25


 

 

Table of contents

2 Self-containment warrant cards: which ones are valid?

2 Freedom camping and self-containment:  where are we at?

2 More for councils and government

3 Featured in the Spring issue

4 Editorial

5 Steampunk— from north to south and back again

7 The re-build of my Toyota van

8 The West Coast in winter

9 Solar basics for dummies

11 Converting your camper van: The Cruzar Campervan story

13 Towing your caravan — tips, tricks and weights

15 A night in an arboretum

16 Cautionary tyre tale

17 A winter day on Farewell Spit

19 On the shoulder of a god

19 It was freezing

20 Buying used caravans: What you need to look for

21 Buyer beware

22 HOBBIES Home roasted coffee beans

23 Developing an innovative camping toilet solution: Fix-a-Potty™

24 Kiwi ingenuity & insults

24 Fix’n’Rail

25 A new cassette toilet for small spaces: The making of the BlackMOA™

26 Challenges for local councils 

27 North Island hot pool safari

30 RECIPES Making the most of your pressure cooker

31 RECIPES Girdle scones (aka griddle scones)

32 GAME DOC campsites 3: Central NI Fill in the spaces

33 The Aratiatia Dam

34 Stop and Stay City dwellers: your first camp away Stop and Stay

35 Stop and Stay Parua Bay

35 Stop and Stay Waikawa Bay

36 EVENTS Come camping

37 EVENTS Festivals

38 DOC update

39 Getting your camping vehicle certified

40 All Points Camping Club of NZ


 

Self-containment & freedom camping

2 Self-containment warrant cards: which ones are valid?

2 Freedom camping and self-containment:  where are we at?

23 Developing an innovative camping toilet solution: Fix-a-Potty™

24 Kiwi ingenuity & insults

24 Fix’n’Rail

25 A new cassette toilet for small spaces: The making of the BlackMOA™

26 Challenges for local councils 


 

Government and councils

Articles of interest for those working in government and those in local and regional councils


Self Containment and freedom camping

2 Self-containment warrant cards: which ones are valid?

2 Freedom camping and self-containment:  where are we at?

23 Developing an innovative camping toilet solution: Fix-a-Potty™

24 Kiwi ingenuity & insults

24 Fix’n’Rail

25 A new cassette toilet for small spaces: The making of the BlackMOA™

26 Challenges for local councils 


Camping in action

7 The re-build of my Toyota van

8 The West Coast in winter

15 A night in an arboretum

27 North Island hot pool safari

33 The Aratiatia Dam


 

About this issue


ISSUE 9, SPRING 2024

ISSN: 2815-8261 (Print) | ISSN: 2815-827X (Online)

©2024 All Points Camping Club of NZ Inc

Editor: Miriam Richardson | editor@campingthekiwiway.org


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