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

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11 autumn 2025 11 autumn 2025 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption Bedtime Bubbles & wash Bedtime Bubbles & wash in Kaiapoi for my wee mate after 57 nights on the road without a bath. ©2025 Andrew Morton Bedtime Bubbles Andrew Morton Bedtime Bubbles & wash in Kaiapoi for my wee mate after 57 nights on the road without a bath. ©2025 Andrew Morton Up Up 11 autumn 2025 , p 15

8 Winter 2024 8 Winter 2024 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption Thermette-MNR_H.webp ©2024 M Richardson My vintage thermette ©2024 M Richardson How the thermette works Brand new copper thermette Complete Outdoors sell these. My vintage thermette ©2024 M Richardson oh for a beautiful copper thermette Thermettes: 2 litres in 2 minutes Miriam Richardson I have carried my thermette with me since I went on the road, but it has had little use. I seem to to have spent much of the outdoor-weather time in places with fire dangers. Now it is winter most fire bans are off, though the lure of outdoors is not as strong. My thermette is old and rusty but perfectly serviceable. I thought it might be the perfect way to get rid of paper rubbish while I am travelling, so I keep a $2-shop metal sieve with it so I can keep any hot flying debris inside the chimney. ‘Thermette’ is a brand but has become its common name. NZ made them from 1929 and they were issued to NZ soldiers in WWII, becoming known as ‘Benghazi boilers’, as the Kiwi soldiers used them in the Benghazi desert, burning diesel for fuel. Round black marks on the sand were the sign Kiwis had camped here. Other variations of the idea include Kelly kettles, (Ireland, 1900), Volcano kettles, (UK, 1928). They consist of a water jacket which is also the chimney, protecting the flame from wind and rain, and needing only twigs for fuel. They are very efficient, heating 2.2L in 2 minutes. Sadly, I don’t have the ring for the top which lets you cook over the chimney. I keep admiring the beautiful new copper thermettes that are now available. Would need some soot and flame to break it in. One day… For sale on Complete Outdoors ckw.nz/thermette-c-outdoors (Image, Complete Outdoors) Photo: ©2024 M Richardson Up Up 8 Winter 2024 , p 35

10 summer 2024 Summer 2024 ISSUE 10 BUY PDF ToC Click on image for full view and caption GO TO Springing My day at the Ellesmere A&P Show Tony Knights My day at the Ellesmere A&P Show Don’t miss local A & P shows when you travel the country.above. See the gallery ©2024 Tony Knights Up Up 10 Summer 2024 , p 23

Autumn 2023 ISSUE 3 BUY PDF CONTENTS Click on image for full view and caption Another thing ticked off Roland Jones The envelope arrived with my All Points Member pack. I found the decal and first thing I did was to place it on the back of my campervan. Another thing I can tick off in preparation for my 10 week South Island trip starting end March. Roland ©2023 Roland Up Up 3 Autumn 2023 , p 29

7 Autumn 2024 Autumn 2024 ISSUE 7 BUY PDF CONTENTS 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. 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. GO TO Celebrating Summer Bugger it, I’m heading to The Burt Free camping with a non-fixed toilet will be impossible after the law change. Up Up 7 Autumn 2024 , p 15 ISSN 2815-827X (Online) | ISSN:2815-8261 (Print) ISSUE 4 editor@campingthekiwiway.org

10 summer 2024 10 summer 2024 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption a hearty breakfast on the Wairau STOP and STAY The Wairau Gary Wills After a peaceful night’s sleep a hearty breakfast on the Wairau river is always a good way to start the day.◊ ©2024 Gary Wills Up Up 10 summer 2024 , p 17

11 autumn 2025 11 autumn 2025 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption The Wairere Falls fall over the edge. Photo ©2025 DOC The Falls falling. Photo ©2025 DOC My plans to go to the waterfall fell short when I saw the staircase. The thought of a 90 min climb back on a hot day turned me back. Maggie O'Rourke. Photo ©2025 DOC when I saw that staircase... Wairere falls Maggie O’Rourke What an adventure this summer has brought, travelling around the Matamata-Piako district, we are so spoiled for choices on where to stay and what to do. One of my stops was at the Wairere Falls where I discovered we can freedom camp for four nights. They have 15 parks for self-contained campers, and even though the carpark has a slight lean it’s well worth parking up for a night or even 4. Peace, tranquility, a chance to go for a walk to the waterfall, crystal hunting or even a swim makes it worthwhile. My plans to go to the waterfall fell short when I saw the staircase. The thought of a 90 min climb back on a hot day turned me back. I enjoyed the crystal hunting and wading in water and the small waterfalls instead. I didn’t take any photos of my walk as I just enjoying the beauty around me. Maggie O’Rourke. ckw.nz/doc-wairere | ckw.nz/waikato-wairere Images ©DOC Up Up 11 autumn 2025 , p 5

7 Autumn 2024 Autumn 2024 ISSUE 7 BUY PDF CONTENTS Click on image for full view and caption A coiled power supply cord A coiled power supply cord Magnetic Field Around a Wire Whenever current travels through a conductor, a magnetic field is generated. ©2024 nationalmaglab.org The perils of a coiled power supply cord Arthur How It has come to my attention that some caravanners are connecting a 230 volt power supply, via a lead, that is “coiled on a reel”, which is not completely “uncoiled” from the cable drum. This is not good practice, as the cable, when supplying power to a caravan or any appliance, is carrying voltage & current, which will create a “magnetic field” around the cable conductors. When a cord or cable, is coiled on a drum, the magnetic field is stronger and more intensely concentrated, which in turn, can cause a “transformer effect” and load up the cables which then run at a higher temperature, stressing the insulation of the 230 volt supply cable to the motorhome/caravan (or appliance). Image and text: ©2024 nationalmaglab.org Magnetic Field Around a Wire Whenever current travels through a conductor, a magnetic field is generated. A magnetic field is created anytime current runs through a conductor. A fact famously stumbled upon by Hans Christian Ørsted around 1820. MORE: ckw.nz/magnetic-field Image and text: ©2024 nationalmaglab.org Completely unwind the cable from the cable drum when you plug it in to power to avoid this overloading, cable stress and it running at a higher temperature. Arthur How is a Registered Electrical Inspector and does EWOF inspections in Foxton, Manawatu. FIND YOUR LOCAL EWOF inspector. GO TO Celebrating Summer don't do it Up Up 7 Autumn 2024 , p 34 ISSN 2815-827X (Online) | ISSN:2815-8261 (Print) ISSUE 4 editor@campingthekiwiway.org

5 Spring 2023 5 Spring 2023 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption Things have changed Freedom camping & self-containment status, spring 2023 Miriam Richardson Read the detail page 18 ■ The rules on freedom camping on public land have changed, NZ-wide. ■ The PGDB* administers the new (green-warrant) self-containment, including authorities who manage the testing and issuing of certificates. In progress; goes ‘live’ 6/12/23. ■ New regulations for self-containment, including fixed toilets †, are now law; the regs are loose rather than prescriptive. ■ The PGDB* is in the process of providing guidance on how the new, loose regulations should actually be applied: due 7/12/23. ■ The old standard and the blue warrants are still valid. ■ New blue warrants can be issued, but their use is limited if the toilet is portable. *Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Board † Wording in the law: “a toilet that is permanently fixed to the motor caravan or caravan, in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions” Up Up 5 Spring 2023 , p 4

10 summer 2024 Summer 2024 ISSUE 10 BUY PDF ToC Click on image for full view and caption GO TO Springing No consistency. No fair control of freedom camping. Freedom camping news Bette Cosgrove Councils Many councils don’t have a bylaw, most can’t afford to enforce freedom camping laws or bylaws, and many can barely respond to complaints about freedom campers. Some have decided not to enforce the national law and have no local bylaw. Councils that DO have a bylaw are in the throes of revisiting them, as they must conform to the changed law by June next year! Whakamaru Queenstown, which had the strictest prohibitions on freedom campers in NZ and spent the most $$$ on enforcing them, now has no bylaw at all, since the High Court has declared their existing bylaw is invalid. Now they’ve got no income from fines and no more government funds to manage freedom camping, and a new bylaw to create, and might yet have to refund the fines imposed under their invalid bylaw. Ratepayers are pushing and scrambling to get councils to restrict freedom camping even more and there’s no more government / MBIE transition funding left to support local authorities to monitor their sites this summer. Vehicles Hire companies only have until Dec 7th to get the new green warrants for all their vehicles, an impossible task, given the slow and inadequate implementation of the new standards, and we are hearing their distress in the media as the deadline races towards them. The system set up by both the law and the Plumbers and Gas Fitters Board (PGDB) is not fit for the purpose of this transition period when so many vehicles require certification in a limited time. (Time will tell if it is fit for its ongoing purpose after the transition rush is over.) In the first 11 months only 6,000 green warrants have been issued overall (11/24), with so many commercial vehicles needing it and a conservative minimum of 75,000 vehicles (more likely 120,000) in NZ overall. The transition period, as people move from the old blue warrants to the new green warrants, is due to expire 6 June ’25. Minister Doocey has the power, and is considering a time extension for non-commercial camping vehicles. MBIE has consulted the public on whether or how much to extend the time (up to 2 years). (The law does not allow any time extension for hire companies.) NZMCA has over 120,000 members who get certification inspections for free. Those who wish to freedom camp (green warrant) need to pay only the government levy (there’s a different coloured warrant for those members who do not wish to freedom camp). Fixing toilets in campers Easy solutions and new affordable products are being invented in NZ to help campers permanently fix their toilets to their vehicles so they can pass the new laws and carry on camping. A vocal few, including some inspectors, are trashing some of these innovative ideas. Campers Domestic tourist freedom campers are getting angry.With 120,000 or more camping vehicles that is as many as 200,000 angry people. DOC and commercial campgrounds are nearly fully booked for the summer period in popular places, putting greater pressure on freedom camping sites. Freedom camping in Reefton, West Coast NZMCA has taken up leases on two public campgrounds in Northland. How (and whether) they manage these for the benefit of the camping public or just for the benefit of their members is a worry, particularly for those who do not camp in vehicles. NZMCA have an extensive portfolio of low-cost parks around the country for their members. Leasing exisiting parks is one way for them to extend into new areas, which becomes an issue if they disadvantage the non-member public campers, and non-vehicle campers. There are still a lot of upset regular freedom campers and permanent vehicle dwellers claiming homelessness in order to be exempt from the freedom camping law. No freedom camping laws or restrictions apply to the homeless who live in their vehicle. Overall No end to confusion and misinformation out there about what is lawful or required to be a freedom camper. No consistency. No fair control of freedom camping. It is going to be a crazy camping summer, I suspect. ◊ Reefton freedom camping, West Coast. ©2023 M Richardson Whakamaru, Waikato ©2023 Bette Cosgrove Up Up 10 Summer 2024 , p 10