8 Winter 2024 Winter 2024 ISSUE 8 BUY PDF CONTENTS Click on image for full view and caption Rays Rest Friday evening and Saturday morning at Rays Rest. It never disappoints. © 2024 Greg Lokes. More on FB: Gregs Eye: https://ckw.nz/gregs-eye Rays Rest Friday evening and Saturday morning at Rays Rest. It never disappoints. © 2024 Greg Lokes. More on FB: Gregs Eye: https://ckw.nz/gregs-eye Rays Rest Friday evening and Saturday morning at Rays Rest. It never disappoints. © 2024 Greg Lokes. More on FB: Gregs Eye: https://ckw.nz/gregs-eye Rays Rest Friday evening and Saturday morning at Rays Rest. It never disappoints. © 2024 Greg Lokes. More on FB: Gregs Eye: https://ckw.nz/gregs-eye Rays Rest Friday evening and Saturday morning at Rays Rest. It never disappoints. © 2024 Greg Lokes. More on FB: Gregs Eye: https://ckw.nz/gregs-eye Rays Rest Friday evening and Saturday morning at Rays Rest. It never disappoints. © 2024 Greg Lokes. More on FB: Gregs Eye: https://ckw.nz/gregs-eye Rays Rest Friday evening and Saturday morning at Rays Rest. It never disappoints. © 2024 Greg Lokes. More on FB: Gregs Eye: https://ckw.nz/gregs-eye Rays Rest Friday evening and Saturday morning at Rays Rest. It never disappoints. © 2024 Greg Lokes. More on FB: Gregs Eye: https://ckw.nz/gregs-eye Rays Rest Friday evening and Saturday morning at Rays Rest. It never disappoints. © 2024 Greg Lokes. More on FB: Gregs Eye: https://ckw.nz/gregs-eye Rays Rest Friday evening and Saturday morning at Rays Rest. It never disappoints. © 2024 Greg Lokes. More on FB: Gregs Eye: https://ckw.nz/gregs-eye Rays Rest Friday evening and Saturday morning at Rays Rest. It never disappoints. © 2024 Greg Lokes. More on FB: Gregs Eye: https://ckw.nz/gregs-eye GO TO Autumn Gold Rays Rest never disappoints Greg's Eye at Rays Rest Greg Lokes Friday evening and Saturday morning at Rays Rest. It never disappoints. See the images in the gallery above. © 2024 Greg Lokes. More on FB: Gregs Eye: ckw.nz/gregs-eye Up Up 8 Winter 2024 , p 11

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

1 Spring 2022 Whakamaru Up Tania There are some great freedom camping spots around Whakamaru. This one was at the waterski club. Toilet facilities, boat ramp and swimming spot to hand. Peaceful and quiet. Firm, level and plenty room to manoeuvre. Tania. April 2022. Waikato. PHOTOS: ©2022 Tania Up Up Up Spring 2022 ISSUE 1 BUY PDF CONTENTS Firm, level and plenty room to manoeuvre Whakamaru The waterski club. Toilet facilities, boat ramp and swimming spot to hand. Whakamaru Whakamaru The waterski club. Toilet facilities, boat ramp and swimming spot to hand. 1/5

10 summer 2024 Summer 2024 ISSUE 10 BUY PDF ToC Click on image for full view and caption GO TO Springing twin axel with motormovers Dealing with a caravan flat Duncan Upjohn Have you had a flat tyre on your caravan? I have now had three and would like to pass on some experience that may help you. My current caravan is twin axel with motormovers attached, and I am now in my mid 60s. Before journeying I always check pressures in the tyres. Our last trip I did this the weekend before going and noticed one tyre down on what was expected, and pumped it up with a footpump. I checked again a couple of days before, and the pressure was half what it was supposed to be, so time to take it off and have it checked. An hour and a half later it was off and the spare on, I was glad this was at home and not on the roadside. Cracking the tension on the nuts was the first problem, the tyre lever being only 250mm long. Haha, this I had done before and placing the bottle jack under the lever and raising it does the trick (above) — any jack will do — a block of wood on top can help. Next, to jack up the van. The bottle jack in place, there was not enough room to use the lever with the motormover crossbar. Out came the supplied scissor jack. Again the cross bar and movers made placing it difficult and then turning the handle a mission and a half —an eighth of a turn at a time was all I could manage. Well, after a few choice words, skinned hands and a lovely bruise (found the next day) the job was done. I had the tyre repaired and we left with the spare still on — changing it would wait till we got home. So my main problem was the jack and I found an electric one on line, ordered it and it made change-back a breeze and one I would be OK with at the roadside, should it now be required. ◊ Images ©2024 Duncan Upjohn Up Up 10 Summer 2024 , p 16

11 autumn 2025 Autumn 2025 ISSUE 11 BUY PDF ToC Click on image for full view and caption 11-CKW-cover-24-Hero.webp GO TO Here & there last summer Camping the Kiwi Way, Autumn 2025 In this issue Freedom camping: need to know 2025 : Things have changed, how does it affect you? Here and there last Summer : Your stories and photos. Choosing your next camping vehicle is not always easy : we chose to go Kiwi-built. Re-building my Toyota van part 2 : I became aware of some shortcomings in my van design… Loading a caravan safely : a heavy load at the rear balanced by a similar load at the front is virtually a recipe for jack-knifing. A camp oven is much more than just a pot You can use them for a multitude of cooking purposes. Table of contents Editorial Come camping Stop and Stay Contribute About Cover image: Camp ovens ©2025 Graham Leslie More About Camping the Kiwi Way We hope this magazine will unite the many different camping groups we have in NZ to create a unified voice and energy for sustainable camping for current and future generations of New Zealanders. ISSN: 2815-8261 (Print)ISSN: 2815-827X (Online) ©2025 All Points Camping Club of NZ Inc Editor: Miriam Richardson editor@campingthekiwiway.org | campingthekiwiway.org Published quarterly by All 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 here online, get a PDF campingthekiwiway.org/issues-camping-the-kiwi-way Or subscribe for a printed copy campingthekiwiway.org/buy-or-subscribe Advertising editor@campingthekiwiway.org For sizes and prices see ckw.nz/advertising 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 Feb 1 for the Autumn issue May 1 for the Winter issue Aug 1 for the Spring issue Nov 1 for the Summer issue But, for late-breaking articles talk to the editor. Up Up 11 Autumn 2025 , p 1

From my early years a blue sky has affected me and inspired me beyond comprehension, it has always spoken to me of distant horizons and unexplored parts. Summer 2023 ISSUE 6 BUY PDF CONTENTS Up Nothing but blue skies… Up David Liddall Whananaki 2022: a cobalt blue sky From my early years a blue sky has affected me and inspired me beyond comprehension, it has always spoken to me of distant horizons and unexplored parts. When I was a teenager I had, on numerous occasions, resigned a job and hitchhiked off to distant places after having been awed by a big blue sky, into the wild blue yonder. In the late sixties when Harry Nilsson sung, I’m goin’ where the weather suits my clothes I adopted it as a life principal (… and Canned Heat’s I’m goin where the water tastes like wine / we can jump in the water and stay drunk all the time; though that’s not the subject of these thoughts at the moment). Even now, fifty years later, I regard those inspirational lines as motivating a lifetime of travel and adventure. Even now a clear blue sky gives me a deep-seated thrill. It gives me a desire to paint and motivates me like nothing else. I find it difficult to paint on a grey and chilly day, perhaps just as well, as watercolour doesn’t perform naturally if it’s not in a naturally drying situation (which perhaps explains why so many of the northern hemisphere artists use hair dryers to cure their work). As much as I like painting a tumultuous sky, there’s nothing like a clear blue wash to capture distance and grandeur (you can tell I’m enjoying painting in the southern landscapes) but it also makes me consider blue in the watercolour genre. Many of the paintings coming to us from history or from contemporary artists are northern hemisphere works, even the early New Zealand paintings done by European explorers are often muted and, to our eyes they can seem insipid or washed out, (though I’m sure the years since their painting may contribute to their pale appearance also); that’s because they generally use cerulean blue, a much paler blue than we would use to capture our skies. It’s great for a cold winter scene or a hazy, post-storm environment, but certainly wouldn’t give the sky enough strength and tone to capture one of our New Zealand skies in summer: that, I would suggest, would be cobalt blue, the colour I use in my skies more than any other. Mixed with a touch of Payne’s grey it combines wonderfully to create the chaos and turmoil of a storm-riven sky. I’m constantly reminded of this when I watch European artists at work, their choice of palette seems so muted compared to anything a New Zealand artist would choose, and an Australian artist would be different again, perhaps choosing the same skies but the other colours of the palette would reflect the burnt terracotta colours of their scorched land, also a wonderful world for the landscape artist. So I continue to seek that place I’ve never been, and take my paints with me. Still hoping to come across a river that tastes like wine but don’t relish the idea of being drunk all the time but rather Willie Nelson’s blue days, all of them gone, nothing but blue skies from now on. Peace. ©2023 David Liddall Up Up bluesky2_mw.webp blues-swatches-nov3_mw.webp bluesky2_mw.webp 1/2

8 Winter 2024 Winter 2024 ISSUE 8 BUY PDF CONTENTS Click on image for full view and caption GO TO Autumn Gold easy, effective and safe Diesel heating in caravans and motorhomes – 
it’s easy, effective and safe Collyn Rivers Diesel heating for caravans Diesel heating for caravans and motorhomes is easy, effective and safe because it hugely reduces the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning, Collyn Rivers reports. Diesel heating for caravans and motorhomes is also relatively affordable. Furthermore, it is easy to self-install. Fuel is readily available, safe and readily stored. LP gas versions are also made. This is the Webasto Dual-Top water heater unit. The Eberspächer (Dometic) unit is similar. Pic: Webasto. Carbon monoxide poisoning is your main risk (of heating) in a confined space. Carbon monoxide is colourless and odourless. It forms when a carbon-based substance (coal, LP gas etc) burns without enough air. The (only minor) indications are headache, nausea, fatigue, and then unconsciousness. If you sleep, you may never wake up again. Carbon monoxide is rightly called the ‘silent killer’. It also causes brain damage at minor concentrations. Your second risk is oxygen deprivation. We need about a half a cubic metre of air an hour. We convert about 4% of that air into carbon dioxide. If you are in a confined space the exhaled carbon dioxide level rises. As a result, the remaining oxygen level falls. It is normally 21%, but symptoms (such as fatigue) set in below 15%. Brain damage consequently occurs shortly after. Oxygen deprivation is serious (or lethal) in poorly ventilated areas. It occurs whether heated or not. See Gas risk in caravans. Diesel heating for caravans and motorhomes — safety Use diesel or LP gas heating in caravans and motorhomes to avoid such issues. Both draw air from outside the RV into a tiny furnace that is sealed from the living area. Diesel oil or LP gas is injected and ignited in this furnace. Air to be heated is blown across it and ducted to wherever needed. The ‘burnt’ air expels to the atmosphere. Burning gas is thus totally sealed from the air heated within the vehicle. The units were first made in the 1930s by Germany’s Eberspächer and later by Webasto. Both are still respected worldwide. The units are similar in many ways. Some parts (such as silencers, calorifiers etc.) are interchangeable. The Snugger, a similar but cheaper unit, is sold by Diesel Heating Australia. The Snugger unit. Pic: Diesel Heating Australia. The company’s Genesis product too is worth considering. So also is the Alde Compact 3010 LP gas unit. This combines space heating and water heating. It also runs from 230 volts ac. The Genesis II provides space and water heating in one unit. Pic: Diesel Heating Australia. Truma introduced similar (LP gas) units a few years ago. The Truma LP gas space heaterPic: Truma The two main types are air heating, and air and water heating. Some are made in various sizes. Use the smallest to heat annexes, camper trailers, small caravans and motorhomes. Use the next size up to heat large RVs. Air heating The basic (soup-can size) unit is best floor mounted. A separate tiny electrically-driven pump, hose and filter connects to a separate tank. Alternatively (with motorhomes) to the vehicle’s tank. You can locate the electric control panel wherever convenient. Water heating The combined space/water heaters use a furnace unit to heat glycol. This flows through a calorifier heat exchange unit, that also stores heated water for taps and showers. In addition. small fan-powered radiators blow hot air wherever required. The calorifier is also available as a tiny unit that heats water as it is drawn. The heaters in action We used a Webasto air heater unit in our OKA in outback Australia. Temperatures there drops quickly after sun-down, often below freezing. Even on its lowest setting, it heated the OKA to 25º C. Expect to use a fifth of a litre of diesel per hour. We had a Webasto Dual-Top air and water heating unit in our Tvan camper trailer. Used too, around Australia, it worked well and reliably. Its on-line calorifier supplied hot water for cooking and showering. The water is hot within a few minutes. You must, legally, in Australia, add a tempering valve. This valve automatically mixes cold and hot water. It prevents it from exceeding 50º C. Without it, however, the water reaches a scalding 80º C. If not silenced, the exhaust is noisy outside the vehicle. It bothers nearby campers. You can reduce this by adding the (now standard) exhaust silencer. You can reduce it yet further by adding an inlet silencer. The units are still not totally silent, but unlikely to disturb others. Here is the Webasto Dual-Top water/space heater in my Tvan. Pic: rvbooks.com.au Further information on diesel heating for RVs is in Caravan & Motorhome Electrics and The Camper Trailer Book. In addition, The Caravan & Motorhome Book. You can use these units to heat rooms in solar-powered houses. My books on solar are Solar That Really Works (for cabins and RVs), also Solar Success (for homes and property systems). rvbooks.com.au ©2024 RV Books This article: onlineckw.nz/d-heater Collyn Rivers has published 6 books relating to caravans and motorhomes. Information about them & more than 150 searchable articles are included on his website: rvbooks.com.au Up Up 8 Winter 2024 , p 32

7 Autumn 2024 7 Autumn 2024 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption I'm heading to The Burt. The coast way. Slowly. ©202 4 Tony Knights. I'm heading to The Burt. The coast way. Slowly. I'm heading to The Burt. The coast way. Slowly. ©202 4 Tony Knights. I'm heading to The Burt. The coast way. Slowly. ©202 4 Tony Knights. I'm heading to The Burt. The coast way. Slowly. ©202 4 Tony Knights. I'm heading to The Burt. The coast way. Slowly. ©202 4 Tony Knights. I'm heading to The Burt. The coast way. Slowly. ©202 4 Tony Knights. I'm heading to The Burt. The coast way. Slowly. ©202 4 Tony Knights. I'm heading to The Burt. The coast way. Slowly. ©202 4 Tony Knights. I'm heading to The Burt. The coast way. Slowly. ©202 4 Tony Knights. I'm heading to The Burt. The coast way. Slowly. ©202 4 Tony Knights. I'm heading to The Burt. The coast way. Slowly. ©202 4 Tony Knights. I'm heading to The Burt. The coast way. Slowly. ©202 4 Tony Knights. I'm heading to The Burt. The coast way. Slowly. ©202 4 Tony Knights. I'm heading to The Burt. The coast way. Slowly. ©202 4 Tony Knights. Bugger it, I’m heading to The Burt Heading to The Burt Tony Knights Well after a week of covid and still not a lot of energy I decided bugger it and I’m heading to The Burt [Burt Munro Challenge, Invercargill]. The Coast way. Slowly. Photos ©202 4 Tony Knights. Free camping with a non-fixed toilet will be impossible after the law change. Up Up 7 Autumn 2024 , p 15

5 Spring 2023 5 Spring 2023 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption The Waiau Tavern Outdoors at the Waiau Tavern Our Lady of the Rosary Our Lady of the Rosary, Roman Catholic Church. Cost 350 and opened 1900. The Waiau River bridge The old The Waiau Lodge Hotel The Waiau Lodge Hotel The old entrance The grassed area for tents and overnight parking The Waiau Lodge Hotel Waiau-MNR_8569.webp The old Lodge's stone walls surround the camping area. The logo for the sadly, closed, motorcamp History The old jail The Tavern can unlock this for you. Old mobile cabin Mobile cabin The hauling end of the old mobile cabin The gig shed You can view the gigs any time. Church, now a museum The Cob Cottage Museum Old bricks, outside the cob cottage. Sign in the cob cottage museum A gem of a town STOP and STAY Small town: Waiau Miriam Richardson A small, North Canterbury, gem of a town, with friendly, welcoming locals, walks, exhibits, cycle rides, shops and free overnighting. Perfect for a couple of nights. Or more. Waiau, in the Hurunui district, is on State Highway 70, the Inland Kaikōura Route, that links Kaikōura with Hanmer Springs and Amberley. It is a short side trip off SH7, the Lewis Pass highway. Settled in 1860, it is the oldest settlement in the region and the local historical society has created an intriguing range of exhibits to interest and inform, including the original gaol, a shed full of carriages, and museum displays in an old sod cottage and an old church. Plenty to explore, even out-of-hours. Three sad events hit Waiau in the last 7 years. Waiau was near the epicentre of the 2016 earthquake, suffering considerable damage to buildings and roads. The Waiau Lodge Hotel, red-stickered after the earthquake, burned to the ground in 2021. In 2022 the beautiful local campground was closed, taking the dump station with it. Where you can stay The Waiau Tavern offers free overnight stays (including tents), in exchange for you enjoying the tavern’s fare. Dogs are welcome. The parks are in the grassed-over space where the hotel once stood or on hard stand by the tavern. There is a toilet, also used by the tavern patrons, and a water tap, available on request. To the north of Waiau there is a freedom camping spot in a lay-by beside the Wandle Bridge. Hurunui (weirdly) requires you to arrive after 8pm and leave by 8am. Mt Lyford Lodge, 22km north, offers powered and unpowered campsites on 3 nights of the week. Facilities The Waiau Tavern serves the 300-odd locals and visitors with drinks, marvellous food (both dine-in and takeaway), a lovely outdoor area, really friendly locals, pool, and overnight parking. The town also has a dairy /cafe, Brenda’s on Lyndon, the well-stocked Waiau Foodmarket, a hardware store and two fuel pumps (one with 24-hour access). There is free wifi in the township. Look for the sign on the public toilets for instructions. A recycling depot is across the river. Walking, cycling, swimming, exploring in Waiau There are two 30 minutes walks, plus there is the Waiau historical trail, a meander with many interest points. There are 3 bike rides from the township, one 90, two 60 minutes return, a mixture of sealed and gravel surfaces. Waiau is on the 260km Hurunui Heartland Cycle Ride between Kaikoura and Christchurch. The swimming pool is open in the warmer months and visitors can get a key to use it. Waiau is a small town that welcomes visitors, enjoys meeting them, and has things to do and a place to stay. Time your visit to join in, or come along and just enjoy it. Miriam Richardson Links Waiau: waiau.nz Waiau Tavern: ckw.nz/waiau-tavern Cycling in Waiau: ckw.nz/waiau-cycle Hurunui Heartland: ckw.nz/hurunui-cycle The Alpine Pacific Route Join in with these Waiau events Events at Waiau Restore rally 13–15 Oct. A rider event, open to all over 18yrs. Bikes, trikes, all welcome. Fireworks fundraiser. Waiau pig hunt is on at Labour Weekend (21–23 Oct).A fund raiser for the fire brigade. Hurunui garden festival 26–29 Oct. Gardens, workshops, events, tours, food. Waiau fireworks 4 Nov. Fab night out with lots of fun, family entertainment, stalls. Pay with cash. Amuri A&P show Every March since 1916, in Rotherham, the neighbouring township. 6–7 Apr. For competent riders of off-road motorcycles and ATVs. Set on breathtaking farms. Basic overnight camping. School fundraiser. The old hotel’s stone fence bounds the camping area. Below, the old hotel entry. Up Up 5 Spring 2023 , p 23

Summer 2024 ISSUE 10 BUY PDF CONTENTS Issue 10, Summer 2024 Cover image: Waiorongomai Valley ©2024 Greg Lokes Editorial Come Camping Stop and Stay Contribute About TESTING DYNAMIC ISSUE 10 Table of contents Double-digit highways Next SH 32/41, West of Lake Taupo Next SH45 The Surf Coast Highway, Te Ika a Maui North Island Next SH60 Richmond to Collingwood, Tasman Next Butchers Dam aurora Next We got bogged: “Because it’d be funner,” he said Next And people wonder why I like camping Next Springing Next What a difference a day makes Next Waitaki first day Next Ōtaki Rivermouth Next NIWA summer forecast Next Camp Fest ‘25 Next All roads lead to Camp Fest Next I really like the Waiouru Army Museum Next Camping in Tairāwhiti this summer Next Freedom camping news Next Self-containment warrant cards: Which ones are valid? Next But I am not freedom camping… Next A roof-top tent Next Revolutionizing Kiwi camping with Fix’n’Rail Next What is out there Next This is the summer to visit Queenstown Next The Wairau Next Getting your camping vehicle certified Next Dealing with a caravan flat Next Sunday morning caravan Lego Next Old Blue Next Kea attack Next First time out with my new tent Next Thornbury-Aparima Bridge Reserve Next Temple Stream Next Marfells Beach Next Exploring Clandyboye Next Being able to get out into nature Next Making camping more accessible for everyone Next Caravan tales Next Dannevirke Holiday Park is making its facilities more accessible Next What a view to wake up to Next Danseys Pass Next From rugby to pets — How Covid19 started the tail wagging on HELPP VET Next Pippa in the hammock Next Planning to camp with your pet? Resources Next My day at the Ellesmere A&P Show Next The Slow Road Next My day at Ferrymead Next NZ Cheese Festival Next A long weekend on the Waikato River Next Safe toilet chemicals Next The fairy forest walk Next Teeming at Terako Downs Next Terako Downs entrance Next Up, up the Waiorongomai Valley Next Favourite and quick camping meals Next Alice cooking dinner on the BBQ Next Heating a pie Next Ordinary cycle Next Fishing in the snow Next Trying out my new quilt Next GAME: DOC campsites 4: Lower North Island Next HOBBIES: Disc golf Next Stop and Stay: City dwellers: 2nd camp: more adventurous Next Lake Poaka Next Rays Rest Next DOC update Next Uretiti Next King’s Birthday camp at Kekerengu Next Foxton Beach Next Three nights at Conway Flats Next Fantastic time at the Onearo campground Next Come camping Next Festivals Next The All Points Camping Club of NZ Next A summer of content: editorial Next Councils & Government Camping in Tairāwhiti this summer Read But I am not freedom camping… Read This is the summer to visit Queenstown Read Getting your camping vehicle certified Read Thornbury-Aparima Bridge Reserve Read Being able to get out into nature Read Making camping more accessible for everyone Read Dannevirke Holiday Park is making its facilities more accessible Read Safe toilet chemicals Read A summer of content: editorial Read Self-containment & Freedom Camping Camping in Tairāwhiti this summer Read Freedom camping news Read Self-containment warrant cards: Which ones are valid? Read But I am not freedom camping… Read This is the summer to visit Queenstown Read Getting your camping vehicle certified Read Thornbury-Aparima Bridge Reserve Read Being able to get out into nature Read Making camping more accessible for everyone Read Caravan tales Read Safe toilet chemicals Read View More

11 autumn 2025 Autumn 2025 ISSUE 11 BUY PDF ToC Click on image for full view and caption Brian and Rosie ©2025 Maggie O’Rourke The entrance to Rosie and Brian’s ©2025 Maggie O’Rourke The vege shop at Rosie and Brian’s ©2025 Maggie O’Rourke Rosie and Brian’s ©2025 Maggie O’Rourke Rosie and Brian’s ©2025 Maggie O’Rourke Brian and Rosie ©2025 Maggie O’Rourke Butchers Pool ©2025 Maggie O’Rourke GO TO Here & there last summer STOP and STAY Rosie and Brian’s Maggie O’Rourke What a hidden gem for a POP. I now know why it was recommended to me by members. Is it worth staying here? 100% yes! When I rang to book my stay I got Brian on the phone, with a huge welcome and the directions of 2 yellow vegetable signs and where to park in the 2nd paddock with the caravans. Of course his directions were spot on, but I still managed to overshoot the drive — if you’re heading either way and see the Reporoa sign you’ve gone too far. I tell you, what a welcome! I think why people stay is due to our lovely welcoming hosts Rosie and Brian. They have been operating this site in their paddocks for 8 years, back then it was a gold coin to stay and to help campers out. Brian is a master grower, not bad for 79, 80 this year. Their market vegetable shop and Rosie’s knitted clowns are for sale for cash only. It’s been a delight to stay here for a week learning about our hosts and having homegrown fruit and veges on the doorstep. People travel from Taupo to get their fresh produce here. Though not classed as organic with a certificate, it’s pretty close without that label attached. The vege shop is open Tuesday to Saturday from 8am– 5pm-ish. So what does this POP offer us? Well where does one start? The longer I stayed more I discovered. The cost is $5 per unit per night. You need to be fully self-contained. Tents are welcome, but you need your own toilet. Generators are allowed but please be considerate. Vege shop is open to pay 7 days a week please put money in blue container if they are not in the house or garden. Open year round and no time limit on your stay. Pumice ground for winter stay overs. Potable water. Book exchange. Shelter hut and stage with a piano and couch. Compost bin. Fire pit and bbq area —firewood is available for a donation. Dogs welcome, on a lead. All ages and groups welcome (groups: book in advance). Members and non members welcome. Book your spot by contacting them by phone but please be considerate and don’t ring too late. Nearest dump stations: Rotorua, Wairakei BP (often blocked), Taupo and Kinloch. What’s in the area Fishing at the bridge or by boat on the Waikato River (Brian knows all the best spots); shopping or tourist activities in either Taupo, Rotorua or even the mountain. If you go to bookme.co.nz you may get a bargain of 20–90% off activities and food. Butchers Pool The best kept secret in the area is 19km away, towards Rotorua: Butchers Pool, a free thermal pool. It’s so secret that you think the Google Maps are wrong as there is no sign, but someone’s house numbers are on the fence. It seems the locals don’t want you to know their secret and the sign often disappears. Coming into the dirt road is like a tankers track narrow and rough, me poor girl got shook up a bit (the bus not me); I was praying that no-one took us on coming the other way as there is no room to pass. Toilets, changing rooms and rubbish bins are onsite. Hot thermal pools according to my thermometer sit between 40–42°C. Beware when you climb in as the steps are slippery and pay attention to the signs saying not to put your head under (to avoid bacterial meningitis, a danger at all natural hot pools). Reporoa is 21km away. Another delight. Reporoa Valley Traders & Post Shop; Awaken cafe (8am–5pm Mon–Fri), I highly recommend their coffee and food and the staff are so welcoming and helpful — I ended up asking umpteen questions on the area. The op shop behind the playground on the main street is open 11am–4pm Thursday only. There is a fish and chip shop (11am–7pm, every day). Bake House (5am–5pm/6pm); Reporoa Food Market plus Lotto (7.30am–6.30pm, every day.) The Woolshed Tavern offers drinks, meals, a bottle store and takeaway meals (11am–8pm or 10pm, every day); there is a car mechanic, a tyre shop, police, health centre, vet, and playground. Though Taupo is the same distance from Rosie and Brian’s as Reporoa, Reporoa is not as busy, you can find a carpark, find a seat at the cafe and you can relax way more. Bliss. Plus the Butchers Pool is free just up the road. Up Up 11 Autumn 2025 , p 31

8 Winter 2024 8 Winter 2024 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption Rays Rest Friday evening and Saturday morning at Rays Rest. It never disappoints. © 2024 Greg Lokes. More on FB: Gregs Eye: https://ckw.nz/gregs-eye Rays Rest Friday evening and Saturday morning at Rays Rest. It never disappoints. © 2024 Greg Lokes. More on FB: Gregs Eye: https://ckw.nz/gregs-eye Rays Rest Friday evening and Saturday morning at Rays Rest. It never disappoints. © 2024 Greg Lokes. More on FB: Gregs Eye: https://ckw.nz/gregs-eye Rays Rest Friday evening and Saturday morning at Rays Rest. It never disappoints. © 2024 Greg Lokes. More on FB: Gregs Eye: https://ckw.nz/gregs-eye Rays Rest Friday evening and Saturday morning at Rays Rest. It never disappoints. © 2024 Greg Lokes. More on FB: Gregs Eye: https://ckw.nz/gregs-eye Rays Rest Friday evening and Saturday morning at Rays Rest. It never disappoints. © 2024 Greg Lokes. More on FB: Gregs Eye: https://ckw.nz/gregs-eye Rays Rest Friday evening and Saturday morning at Rays Rest. It never disappoints. © 2024 Greg Lokes. More on FB: Gregs Eye: https://ckw.nz/gregs-eye Rays Rest Friday evening and Saturday morning at Rays Rest. It never disappoints. © 2024 Greg Lokes. More on FB: Gregs Eye: https://ckw.nz/gregs-eye Rays Rest Friday evening and Saturday morning at Rays Rest. It never disappoints. © 2024 Greg Lokes. More on FB: Gregs Eye: https://ckw.nz/gregs-eye Rays Rest Friday evening and Saturday morning at Rays Rest. It never disappoints. © 2024 Greg Lokes. More on FB: Gregs Eye: https://ckw.nz/gregs-eye Rays Rest Friday evening and Saturday morning at Rays Rest. It never disappoints. © 2024 Greg Lokes. More on FB: Gregs Eye: https://ckw.nz/gregs-eye Rays Rest never disappoints Greg's Eye at Rays Rest Greg Lokes Friday evening and Saturday morning at Rays Rest. It never disappoints. See the images in the gallery above. © 2024 Greg Lokes. More on FB: Gregs Eye: ckw.nz/gregs-eye Up Up 8 Winter 2024 , p 11