2 Summer 2022 2 Summer 2022 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption FRI, 02 Dec: Pāuatahanui Battle Hill (Wgtn) Fri 31 Mar: Kimbolton Sculpture Festival For more camps keep an eye on allpointscampingnz.org/events & ckw.nz/nzfunadventures-events (FB) EVENTS — Camping FRI, 02 Dec: Pāuatahanui Battle Hill (Wgtn) A Club camp — guests welcome but registration is required. Battle Hill is a historic site within a short distance of Porirua and nestled under Transmission Gully. Feed the eels, enjoy a farmland nature walk. Campfires yes, but dogs no, as it’s a working farm. Families with tents welcome. All Points Camping ckw.nz/battle-hill Sat, 10 Dec: Visit the true centre point of NZ Waiohine Gorge Camping Its 9km (return) with an expected fitness level required (good). If you can walk for 4–6hrs return and don't mind up hill sections then you should be fine. We are excited to visit a place that not many people know about or access. NZ Fun Adventures 
 FB: ckw.nz/true-centre WED, 21 Dec Mt Thomas Wooded Gully Camping Arthur’s Pass National Park, Canterbury Join our NZFA ambassador Craig Steele at this gem of a location for a couple of nights. 21–23rd. Booking required. DOC camp fees apply (or a DOC pass). ckw.nz/mt-thomas NZ Fun Adventures facebook.com/nzfunadventures THU, 29 Dec: Reporoa New Year Camp Taupo All Points Camping Club 7th Birthday and New Year camp. Club members and guests are welcome to join us. Please register.
All Points Camping ckw.nz/new-year FRI, 3 Feb: Morisons Bush Wairarapa Camp by the Ruamahanga River: tents, caravans or campers. Great for kids. 
Co-incides with the Martinborough Fair. All Points Camping ckw.nz/morrisons Fri, 17–19 Mar : CAMP FEST Bulls Domain, Rangitikei A weekend of camping, at CAMP FEST. 
All campers — tents, trailer campers, teardrops, caravans, motorhomes are welcome. All Points Camping
 route54.org/campfest 
 fun@route54.org FRI 31 Mar: Kimbolton Sculpture Festival Join us for an amazing weekend camping at the Kimbolton Sculpture Festival. 
The Festival day is Saturday 1 April. 
All campers — tents, trailer campers, teardrops, caravans, motorhomes welcome. All Points Camping ckw.nz/kimbolton For more camps keep an eye on allpointscampingnz.org/events ckw.nz/nzfunadventures-events (FB) Up Up 2 Summer 2022 , p 38

8 Winter 2024 8 Winter 2024 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption CKW-v3-8-24-H.webp More for councils and government, issue 8 Editor In the Winter issue 4 Editorial: Winter 4 Getting your camping vehicle certified 8 Am I freedom camping? 8 What you need for a green warrant for freedom camping 10 Planning a toilet for the freedom camping green warrant? 12 Venting a toilet cassette: why, what, when and how 14 Keeping up with the self-containment changes 16 Composting and coddiwompling 37 What is KiwiCamp? Camping in action 5 The road less travelled 7 Autumn gold 19 Hakatere Conservation Park 24 Walking the race 25 Staying safe solo 37 Camping at Wanaka 39 DOC update 41 Five days from Alex to Cromwell This is a quarterly magazine Read it online or get the pdf ckw.nz/winter2024ckw.nz/winter-24-pdf The magazine printed and posted: $44 annual sub (4 issues) $13.50 for one issue BUY or subscribe buy/subscribe Up Up 8 Winter 2024 , p 2

5 Spring 2023 5 Spring 2023 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption Inside the hut The Homestead Campsite The Homestead, St Bathans Tony Kissell I’ve been enjoying a few days away at one of my favourite spots, The Homestead Campsite near Saint Bathans. Photos © 2023 Tony Kissell Up Up 5 Spring 2023 , p 8

9 Spring 2024 Spring 2024 ISSUE 9 BUY PDF CONTENTS Click on image for full view and caption Fix-a-Potty™ © 2024 Teresa Hall Ignore the bad press that still pops up on Facebook. Kiwi ingenuity & insults Miriam Richardson With the new regulations for self containment, Kiwi ingenuity has been handily exercised on a number of fronts. The Black Moa™ toilet has been designed and manufactured from scratch, the Australian Gotta Go toilet , with a choice of composting or chemical toilet cassette has been brought to NZ ( ckw.nz/gottago ), the Fix-a-Potty™ people have worked on a simple and clever way to fix existing portable toilets to the vehicle in a way that satisfies the regulations, and Fix’n’rail is due out in October. While the new toilet-makers have been welcomed with interest, the Fix-a-Potty™ people were faced with severe scepticism, not to say unfair condemnation, that still continues to pop up on Facebook and confuse people. To be clear: the mechanism has been thoroughly evaluated and it complies. The controversy arises out of very poorly written law and equally poorly written regulations, neither of which went through an appropriate evaluation process with campervan and motorhome professionals before being enacted/promulgated. The base of the matter, is that a toilet must remain fixed to the vehicle while the toilet cassette/holding tank is removed for emptying. The Black Moa™ toilet has a bottom box fixed to the floor that holds the toilet up while the cassette is removed. The Gotta Go opens at the top so cassettes can be removed while the toilet remains fixed. The Fix-a-Potty™ bracket and the Fix’n’Rail fixes the top of a previously portable toilet to the floor, in a way that allows the cassette to be removed from beneath it for emptying. Whew! We can celebrate having a choice of reasonably priced options for complying with a patently absurd law that defines the non-fixedness of toilets as a problem. ◼️ Images: Black Moa™ © 2024 mystenterprises.com Gotta Go © 2024 joolca.co.nz Fix-a-Potty™ © 2024 Teresa Hall Fix’n’Rail © 2024 mystenterprises.com Up Up 9 Spring 2024 , p 24

8 Winter 2024 8 Winter 2024 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption Cycle camping Andrew Morton Cycle camping with a teardrop and a fly. ©2024 Andrew Morton Up Up 8 Winter 2024 , p 21

9 Spring 2024 Spring 2024 ISSUE 9 BUY PDF CONTENTS Click on image for full view and caption Obscure When you are out camping you notice beautiful and obscure things. ©2024 Gary Hitchcock Obscure When you are out camping you notice beautiful and obscure things. ©2024 Gary Hitchcock Beautiful obscure things Gary Hitchcock When you are out camping you notice beautiful and obscure things. ©2024 Gary Hitchcock Up Up 9 Spring 2024 , p 15

2 Summer 2022 2 Summer 2022 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption Overnight beside the Aparima River Heather Auckram I slept overnight beside the Aparima River near Opio (Southland). A couple of 4WDs drove along, but apart from the noise caused us no bother. Lots and lots of wild ducks. ©2022 Heather Auckram Up Up 2 Summer 2022 , p 18

8 Winter 2024 8 Winter 2024 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption Camping the Kiwi Way, 8, Winter 2024 Editor Featured this issue 7 Autumn gold: All the fun of Autumn: places, shared experiences, inspiring things you have seen and done. 8 Am I freedom camping? You may be surprised to learn when you are and aren’t actually freedom camping. 16 Composting and Coddiwompling I’m about to swap out my portable toilet for a composting, waterless toilet. 21 Carbon Monoxide Poisoning The problem, is that people are not taking the risks seriously. 28 Watts & Amps How to use electricity safely while camping. 45 RV businesses and services Need self-containment? LPG work? Electrical? And more. About this magazine Camping the Kiwi Way Issue 8, winter 2024 ISSN: 2815-8261 (Print)ISSN: 2815-827X (Online) ©2024 All Points Camping Club of NZ Inc Editor: Miriam Richardson editor@campingthekiwiway.org campingthekiwiway.org Published quarterly byAll Points Camping Club of NZ Inc &NZ Lifestyle Camping Ltd Order or subscribe Printed copies including postage:$44 for a year (4 issues)$13.50 for a single copy editor@campingthekiwiway.org Read it online or get a PDF ckw.nz/winter2024 ckw.nz/winter-24-pdf Advertising editor@campingthekiwiway.org For sizes and prices see ckw.nz/advertising Front cover Thermette. More on p35 . ©2024 M Richardson Share your STORIES If your group or club is promoting NZers enjoying our great outdoors, we would like to share your stories. • Tenting, caravanning, motorhoming, van camping, bike camping, hiking and more. • Camping photos and stories. • Club stories and photos. • Upcoming events that include camping. • Opinion pieces on camping issues. • Photos 1mb or more in size. Email words and (separate) images: editor@campingthekiwiway.org Contributions close Aug 1 for the Spring issue But, for late-breaking articles talk to the editor. Up Up 8 Winter 2024 , p 1

8 Winter 2024 8 Winter 2024 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption Burtons Creek Reserve Looking towards the Clyde Dam over Lake Dunstan. ©2024 M Richardson Champagne Gully ©2024 Andrew Morton Jacksons ©2024 M Richardson Jacksons ©2024 M Richardson a free, leisurely trip Five days from Alex to Cromwell Miriam Richardson For a leisurely trip from Alexandra to Cromwell, enjoy these freedom camping spots along the way. Burtons looking toward the Clyde Dam. ©2024 M Richardson Across the old bridge at Clyde is the Burton Creek camp above the Clyde Dam. Provided by Contact Energy, it is limited to 15 certified self-contained vehicles, and a maximum 3 continuous nights. Indulge in cycling, walking, water sports or fishing or simply enjoy the view. It’s a fair hike to Clyde, but you can always cycle it. The Dunstan Cycle Trail passes the site on its way to the Clyde’s Heritage Precinct. Free Looking across the lake to the Burton Creek camp. Champagne Gully. You dont need to be self-contained to stay here. ©2024 Andrew Morton Day 4, back on the road to Cromwell, the next along our way is Champagne Gully (above) where you can stay just one night. Tents and those not self-contained are allowed here, as it has toilets. It can get busy. This is a LINZ site. Free Jacksons free camp. ©2024 M Richardson Our fifth night is at Jacksons (above), also a LINZ site. Named after the orchard that was sacrificed for the Clyde Dam, there are still some apricot and walnut trees, lovely if you there in the right season. You must be self-contained (by 2023 rules), and can stay just one night. There is a rubbish bin. It’s a popular water sport and picnic spot for locals. Free So, 5 nights and 20 km, enjoying the magnificent Lake Dunstan. It is ten more km to Cromwell. Zero cost. Find them on the app Campermate or STOP and STAY . A list for travellers and campers in NZ — use it, share it, add to it. View, download or print: stopandstaynz.org Add your spots for stopping: ckw.nz/add-one-now Open to all, courtesy of NZ's national camping club, All Points Camping . Jacksons, looking down the Lake. ©2024 M Richardson Up Up 8 Winter 2024 , p 41

11 autumn 2025 11 autumn 2025 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption Adjusting the spinnaker Graham on deck of Quasimodo adjusting the spinnaker. ©2025 Graham Leslie Islington Bay, Rangitoto Island Bach by the wharf at Islington Bay, Rangitoto Island. ©2025 Graham Leslie Adjusting the spinnaker Graham on deck of Quasimodo adjusting the spinnaker ©2025 Graham Leslie Lighthouse Lighthouse at Tiritiri Matangi Island. ©2025 Graham Leslie Margaret on helm Margaret on the helm of Quasimodo. ©2025 Graham Leslie Scotts Landing Scotts Landing, Mahurangi Harbour. ©2025 Graham Leslie Taking a photo of boats anchored Taking a photo of boats anchored in Islington Bay, Rangitoto Island. ©2025 Graham Leslie Walking back Walking back to the dingy to return to Quasimodo. ©2025 Graham Leslie It’s been nine years Back on the boat (our caravan that floats) Graham Leslie It’s been nine years since we had a sailing holiday in our trailer yacht, Quasimodo. Since then we’ve had lots of caravan holidays. What’s different about being on the water? Surprisingly, not much. A bit more care is needed selecting where to ‘park up’ for the night. And we are very conscious of the weather and wind direction. On the positive side we are visiting places where we could never take our caravan. We are sailing in the Hauraki Gulf. Visiting Tititiri Matangi Island was a treat. This is a wildlife sanctuary situated off the Whangaparāoa Peninsula. Exploring Rangitoto Island has been fun too. Especially the area of the old bach community at Islington Bay. Up Up 11 autumn 2025 , p 21

3 Autumn 2023 3 Autumn 2023 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption RV services South Is Up Up 3 Autumn 2023 , p

8 Winter 2024 8 Winter 2024 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption Inflating the balloon Today was an early start to ballooning in Canterbury. ©2024 Tony Knights. Inflating the balloon Today was an early start to ballooning in Canterbury. ©2024 Tony Knights Inflating the balloon Today was an early start to ballooning in Canterbury. ©2024 Tony Knights Heading for lift off Today was an early start to ballooning in Canterbury. ©2024 Tony Knights My bus. Today was an early start to ballooning in Canterbury. ©2024 Tony Knights Clouds Today was an early start to ballooning in Canterbury. ©2024 Tony Knights Canterbury Plains Today was an early start to ballooning in Canterbury. ©2024 Tony Knights Canterbury Plains Today was an early start to ballooning in Canterbury. ©2024 Tony Knights Canterbury Plains Today was an early start to ballooning in Canterbury. ©2024 Tony Knights Flying Today was an early start to ballooning in Canterbury. ©2024 Tony Knights Deflating Today was an early start to ballooning in Canterbury. ©2024 Tony Knights Ballooning in Canterbury Tony Knights Today was an early start to ballooning in Canterbury. Watch the slideshow, above. ©2024 Tony Knights. Ballooning Canterbury Up Up 8 Winter 2024 , p 13