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Our morning view, heater on

4 Winter 2023

Our morning view, heater on. Ruapehu. Hoping for warmer when we get to Kimbolton today. ©2023 Helen Garthwaite

Vege nachos: Recipes for camping

4 Winter 2023

This recipe is easy to make. It uses mostly tinned foods so is a great meal to make when you are running low on fresh foods or if you have no fridge.  Increase or decrease the quantities of the ingredients depending on how many people you are feeding.

Kimbolton Sculpture Festival 2023

4 Winter 2023

The annual festival is a mix of small to very large artworks, sculptures with mainly a rural theme, put together using all manner of bits and pieces from shearing blades to bike tyres.

Fill in the grid: campers in winter

4 Winter 2023

Each of the underlined words below should be recorded into the list on the left. Place each word according to the number of letters in the word. Then transfer the words into the Fill-it-in-grid.

Halfway through my 73 days traveling

4 Winter 2023

Left Auckland 34 days ago, halfway through my 73 days traveling the South Island. Now in Cromwell then Arrowtown on the weekend. Noticed that it’s getting colder. Now I appreciate my diesel heater. ©2023 Roland Jones

The Store cafe and camp – Kekerungu (Marlborough), Stop and Stay

4 Winter 2023

It is a popular stopping point. It’s a wee gem to stop and chill out at, even on short notice.

Lakelands Holiday Park, Whanganui, Stop and Stay

4 Winter 2023

Just a 10 minute drive from Whanganui, on the shores of Lake Witiroa, the park is a lovely spot with everything you need for a chilled-out family holiday.

Group: Life of Van

4 Winter 2023

Life of Van NZ FB Page is a private group with a positive vibe, giving everyone from weekend warriors to van life veterans a place to connect.

NZ Lifestyle camping

4 Winter 2023

NZ Lifestyle Camping supports a national network of more than 160 self-containment testing officers throughout NZ and is committed to supporting the NZ leisure camping industry.

Coffee Time

4 Winter 2023

Coffee time. ©2023 Willis Blevins

Festivals

4 Winter 2023

These events offer an opportunity for people to overnight while they attend. Some are restricted to certified self contained vehicles, some restrict or ban pets. Check the event website for details.

Events

4 Winter 2023

Camps and camping occasions this Winter.

Editorial: The good news

4 Winter 2023

The really good news: only 47 infringements issued: 0.03% of the freedom campers.

More for councils and government, Issue 4

4 Winter 2023

Useful information and comment and camping in practice.

Table of Contents, Winter, issue 4

4 Winter 2023

Camping the Kiwi Way, 3, Autumn 2023

3 Autumn 2023

NZ is a camping culture

3 Autumn 2023

NZ is a camping culture This makes us who we are, connects us to our environment like nothing else

700 Campers at Kaitoke

3 Autumn 2023

Kaitoke saw over 700 campers on Waitangi weekend.

Tautuku Hut Track: Family-friendly tramping in the Catlins

3 Autumn 2023

Tautuku Hut is a lesser-known DOC hut in the Catlins. It is short and sweet, making it a great first overnight tramp for families. Myself and another mama picked this as our first overnight tramp with our babies.

Events

3 Autumn 2023

Camping events on this Autumn

Festivals & Shows

3 Autumn 2023

Festivals where you can stay, that are on this Autumn (and a bit beyond)

A beautiful country, but…

3 Autumn 2023

Hold on a minute, we are campers and have most of the items required to survive the first few days of an emergency without outside assistance.

Our little escape pod

3 Autumn 2023

We love our little caravan not just for holidays but for other emergency get-a-ways, should the situation call for it.

Vans can be SMALL but MIGHTY resources

3 Autumn 2023

Vans can be SMALL but MIGHTY resources. Orange Sky are providing shower and laundry services to many in flood-affected areas right now.

Ten hours into a power cut

3 Autumn 2023

Ten hours into a power cut with this cyclone .... THEN I remembered I've got full batteries in Mavis! Cheine Matheson

A storm over the DOC Homestead campsite

3 Autumn 2023

A storm over the DOC Homestead campsite near St Bathans, Central Otago. ©2023 Tony Kissel

Along a sandy beach

3 Autumn 2023

I rode on a trailer being towed along a long sandy beach. I squashed a few sandflies and went to bed blissfully happy each night.

HELLO 2023

3 Autumn 2023

I was invited to spend the New Year with friends at their crib at Papatowai.

Mavis bringing in the New Year

3 Autumn 2023

Mavis bringing in the New Year at Pahoia Beach, Bay of Plenty. © 2023 Cheine Matheson

What’s in a name? Is freedom camping actually free?

3 Autumn 2023

Who and how many are freedom camping?

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