1 Spring 2022 Biking in Otago in Autumn Up Andrew Morton aking a bike trip around Otago. The teardrop camper at Champagne Gully on Lake Dunstan. Autumn. Andrew Morton. Photo ©2022 Andrew Morton Up Up Up Spring 2022 ISSUE 1 BUY PDF CONTENTS Autumn, Otago, biking ©2024 Andrew morton ©2024 Andrew morton 1/1

Summer 2025 ISSUE 13 BUY PDF Contents Click on image for full view and caption ss-uretara_20250810_152859.webp GO TO as the seasons change pleasant spot near Katikati STOP and STAY Uretara Domain Maggie O’Rourke Bay of Plenty Freedom camping, self contained, 3 nights maximum stay in any 4 week consecutive period. Gravel site attached to a park with public toilets. There is a council-provided dump station at Uretara domain and fresh water. I stayed here for three nights; a great spot. Every Friday night they have a Farmers market at the adjacent A&P Show grounds from 3pm to 5.30pm or later. Fish and chip shop is on Waterford Road to the right from the entrance. Lots happening in Katikati the weekend I stayed. I managed to do 3 markets and go to the Psychic Café , movies and museum in Katikati, the domain is in walking distance to town and even the supermarket. Markets of Katikati 10 Major St, Katikati off Waterford Road Photos: internet & ©2025 Maggie O’Rourke 🏕️ Up Up Summer 2025 , p 33

Summer 2025 ISSUE 13 BUY PDF Contents Click on image for full view and caption doc-franz-josef-carpark-1920.webp GO TO as the seasons change parking fees, doing your bit, and new tracks DOC Update DOC DOC charges for parking at four South Island sites Car parks at Dolomite Point, Punakaiki and Franz Josef/Waiau and Aoraki will be part of a paid car parking pilot this summer. Free parking for 20 minutes, $5 per hour, $20 per day. Annual passes for locals and regular visitors. Payment machines will be installed and cameras will record the entry and exit of vehicles. ckw.nz/doc-paid-parking Photo above: Crowded Franz Josef Glacier car park © DOC
Photo below: White Horse Hill car park at Aoraki © DOC Do your bit for nature Discover small ways you can make a big difference for nature Find your action Love our wild places Protect nature wherever your path takes you. Half of all Kiwis visit a national park or protected area every summer. Be nature’s eyes If you see a native animal in need of help, or something that’s just not right, call it in. Check, clean, dry Join freshwater lovers in the fight against didymo and other unwanted pests. One drop is too much: dry it! Keep wildlife safe around dogs Enjoy getting out in nature with your dog without putting native wildlife at risk. Dogs are the single biggest threat to kororā/little penguins and adult kiwi. ckw.nz/doc-do-your-bit Photo: Tents and camping set ups at Whakahoro campsite. © DOC Daniel Deans Remediated mine becomes a Reefton attraction A new network of DOC tracks showcasing recent mining heritage has opened just outside of Reefton. It includes 22km of biking and walking tracks to and within part of the previously closed OceanaGold Globe Progress mine site. Visitor facilities include a shelter, interpretation panels telling the story of the site, and toilets. ckw.nz/doc-reefton-mine Images © DOC 🏕️ Up Up Summer 2025 , p 25

Summer 2025 ISSUE 13 BUY PDF Contents Click on image for full view and caption windy-packdown-H.webp GO TO as the seasons change have a plan, move quickly but be careful during the rush Windy Pack Down Tips Jonathan Collins Strong gusting wind has to be my worst thing when I’m camping. It really puts a camper to the test especially in terms of just how well a tent has been set up. When I look at damaged tents it is nearly always wind damage associated to missing set-up steps like having all of the guy ropes set out or pegs set into the ground correctly. One of the hardest things to do is to know when enough is enough, and when it’s time to pack up and leave. The very best time is just before the weather event hits. Not half way through it when the wind is still building strength. Often afterwards the damage is done so that’s a clear indication you might have left pack up too late. If you are caught out and packing up is what’s happening then here’s what I would do… Getting the tent down and away as fast as possible is going to minimise the chance for damage to occur. This is where an inflatable tent really comes into its own. You don’t have to manage getting poles out of pole sleeves while it’s a flapping mess on the ground. My wind tent pack-away goes like this… I fully empty the tent. I leave all the guy ropes out and pegs set in to hold the tent. It is at its strongest while it is correctly set up. I gather 4–5 things to weigh down the tent when it’s collapsed, like folded camp chairs etc. Once the tent is fully collapsed I place the weights on top of the material to stop it flapping around in the wind. Wind should be a lower speed at ground level. Once the material is weighed down I quickly remove all the guy outer pegs, then move into the base pegs. If it is crazy windy I might leave the pegs in on the prevailing wind side just to help hold the tent in place while I work. Once all the pegs are out and away in their peg bag I will fold the tent into a long slug-like line. You can use the wind to help you fold the edges over. Use the weights you have to hold things in place if needed. Roll the tent away as tight as possible (remember the more you roll it the tighter it will get). If the weather is particularly bad, I will spend less time getting the roll-away done and focus on getting the tent into a size that will fit back into the car. Even if it doesn’t go back in its bag properly, that’s ok. You can sort it out at home when you clean and dry it out. Now that the tent is away I will scan the camping area for all the things I have left on the ground. Hammer, peg bag, $20 note, camp chair or jacket etc. Obviously if you have helpers this can make everything easier, so use them to hold things down or in place while you work. The trick is to have a plan before you start, move quickly but be careful not to damage the tent during the rush. It’s a stressful thing to do, so try not to yell at your helpers and when it’s all done and in the car you should feel accomplished. Windy camp pack-ups are definitely one of the hardest things to do. 🏕️ ckw.nz/fb-windy-packdown NZ Fun Adventures | 
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7 Autumn 2024 Autumn 2024 ISSUE 7 BUY PDF CONTENTS Click on image for full view and caption These display cards make a clear statement to enforcement officers, as to your intention while parking I am not freedom camping’ cards Miriam Richardson We are now in a surreal world of peculiar freedom camping rules. Every camping vehicle is now at risk of substantial fines, wherever it is parked, as the new offence of “preparing to freedom camp” is defined as “parking”. Well, literally, “park a motor vehicle to use it for freedom camping” (20 (2) (b)). Since the intention of the parking is not a visible thing, any parking of a camping-capable vehicle at a cafe, on the street, in a residential area, in a shopping area, at a reserve or a beach opens the driver (or owner) of the vehicle to the risk of a fine of up to $3,000. There are 4 kinds of parking/overnighting/sleeping that the law says are NOT freedom camping. “temporary and short-term parking” “recreational activities commonly known as day-trip excursions” “resting or sleeping at the roadside in a motor vehicle to avoid driver fatigue” “unable to live in appropriate residential accommodation”. There is no observable way to determine if the person is shopping, ‘day tripping’, temporary parking or short-term parking, undertaking a recreational activity, suffering from driver fatigue or a migraine, or homeless. •  “Temporary and short-term parking” looks identical to preparing to freedom camp. •  “Recreational activities commonly known as day-trip excursions” look identical to preparing to freedom camp (awning/sun umbrella, chairs, table, BBQ, togs and towels out to dry etc). •  Resting because of driver fatigue looks like resting or sleeping for any other reason. •  The homeless live in their vehicles the same way as travellers do but aren’t restricted to designated areas, nor required to be certified self-contained. The Ressponsible Cammpers Asociation has been selling window cards alerting anyone interested as to their freedom camping status. These display cards make a clear assertion to enforcement officers, as to the intention of the parking. I can see no down side in being clear about my intentions, so I think I will prepare some cards to put on my dashboard when I am parked but not freedom camping. I am not freedom camping, I am recovering from driver fatigue, as allowed by the Freedom Camping Act 2011, 5, 2(c). I am not freedom camping, nor am I preparing to freedom camp. I am on a day excursion, as allowed by the Freedom Camping Act 2011, 5, 2(b). I am not freedom camping, nor am I preparing to freedom camp. I am shopping or short-term parking as allowed by the Freedom Camping Act 2011, sections 5, 2(a) and 2(b). Homelessness is a whole other issue. When it comes to freedom camping the definition of homelessness has been changed, presumably in an effort to exclude people who live on the road and do not have a residential address. If a person ‘is able’ to stay at a boarding house, campground, motel, hotel, hostel, etc, they are, by definition, not ‘homeless’ when it comes to freedom camping. What counts as ‘able’ or ‘appropriate accommodation’ is not defined. Most living on the road would be excluded by this definition, though in places where the listed forms of accommodation are unavailable, they would, indeed, be homeless in terms of ‘freedom camping’. I might add another card advising that I will contest any infringement notices; I haven’t quite decided about that yet. With such draconian laws falling on our heads, contesting notices in court may become necessary. References: Freedom Camping Act 2011 ckw.nz/FC-law Homelessness: Freedom Camping Act 2011, 5, 2A (a)(b)(c) Temporary parking: Freedom Camping Act 2011, 5, 2(a) Day trip excursions: Freedom Camping Act 2011, 5, 2(b) Driver fatigue: Freedom Camping Act 2011, 5, 2(c) Articles in this issue on the freedom camping law changes: Predictable problems with the new CSC green warrant system (p2) Editorial (p3) Self-containment warrant cards: Which one is yours? (p6) So you want to freedom camp (p8) What is ‘self-contained’, anyway? (p10) Enforcement of freedom camping rules (p12) I am not freedom camping' cards (p14) Do your bit: Task of the week (p16) No more freedom camping (p16) Kaikōura: the freedom camping Wild West (p18) Hey NZ Govt? You are messing with my mental health (p20) 7 days a week (p21) Celebrating Summer (p5) GO TO Celebrating Summer I can see no downside in being clear about my intentions Imagine if other NZers had to justify their parking or risk a $400 fine every time they went to the shops or the beach. Up Up 7 Autumn 2024 , p 14 ISSN 2815-827X (Online) | ISSN:2815-8261 (Print) ISSUE 4 editor@campingthekiwiway.org

11 autumn 2025 Autumn 2025 ISSUE 11 BUY PDF ToC Click on image for full view and caption Sailing through the Waiheke Channel on our way to the northern coast of Waiheke. The wind has finally turned to the south. Feb. ©2025 Graham Leslie Sailing through the Waiheke Channel on our way to the northern coast of Waiheke. The wind has finally turned to the south. Feb. ©2025 Graham Leslie GO TO Here & there last summer the wind has finally turned Sailing through the Waiheke Channel Graham Leslie Sailing through the Waiheke Channel on our way to the northern coast of Waiheke. The wind has finally turned to the south. Feb. ©2025 Graham Leslie More Up Up 11 Autumn 2025 , p 7

11 autumn 2025 11 autumn 2025 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption Waihora at New Year ©2015 Tony Knights. Waihora at New Year ©2015 Tony Knights. Canterbury, Waihora Tony Knights Canterbury, Waihora ©2025 Tony Knights. More Up Up 11 autumn 2025 , p 7

11 autumn 2025 11 autumn 2025 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption game-map.webp camper/caravan friendly DOC sites GAME: DOC campsites 5: Upper South Island Rhonda Marshall Rhonda Marshall As we continue our journey of DOC sites across New Zealand we have finally crossed the ditch and started on this area of the upper South Island. There are dozens of DOC sites in this area but you either have to have ‘boats’ or ‘boots’ to get to them. The sites below are all camper/caravan friendly. Fill in the spaces. In the grid, fill in 14 different DOC sites. One site will run vertically down the shaded area whilst the other 13 will run horizontally across the gird. Places like West Bay would be written with no gaps i.e. “WESTBAY”. Aussie Bay Butchers Flat Elaine Bay Harvey Bay Kawatiri Kerr Bay Kohaihai Kowhai Point Lake Rotoroa Lyell Camp Marfells Beach Momorangi Moss Bush Onamalutu Pelorus Bridge Rarangi Teetotal Totaranui West Bay Whatamanga Bay Whites Bay Game-11-CKW .pdf Download PDF • 2.16MB Game-solution-11-CKW .pdf Download PDF • 82KB View solution Up Up 11 autumn 2025 , p 28

9 Spring 2024 9 Spring 2024 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption Fix’n’Rail Lets you slide a portable toilet in and out of its storage area, or, if you don’t need it to slide, fix it in place Fix’n’Rail Mystenterprise Due out late October, the Fix’n’Rail is a heavy duty sliding rail and secure bracket that lets you slide a portable toilet in and out of its storage area, or, if you don’t need it to slide, fix it in place. They say the bracket allows the holding tank to be removed for emptying and it can be adjusted for different sized toilets. ◼️ From mystenterprise: ckw.nz/fix-n-rail Images: mystenterprise.com Up Up 9 Spring 2024 , p 24

7 Autumn 2024 7 Autumn 2024 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption Self-contained in a tent. ©2024 Tony Kissel none of those involved in regulating it seem to really care about self-containment, per se What is ‘self-contained’, anyway? Miriam Richardson Self-containment is at the heart of the the latest raft of freedom camping changes instituted in 2023. What is ‘self-containment’? The NZ Standard gives us our definition of self-containment. To provide “for the containment of solid waste, toilet waste, and grey waste water, resulting from the approved number of occupants’ daily activities, and to supply their minimum fresh water needs, for at least three days.” NZ Standard, Self containment of motor caravans and caravans (NZS 5465:2001), © 2024 Standards New Zealand. Do you need a fixed toilet to be self-contained? No . Can you be self-contained and use a portable toilet in a toilet tent? Yes . Does a preference for using public toilets mean you aren’t self-contained? No . Does the one-in-many-million chance of catching Legionnaires disease feature in self-containment? What?! No! Do cassette toilets enable the containment of toilet waste? Yes . Do toilet cassettes have any problems doing it? No . Does every toilet cassette in the country need to be modified to be self-contained? No . (Do the new regulations require such a change? Yes . Why? Ignorance on the part of the regulation writers. ) What is the point of self-containment? The point is protecting the environment by making sure all those enjoying it can keep their waste contained and can dispose of it safely and cleanly in the right place and time. How did we get here? When the NZMCA first mooted self-containment as a way to protect the environment, they focused on facilities rather than behaviour. It’s much easier to work out if there is a toilet, than it is to know that a person truly knows that peeing or shitting in the bushes is not acceptable. (Oh, men, should I have left peeing in the bushes out? ) The Responsible Campers Association promoted an alternative, a teaching-based option, where campers learned how to handle their waste responsibly. Sadly, this got little traction. Climbers and trampers learn to handle their waste responsibly; it can be done, even without a vehicle. Many of the reported problems with travellers and waste are not about facilities within their vehicles so much as actions taken by the travellers: education might have successfully managed this, particularly for short term visitors. Many are self-contained but are not “certified self-contained” Some are self-contained to the same criteria as those who get certified, and some follow the definition and intent of self-containment but not all the details of the standard. It is not hard to contain your waste, and jumping through the certification hoops has only become necessary as exclusionary laws have been enacted, barring those who are not certified. There is now a legal requirement to be ‘certified self-contained’ if you want to freedom camp which means having passed the test to prove your vehicle meets either NZS 5465:2001 the ‘old’ standard (blue warrant)(until 7/6/25) or the new regulations for a green warrant. Certifying for self-containment: the laws and regulations Strangely, nowhere in either the Freedom Camping Act 2011 , or the Self-contained Motor Vehicles Legislation Act 2023 do they trouble to define self-containment. They define enforcement officer, freedom camp, motor vehicle inspection, motor vehicle inspector, Registrar of Motor Vehicles, and even the humble ‘registration plate’, but not what they mean by “self-contained”. The Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers (Self-Contained Vehicles) Regulations 2023 which are the new regulations for self-containment, don’t define it either. They define blackwater, greywater, wastewater, wastewater system, Board, certificate of self-containment, self-containment levy, self-containment authority, enforcement officer, and warrant card, but nope, not “self-containment”. The government department charged with making the regulations, the Ministry for Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE), does not show any awareness what it means. The simplest reason to infer from these omissions is that none of those involved in regulating it really care about self-containment, per se. Being either ignorant, or able to ignore, what self-containment actually means, they can regulate to the tune of their other imperatives which are more about restricting freedom camping to large vehicles and wealthier people, than to containing waste and protecting the environment. Given that the laws and regulations are not based on any definition of self-containment, it is perhaps explicable that they demonstrate a lack of knowledge around how motorhome waste can be safely and sensibly managed, they perpetuate ex-Minister Nash’s peculiar fetish around the fixedness of toilets, and they give plenty of rope, I mean scope to show how little house-based plumbers know about vehicle-based plumbing. Usually this ignorance would have been ameliorated by the Select Committee process, and by consultation with experts during the formation of the regulations. Sadly the Select Committee process was knee-capped by the then-opposition members (now the government), and those tasked with developing the regulations seem to have taken shortcuts with the consultation, only choosing to hear who or what suited them, and their lack of knowledge and professionalism is evident in the regulations, for all to see. Unintended consequences: the mandate for large campers The shift from small vehicles to large vehicles is going to increase the impact of each traveller on the environment. Being larger, heavier, and taller, they will make a bigger impact on the roads, on the phyiscal environment and intrude much more on the scenic view. Notes The NZ standard NZS 5465:2001 About the standard Download a PDF of the standard (this free download is time limited). PGDF on self-contained vehicles MBIE on freedom camping changes Freedom camping law The Regulations Articles in this issue on the freedom camping law changes: Predictable problems with the new CSC green warrant system (p2) Editorial (p3) Self-containment warrant cards: Which one is yours? (p6) So you want to freedom camp (p8) What is ‘self-contained’, anyway? (p10) Enforcement of freedom camping rules (p12) I am not freedom camping' cards (p14) Do your bit: Task of the week (p16) No more freedom camping (p16) Kaikōura: the freedom camping Wild West (p18) Hey NZ Govt? You are messing with my mental health (p20) 7 days a week (p21) Celebrating Summer (p5) Up Up 7 Autumn 2024 , p 10

7 Autumn 2024 7 Autumn 2024 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption Earthbeat Festival Festivals and Shows Editor These events offer an opportunity for people to overnight while they attend or you can overnight nearby. Some are restricted to certified self contained vehicles, some restrict or ban pets. Check the event website for details. MARCH WOMAD New Zealand 2024 15–17 Mar, Fri, New Plymouth, Taranaki Music and dance performers from around the world and across Aotearoa! womad.co.nz | ckw.nz/womad-camp ckw.nz/womad-eventfinda Havelock Mussel & Seafood Festival Sat 16 Mar Havelock, Marlborough A seafood extravaganza. Camping available, certified self-contained. No dogs. ckw.nz/mussel-eventfindackw.nz/mussel-fest ckw.nz/mussel-camp Earth Beat Festival 2024 Wed 20 – 24 Mar, Wellsford, Auckland Stay the weekend with the family. Cutting edge creativity, life-changing experiences and learning, a party. No dogs. Tent and vehicle camping. Accessible camp sites. ckw.nz/earth-beat ckw.nz/earth-beat-eventfinda RIPE 2024: the Wanaka wine and food festival Sat 23 Mar, Glendhu Bay, Wanaka, Otago Central Otago’s finest wine and food. Camping at Glendhu Bay Motor Camp, or Albert Town Park. ckw.nz/ripe | ckw.nz/ripe-eventfinda Port of Tauranga 61st National Jazz Festival 23 Mar–3 Apr, Bay of Plenty A week of jazz and fun. Choose an event near a free camp. Jazz Street Party Katikati, 23 March. Tauranga & Mt Maunganui on the other days. ckw.nz/katikati-jazz | ckw.nz/jazz ckw.nz/jazz-eventfinda Evening Meditation on the Maunga Sat 23 March, Maungatautari, Waikato Evening birdsong and gentle sounds of nature are an ideal setting for meditation. There are a few overnight parks at Sanctuary Mountain. ckw.nz/meditation ckw.nz/sanctuary Warbirds Over Wanaka Mar 2024 29 –31 Mar 2024, Easter, Wanaka, Otago One of the world’s top Warbirds airshows it is a biennial event. More than 50,000 people attend. Sort your accomodation first. warbirdsoverwanaka.com Oxford A&P Show 2024 Sat, 30 Mar, EASTER Saturday, Oxford, North Canterbury Enjoy some country hospitality. There is a lovely freedom camping by the Eyre River, 1km from town. ckw.nz/oxford-show ckw.nz/oxford-eventfinda APRIL Mackenzie Highland Show Mon 1 April, Easter Monday, Fairlie A fun family day out with something for everyone. Freedom camping is some distance away at Lake Opuha, but there is free parking for the day at the show. mackenzieshow.co.nz ckw.nz/mckenzie-eventfinda Aspiring Conversations Thu 4–7 Apr, Wanaka, Central Otago A biennial festival of ideas where key thinkers talk about a diverse and rich array of current, controversial and just downright interesting subjects. Camping at Glendhu Bay Motor Camp, or Albert Town Park. festivalofcolour.co.nz ckw.nz/aspiring-eventfinda Waiau School trail ride 2024 6–7 April, Waiau, North Canterbury For competent riders of off-road motorcycles and ATVs. Breathtaking. Basic overnight camping. theride.co.nz LATER Mardi Gras Ohakune June, Ohakune ckw.nz/ohakune-24 Fire & Ice Hot Air Balloon Glow and Laser Festival June, Mt Hutt village ckw.nz/fire-ice-24 Mystery Creek Field Days June, Hamilton fieldays.co.nz Up Up 7 Autumn 2024 , p 41

7 Autumn 2024 7 Autumn 2024 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption Hammock Time ©2024 Bette Cosgrove Hammock time Bette Cosgrove Hammock time, Tokomaru Bay ©2024 Bette Cosgrove Up Up 7 Autumn 2024 , p 5