top of page
ALL ISSUES

All issues Topics Index

Camping the Kiwi Way, 8, Winter 2024

8 Winter 2024

AUTUMN GOLD

8 Winter 2024

Autumn stories from around New Zealand

Where are we at with self-containment and freedom camping?

8 Winter 2024

If you do not want to freedom camp you do not need the new green warrant. The existing blue standard and blue warrant is still acceptable for all other places that require certified self-containment (so far).

Who can freedom camp from now until 7 June 2025?

8 Winter 2024

Certified Blue before 7/7/23, and not expired. Fixed or portable toilet.
Certified Blue before 7/7/24, and not expired. Fixed toilet only.
Green Warrant

Getting your camping vehicle certified

8 Winter 2024

NZ’s independent national network for self-containment certification.
With a national network of more than 170 self-containment testing officers

The road less travelled: ten lessons learned on the road

8 Winter 2024

Three years ago we decided to trade the hustle and bustle of everyday life for the open road. ©2024 Two Kids and a Caravan

On the cycle trail at Bannockburn

8 Winter 2024

On the cycle trail at Bannockburn. ©2023 Andrew Morton

Folding electric bike in the middle of nowhere

8 Winter 2024

Just met a 75 year old lady on an electric folding bike in the middle of nowhere. ©2024 Stephen Wood

Skippers Canyon

8 Winter 2024

Quite happy to have taken the tour and not my truck up Skippers Canyon. ©2024 Trisha Fisk

What you need for a green warrant for freedom camping

8 Winter 2024

The seven requirements

Am I freedom camping?

8 Winter 2024

You may be surprised to learn when you are and aren’t actually freedom camping

Longslip Station

8 Winter 2024

Well, how’s this for a welcome back into the Mackenzie Basin! — Longslip Station, Lindis Pass. ©2024 Shellie Evans. ckw.nz/shellie-fb

Fantail

8 Winter 2024

Martin got the winning photo of the birds last weekend. Fantail. ©2024 Martin Butler

Fire circle

8 Winter 2024

Fire circle on a still Autumn night. Magical. 
©2024 Bette Cosgrove

Planning a toilet for the freedom camping green warrant?

8 Winter 2024

There are multiple fixed toilet options to meet your space and budget.

Clydesdales at Erewhon

8 Winter 2024

A fabulous Clydesdale wagon ride one winter at Erewhon. ©2024 M Richardson

Greg's Eye at Rays Rest

8 Winter 2024

Friday evening and Saturday morning at Rays Rest. It never disappoints. © 2024 Greg Lokes. More on FB: Greg's Eye: ckw.nz/gregs-eye

Venting a toilet cassette: why, what, when and how

8 Winter 2024

The new regulations require all black waste tanks to be vented, including those tanks that are part of a cassette-type toilet.

Got run off the road

8 Winter 2024

Got run off the road last weekend. ©2024 Vanessa Parkinson

Ballooning in Canterbury

8 Winter 2024

Today was an early start to ballooning in Canterbury. ©2024 Tony Knights. Ballooning Canterbury

The top of Dansey’s Pass

8 Winter 2024

The top of Dansey’s Pass (935 metres) looking out toward Oamaru 50 kms in the distance. ©2024 Tony Kissel

Rugby at Mt Somers

8 Winter 2024

Campers enjoying a local rugby game at Mt Somers. See p31. ©2024 Linda Butler

Keeping up with self-containment

8 Winter 2024

Articles from this issue and earlier issues on self-containment and freedom camping: changes, what to do, what to be ware of.

Beautiful vintage buses and trucks

8 Winter 2024

Lots of beautiful vintage buses and trucks in the morning mist ©2024 Rv and Tiny House Living NZ

To the top of the Ahuriri Valley

8 Winter 2024

A nice walk to the top of the Ahuriri Valley, I had the place to my self. ©2024 Tony Kissel

A wrap

8 Winter 2024

Time to start heading back south after weeks cycling. Bike packed for this afternoon’s bus trip. ©2024 Stephen Wood

My stew is bubbling

8 Winter 2024

My stew is bubbling on the fire... ©2024 RV and Tiny House Living NZ

Composting and coddiwompling

8 Winter 2024

I’m about to swap out my portable toilet for a composting waterless toilet in my camper van.

Hakataramea Pass

8 Winter 2024

©2024 David Liddall

Only getting in 123 Watts

8 Winter 2024

Well some days it makes no difference at all how much solar you have on the roof. ©2024 Allan Henderson

bottom of page