1 Spring 2022 TIPS: Weekending Up Various Making the most of short trips All my trips are short ones. I quite often take leftover food so time isn’t taken cooking, particularly if windy. Two hours max travelling from Wellington. Don’t worry if you forget something as long as you have warm clothes. (Steve) Weekend getaways are the best! We take very little on the road with us because we are spending more time outside then in. So it’s just basic food, booze & general clothing. (Donna) My moho is always packed, with just the fridge/freezer stuff to put in (Christine). n We find a location close to home so we don’t waste hours travelling just for a weekend. Try and prep all meals so the weekend can be a real break. (Linda). We head to the coast, any coast, and there is an abundance to choose from in the Wairarapa. We may even pick up takeaways on our way out but our meals are all prepped. The sound of the sea and away from traffic does it for us. (Dale) I’ve got a couple of changes of clothes permanently in my van. I always make sure I have a jacket, beanie, off-road walking shoes and togs ready to go, this time of year. Usually I head for somewhere near hot springs. (Katrina) PHOTO: Foxton Boat Club ©2022 Miriam RIchardson Up Up Up Spring 2022 ISSUE 1 BUY PDF CONTENTS Weekend getaways are the best! 1/0

9 Spring 2024 9 Spring 2024 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption It’s a very looooong flat beach. Long. Flat. ©2024 M Richardson The Farewell Spit The inside of the spit The 4wd bus started on the inside of the spit, skirting inner mudflats. ©2024 M Richardson The inside of the spit The 4wd bus started on the inside of the spit, skirting inner mudflats. ©2024 M Richardson A winding track across the spine of the spit to our first stop on the outer side. ©2024 M Richardson The 4WD really matters on the dunes and the beach. Coming out on the otherside of the spit. ©2024 M Richardson We got to explore the rock formations ©2024 M Richardson We got to explore the rock formations ©2024 M Richardson We got to explore the rock formations ©2024 M Richardson Nikau palms that thrive in this microclimate ©2024 M Richardson We got to explore the rock formations ©2024 M Richardson ©2024 M Richardson ©2024 M Richardson Unstuck The sand defeated the 4WD: we had to get out and push to get back on our way. ©2024 M Richardson It’s a long flat beach. 
 Long. Flat. ©2024 M Richardson Birds. Most of the resident birds decamp to the northern hemisphere for our winter. ©2024 M Richardson Dunes. ©2024 M Richardson The lighthouse; there in the distance; the orange dot. ©2024 M Richardson Heading from the beach to the lighthouse. ©2024 M Richardson A lighthouse and a lighthouse keepers’ house ©2024 M Richardson From the lighthouse ©2024 M Richardson Another light house keepers’ house The light house keepers’ houses are still there. ©2024 M Richardson A lot of green A lot of grass and green from that original garden effort. ©2024 M Richardson Heading back we got to stop and climb a sand dune. ©2024 M Richardson ©2024 M Richardson It’s a very looooong flat beach A winter day on Farewell Spit Miriam Richardson Winter is not the best time to visit Farewell Spit from a bird point of view, but I was there, so I took the tour anyway, and it was spectacular. The spit is 25km long, and a highly protected area. Only the first 4km is open for public access. It’s a world-recognised bird sanctuary for about 90 species, though most birds decamp to the northern hemisphere for our winter. There’s the long beach on the outer side, high dunes along its spine, and shifting swamps and lakes on the inward side. I imagine it is not just the variety of habitat that is good for the birds, but the lack of people, dogs and other predators. The 4wd bus started on the inside of the spit, skirting inner mudflats, until turning down… a winding track across the spine of the spit to our first stop on the outer side. The 4WD really matters on the dunes and the beach. We got to explore the rock formations and admire the nikau palms that thrive in this microclimate. This beach is open to the public, but you have to walk there. The sand defeated the 4WD: we had to get out and push to get back on our way. It’s a long flat beach. Long. Flat. Birds. Dunes. The lighthouse; there in the distance; the orange dot. The spit got its first lighthouse in 1870. There is still a light house, but it is now automated. The light house keepers’ houses are still there, we had our lunch in one, and conservation workers stay in the others. One of the early lighthouse keepers carried out soil, bag by bag, to create his garden. Macrocarpa and pine were the windbreak tree of choice. A lot of grass and green from that original garden effort. Heading back we got to stop and climb a sand dune. From the top of the sand dune you can see the swamp and lakes on the inner side of the spit, and beyond to the hills on the other side of Golden Bay, around Port Tarakohe. It was a long way back down to the bus. Then it is a long and flat drive again, following our earlier wheel tracks to be sure to avoid any quick or soft sand. Our finale took us westwards, to Cape Farewell. Collingwood campground Then we returned to base in Collingwood, where I had a prime spot at the campground: a winter bonus. ◼️ Images ©2024 Miriam Richardson Up Up 9 Spring 2024 , p 17

8 Winter 2024 8 Winter 2024 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption The top of Dansey’s Pass Tony Kissell The top of Dansey’s Pass (935 metres) looking out toward Oamaru 50 kms in the distance. ©2024 Tony Kissel Up Up 8 Winter 2024 , p 13

5 Spring 2023 5 Spring 2023 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption The best site We had the absolute best site of this campground, right on the lake front. On the lake front, Lake Tarawera. We became the camp meet and greet Camped at Lake Tarawera Hot Water Beach Meet and Greet As people arrived, we would jump up and help carry their gear up to the elevated sites. On the lake front, Lake Tarawera. I decided to pre-prepare the meals then flat pack freeze them Cooking on the road: planning food for…off the road Junaya Binns WInning an adventure This winning adventure package came with a 2 person tent, 2 camp chairs, a light for the tent, 2 self inflating sleeping mats and a cute little collapsible table. Thanks Kiwi Camping! We are van-life people, so we had to investigate the facilities in full, and we appreciated the help of Jonathan Collins from NZ Fun Adventures. No power or showers just long drop toilet facilities and the ground you camp on. And we don’t have a boat. No fridge. Jonathan loaned us a massive chilly bin. Getting there by water taxi meant space was of premium importance! How to carry enough food? The most enjoyable part of this adventure was experiencing the ‘true blue’, ‘pay it forward’ Kiwi nature. We had the absolute best site of this campground, right on the lake front, so we became the camp meet and greet, as everyone else camping there had boats. As people arrived, we would jump up and help carry their gear up to the elevated sites. Through this we met some wonderful people. Which gained us 5-minutes boat rides to the amazing natural hot pools that were otherwise a long, 1hr 30min, uphill trek! When we ran out of alcohol on the last night, a lot of those who we met and helped and engaged with in the evenings, quickly came to our rescue. Got to love NZ! So, if you want to get away from absolutely everything including reception, Lake Tarawera Hot Water Beach is the place to go. And so ... We won a 4-day camp adventure at Lake Tarawera Hot Water Beach in Rotorua for Easter this year, courtesy of NZ Fun Adventures. We are van-life people, and this site is only accessible via water, no van this time! How on earth were we going to keep food cold for 5 days? With the date, the tenting gear, a loaned chilly bin ready to go, it was time to plan. Let the planning begin To reduce the amount of carry-on I decided to pre-prepare the meals then flat pack freeze them in large snap lock bags for easy stacking in the chilly bin. Also freezing 8 large bottles of water to layer on the bottom of the chilly bin, as there is no drinking water available at this site, so as well as food we required enough drinking water for the 5-day escape. Top tip: Take baking paper to line your frying pan, we did not have to wash the pan once while away. Another top tip, for this site in particular —the ground is hot so forage for some logs and get your chilly bin off the ground. Dinners Night 1: After a long drive up from Wellington to ensure we met the water taxi on time. we set up camp. We are no strangers to tents but have not done it for a while, and dinner was going to be quick before daylight faded. So American hot dogs it was. We only took 1 frying pan so everything had to be one-pan meals. I packed the sauces into tiny containers so no wastage or leftovers floating around; pre-grated a small bag of cheese, just enough for the meal. Fried the hot dogs, filled the rolls popped them back in the pan, foil on top to get the delicious melty goodness, boom! All ready in 15 mins. The next 3 nights are meals that I had prepared and flat pack frozen at home. Night 2: Creamy chorizo and mushroom pasta. Night 3: Home made sweet and sour pork with udon noodles Night 4: Vegetarian nachos, just in case things weren’t so cold at this point. We topped them with plain yoghurt and of course piled high on the chips. Dinners covered, we then had to think about brunch food. Brunch We still wanted to tantalise the taste buds with holiday goodies like bacon and eggs and so on. So again, to combat the space issue, I decided to pre-make and freeze camp toasties! An absolute favourite of ours. These are no basic toasties by any means, chock full of all things breakfast. You can make them as amazing as your creativity takes you. Simply construct using your favourite loaf and wrap individually and freeze them fresh, no pre-toasting. Save the toasting for the one pan on the day. These also stack amazingly in the chilly bin. The rest To wrap it up, the only thing we had to make fresh was our coffee in the morning. Nothing took longer than 15mins to reheat or toast in the pan and like I say, baking paper was key!! No washing of the pan only the 2 plates, cutlery, and coffee mugs. We also took a 24-pack of water bottles just in case, which came in handy for teeth brushing and providing the hikers, that passed through daily, thirsty after their 5 hours walk, and not realising they couldn’t refill their bottles at the beach while they waited for the water taxi, to arrive to pick them up Junaya & Dan @adventures_of_the_escapegoats (instagram) Up Up 5 Spring 2023 , p 7

3 Autumn 2023 3 Autumn 2023 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption South Island lakes: fill in the blanks Rhonda Marshall Fill in the blanks Download a printable pdf Solution Up Up 3 Autumn 2023 , p 29

10 summer 2024 Summer 2024 ISSUE 10 BUY PDF ToC Click on image for full view and caption GO TO Springing the road less travelled, down double-digit highways STOP and STAY Double-digit highways Bette Cosgrove & Miriam Richardson SH32/41, SH45, SH60: Do you know them? SH32 winds alongside the mighty Waikato and follows the western and southern shores of Lake Taupo. SH45, The Surf Coast Highway, skirts the sea around Mt Taranaki. SH60, Around coastal Tasman and on on to Golden Bay. SH 32/41, West of Lake Taupo. Jones Landing. (Click for SH32/41) SH 45, The Surf Highway. (Click for SH45) SH60 to Collingwood. Kina Beach. (Click for SH60) Up Up 10 Summer 2024 , p 5

7 Autumn 2024 Autumn 2024 ISSUE 7 BUY PDF CONTENTS Click on image for full view and caption Freedom camp site ©2024 Bette Cosgrove Do your bit: Task of the week Bette Cosgrove Let ONE person in authority know you want to protect your right to freedom camp on public land. If you care about your rights to continue free camping, use all your democratic rights to contact, lobby, write to, or message the people who have to make this law actually work. Choose one. Write to your local media or meet a reporter and tell your story about summer freedom camping, the issues because of the new law, as well as the good times. Know your local council freedom camping bylaws — are they being changed and are they fair? Did they actually assess all restricted areas and fully consult about it? How did they actually spend any government grants for this work? Ask councils for camp sites . If there’s water, toilet and a rubbish bin for day use, why not let the space be used at night? Lobby for those not self-contained, or self-contained to the old standard, and for space for tent camping. Talk to your local MP — tell them how your rights are being eroded and how your family recreation is being lost. Write to Ministers of the Crown: Sport & Recreation, Hon Chris Bishop; Regulation, Hon David Seymour; Tourism, Hon Matt Doocey; Hunting and Fishing, Hon Todd McClay. The full list and contact details are here: ckw.nz/ministerial-list Explain how the new laws seem to be a “sledgehammer approach for a tack” issue and do nothing resolve the bad behaviour of anyone on public land who leaves their rubbish or waste behind. Tell them how it negatively affects YOU or your whānau who just want to enjoy your camping recreation and your country. Have your say with groups you belong to , who are fighting to resolve the unworkable new law. All Points Camping Club NZ, NZ Lifestyle Camping, NZMCA or other freedom camping or camping groups. Contact the groups tasked with implementing the new law: MBIE Responsible Camping Team, who created the regulations. website PGDB Plumbers Gasfitters Drainlayers Board self containment team who are struggling to deliver the new system. website Here is the actual legislation — Freedom Camping Act . 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 choose just one Up Up 7 Autumn 2024 , p 16 ISSN 2815-827X (Online) | ISSN:2815-8261 (Print) ISSUE 4 editor@campingthekiwiway.org

4 Winter 2023 Winter 2023 ISSUE 4 BUY PDF CONTENTS Up Greenies on the road: Managing food scraps Kath Irvine Up Last year in December, we sold up and hit the road in our Hino housetruck — a sharp learning curve and lots of broken crockery! but we’re loving it. The only thing I miss is the fresh herbs and vegies from my garden and the ease of recycling our food scraps. I’ve been turning our food scraps into compost for many a year now, and there’s no way I’m sending them to the landfill now. We chose to use bokashi buckets in our housetruck, as we already had them. A worm farm could also work, though bokashi is possibly more forgiving and takes all food waste — bones and shells included. Recycling, rubbish and bokashi buckets tucked up with the batteries. ©2023 Kath Irvine Bokashi buckets, are a 2 bucket system — one sitting inside the other. The food scraps go into the top bucket and are sprinkled with a special brew called compost zing. This looks like sawdust and is full of beneficial microbes that facilitate fermentation. The liquid drips into the bottom bucket, providing a power juice, full of microbes to pour on your crops. You need at least 2 sets because when one is full, it needs to sit and ferment for 10–14 days before using. Bokashi buckets are readily available to buy, but you can easily make them. All you need is 2 buckets the same size. Drill small holes all over the bottom of one bucket and sit it inside the other. The key factor is a sealed lid for the top bucket. The seal is important because like all fermentation, success relies on the exclusion of air. Put the buckets somewhere undercover, not too cold and out of direct sunlight (a little morning or afternoon sun is fine). There is no smell when the lid is on. And when you lift the lid, it smells like pickles. Rather than opening the bokashi every time you have food scraps, collect them in a small container and add them at the end of day. Start off by sprinkling a dusting of compost zing in the bottom of the top bucket and add your first lot of food scraps. Push them down firmly to exclude air (a potato masher is good for the squeamish), then sprinkle another dusting of compost zing on top. The zing gets the pickling happening and is the reason bokashi never smells. Close the lid so it clicks and seals. When a bucket is full to the brim, I move the new one in front and leave the other tucked behind to pickle away. Because bokashi is pre-fermented and alive with beneficial microbes, it incorporates into soil or compost quickly — such a simple, potent way to keep soil fertility up! Trenching bokashi into the garden. Edible Backyard. ©2023 Kath Irvine But what happens when you don’t have a garden? We are lucky, and most of the time, staying with switched on people who are excited to receive a bucket of bokashi into their garden. But its not always the case and extra hard in campgrounds where food scraps are still considered rubbish; I find it pretty shocking. Its an effort, I know, but once you get your set up happening, its easy as pie. We really must all be recycling our food scraps. “When food ends up in landfill, it decomposes without oxygen, and as a result, it releases methane, a harmful greenhouse gas. If food waste was a country, it would be the third largest producer of carbon emissions behind China and the United States.” lovefoodhatewaste.co.nz I used to take a bokashi bucket with us when we holidayed — it’s not such a big deal. The tricky part , when on the road, comes at the end, when its pickled and ready to go on the compost. Be creative and determined, and find places. And when you do — spread the word! The more of us that ask where we can compost our food waste, the more available it will become. Rankers have a sustainability filter to help you choose responsible camp sites — though whether this is meaningful or not, I’d have to do a bit more digging to know. A network to link travelling bokashi makers with domestic or commercial compost heaps would be a fine thing. Hop online and check with the local council. 
Perhaps there is a local composting facility or community garden you could drop off to. There are so many ways for camp grounds to properly manage food scraps! Pigs, chickens, worms, compost, there are even commercial-sized bokashi bins. If supermarkets in France can do it … Photos ©2023 Kath Irvine Up Up 1/2 ISSN 2815-827X (Online) | ISSN:2815-8261 (Print) editor@campingthekiwiway.org

Winter 2025 ISSUE 12 BUY PDF ToC Click on image for full view and caption Colac Bay ©2025 Tineke Harris GO TO CHILLY CHILLY CHILLY OUT THERE Views for miles. STOP and STAY Colac Bay Tineke Harris A beautiful freedom camping spot. Views for miles. We could see Fouveaux Strait and Stewart Island. The stars at night are amazing. Nice clean toilets. Rubbish bins provided. 🏕️ Near Riverton, Southland. ©2025 Tineke Harris Up Up 12 Winter 2025 , p 9

2 Summer 2022 Summer 2022 ISSUE 2 CONTENTS PDF BUY Up Camping the Kiwi Way, 2, Summer 2022 Editor Up Buy a copy, subscribe for a year's worth of copies, read it on paper, read it here or read the pdf. The choice is yours. Only $12 a copy delivered, $36 for 4 issues. BUY We bring you travel stories, tips, wonderful places to visit, insight into political changes, some solid information, a crossword: light reading, serious reading and some fun browsing. Enjoy Table of contents • Editorial • For councils and government Come camping • Stop and Stay Contribute • About Cover image: Gore Bay. ©2024 M Richardson Buy a copy, subscribe for a year's worth of copies, read it on paper, read it here or read the pdf. The choice is yours. Only $12 a copy delivered, $36 for 4 issues. BUY We bring you travel stories, tips, wonderful places to visit, insight into political changes, some solid information, a crossword: light reading, serious reading and some fun browsing. Enjoy Up Up This issue is kindly sponsored by the 
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7 Autumn 2024 Autumn 2024 ISSUE 7 BUY PDF CONTENTS Click on image for full view and caption Xmas at Aniwhenua... ... with 6 others, all old friends from around the North Island. ©2024 Carolyn London Xmas at Aniwhenua ©2024 Carolyn London Xmas at Aniwhenua ©2024 Carolyn London Xmas at Aniwhenua ©2024 Carolyn London Christmas at Lake Aniwhenua Carolyn London Christmas at Lake Aniwhenua , with 6 others, all old friends from around the North Island. Lovely spot, local to us. It was very hot. Carolyn London.Bay of Plenty. ©2024 Carolyn London Any camping is allowed. Not affected by law changes. GO TO Celebrating Summer six others, all old friends Up Up 7 Autumn 2024 , p 15 ISSN 2815-827X (Online) | ISSN:2815-8261 (Print) ISSUE 4 editor@campingthekiwiway.org

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