BUY PDF CONTENTS ​ Up EVENTS — Festivals and Shows ​ Up ​ These events offer an opportunity for people to overnight while they attend. Some are restricted to certified self contained vehicles, some restrict or ban pets. Check the event website for details. september SI Endurance Race Series - Round 2 22–23 Sept, Friday: Invercargill teretonga.org.nz october Waiau pig hunting competition Labour Weekend (21–23 Oct). A fund raiser for the fire brigade. ckw.nz/waiau-pigs Hurunui Garden Festival 26–29 Oct: Hurunui. Intimate and whimsical, grand and formal: something to inspire every gardener. Gardens, workshops, events, tours, food. ckw.nz/hurunui-gardens RESTORE Rally 2023 : Bikes, trikes, all welcome 13– 15 Oct: Waiau ckw.nz/waiau-restore A rider event, open to all over 18 years. Live blade shearing; MoonDog plays his blues, a new young band to rock you. Taranaki Fringe Garden Festival 27 Oct–5 Nov: Taranaki taranakigardens.co.nz november Waiau fireworks 4 Nov. Fab night out with lots of fun, family entertainment, stalls. Pay with cash. ckw.nz/waiau-fireworks Nelson Motorhome & Caravan Show 11–12 Nov, Saturday: Tahunanui Beach Holiday Park, Nelson nelsonmotorhomeshow.co.nz Cross Hills Gardens Country Fair 18 Nov, Sat: Kimbolton crosshillsfair.co.nz Wings Over Wairarapa Air Festival 2023 24–26 Nov, Fri: Masterton wings.org.nz Harvest Festival Hawkes Bay 25 Nov, Sat: Napier harvesthawkesbay.com 2024 Egmont Country Music Jan 2024 5–7 Jan: Taranaki on Facebook Marton Country Music Festival 19–21 Jan: Marton martonfestival.com Camp Fest 9–11 Feb: Bulls, Manawatu ckw.nz/campfest Warbirds Over Wanaka Mar 2024 29–31 Mar 2024, Wanaka warbirdsoverwanaka.com Waiau School trail ride 2024 6–7 April: Waiau. For competent riders of off-road motorcycles and ATVs. Breathtaking. Basic overnight camping. theride.co.nz Up Up ​ ​ 1/0

Click on image for full view and caption celebrate-tokomaru-10.jpg Our camp was right on the beach looking directly out to where the sun would rise. ©2024 Greg Lokes Tokomaru Bay Our camp was right on the beach looking directly out to where the sun would rise. ©2024 Greg Lokes Tokomaru Bay celebrate-tokomaru-13.jpg Tokomaru Bay Our camp was right on the beach looking directly out to where the sun would rise. ©2024 Greg Lokes Tokomaru Bay Our camp was right on the beach looking directly out to where the sun would rise. ©2024 Greg Lokes Tokomaru Bay Our camp was right on the beach looking directly out to where the sun would rise. ©2024 Greg Lokes Tokomaru Bay Our camp was right on the beach looking directly out to where the sun would rise. ©2024 Greg Lokes Tokomaru Bay Our camp was right on the beach looking directly out to where the sun would rise. ©2024 Greg Lokes Tokomaru Bay So many cool old buildings and structures. Reminders of its busy past. It was great exploring all the old ruins. ©2024 Greg Lokes Tokomaru Bay So many cool old buildings and structures. Reminders of its busy past. It was great exploring all the old ruins. ©2024 Greg Lokes Tokomaru Bay So many cool old buildings and structures. Reminders of its busy past. It was great exploring all the old ruins. ©2024 Greg Lokes Tokomaru Bay So many cool old buildings and structures. Reminders of its busy past. It was great exploring all the old ruins. ©2024 Greg Lokes Tokomaru Bay I was lucky to be allowed to photograph an old abandoned house just behind our camp. ©2024 Greg Lokes We had a great stay at Tokomaru Bay Greg Lokes Our camp was right on the beach looking directly out to where the sun would rise. So many cool old buildings and structures. Reminders of its busy past. It was great exploring all the old ruins and I was lucky to be allowed to photograph an old abandoned house just behind our camp. Of course the East Cape sunrises didn’t disappoint either. ©2024 Greg Lokes. At Tokomaru Bay, Gisborne District Council freedom site. Free permit required summer only. ​ GO TO Celebrating Summer the East Cape sunrises didn’t disappoint Free camping with a non-fixed toilet. Impossible after law changes. Up Up 7 Autumn 2024 , p 13 Autumn 2024 ISSUE 7 CONTENTS PDF BUY ISSN 2815-827X (Online) | ISSN:2815-8261 (Print) ISSUE 4 editor@campingthekiwiway.org

4 Winter 2023 ISSUE 4 BUY PDF CONTENTS Up Camping The Kiwi Way, Winter 2023 ​ Up Featured ‘ Let’s go south for a few weeks ’ ‘How many weeks?’ ‘Eight.’ ‘How about six?’ Greenies on the road : Managing food scraps. Winter's here : Some of our most glorious times camping have been in the winter season. Tips and tricks. Before the cyclone : Freedom Camping Eastern Hawke's Bay, Winter 2022. Kiwi Burn Hut Loop Track : We put it to a family-friendly test: with my toddler (and his dada) in tow, we set out. Self containment changes in brief RV & Camper business services : Self containment, LPG work, electrical work, motorhome work & more. Table of Contents 2 Small town friendly 4 Editorial: The good news 4 One hundred nights a year 4 Winter’s not going to stop Mavis 5 ‘Let’s go south for a few weeks’ 6 Why we chose our Swift Sprite Quattro caravan 7 I am on track 7 Eight degrees of harm 8 Halfway through my 73 days traveling 9 Greenies on the road: Managing food scraps 10 A stove jack 11 It was cold at Mavora Lakes. Plenty of snow around. 12 Winter's here... Tips and tricks 13 Pegs for tough weather 13 Quinneys Bush Family Holiday Camp 14 Get on ya bike 16 Two long blacks and a cheese scone 17 I did it! My very first solo camping and tramping trip! 18 Gold miner Wattie Thompson 19 Before the cyclone : Freedom Camping Eastern Hawke's Bay, Winter 2022 23 Winter at Nokomai Station 23 CampFest — Bulls, 2023 24 Kiwi Burn Hut Loop Track, Mavora Lakes : A family test 26 Waikato west coast road trip 27 Camping as a young family 27 Recipes for camping: Vege Nachos 27 Our morning view, heater on 28 Game: Fill in the grid 29 Kimbolton Sculpture Festival 2023 33 Stop and Stay The Store cafe and camp – Kekerungu (Marlborough) Lakelands Holiday Park , Whanganui 34 NZers go camping: clubs & groups : Life of Van 34 EVENTS — Camping 35 EVENTS — Festivals and show s 36 Self containment changes in brief 37 RV & Camper business services 47 Coffee Time Up Up ​ 1/0

Click on image for full view and caption Vintage caravan No room for a fixed toilet. ©2024 Bette Cosgrove Chameleon, an older caravan. No room for a fixed toilet. ©2024 M Richardson Probably all these campers at Lowburn freedom camp have cassette toilets that are not vented. No more freedom camping for them. Cassettes dont need to be vented to work right, but the new regulations require it, an expensive process requiring drilling holes in the structure. ©2024 M Richardson Older caravan No room for a fixed toilet. ©2024 Bette Cosgrove Van camping No room for a fixed toilet. ©2024 Bette Cosgrove Older caravan No room for a fixed toilet. ©2024 Bette Cosgrove Poptop ©2024 Bette Cosgrove Fixed casstete toilet, but not vented. Does the motorhome smell when the toilet is used? No. Cassettes dont need to be vented to work right, but the new regulations require it, an expensive process requiring drilling holes in the structure. ©2024 M Richardson Van camping No room for a fixed toilet. ©2024 Heather Aukram North Island freedom camping road trip No room for a fixed toilet. ©2024 Shoshanna Shand Vintage caravan No room for a fixed toilet. ©2024 Gary Hitchock Portable toilet or cassette toilet. Cassettes dont need to be vented to work right, but the new regulations require it, an expensive process requiring drilling holes in the structure. ©2024 M Richardson Rooftop tent No room for a fixed toilet. ©2024 Bette Cosgrove Teardrop No room for a fixed toilet. ©2024 Bette Cosgrove Fixed, cassette toilet, but not vented. Cassettes dont need to be vented to work right, but the new regulations require it, an expensive process requiring drilling holes in the structure. ©2024 M Richardson Tear drop and a van with a portable toilet. No room for a fixed toilet. ©2024 Bette Cosgrove Poptop and toilet tent. ©2024 Dallas Hibbs No room for a fixed toilet. ©2024 M Richardson No more freedom camping Bette Cosgrove No more freedom camping for these responsible campers. No room for a fixed loo… Watch the slideshow, above. Poptop. 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 ​ Free camping with a non-fixed toilet. Impossible after law changes. Up Up 7 Autumn 2024 , p 16 Autumn 2024 ISSUE 7 CONTENTS PDF BUY ISSN 2815-827X (Online) | ISSN:2815-8261 (Print) ISSUE 4 editor@campingthekiwiway.org

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​ ​ BUY PDF CONTENTS Click on image for full view and caption The Desert Road Margaret Earle The Desert Road On our first road trip with our new caravan. We made it successfully from Wellington to Whangarei. ©2023 Margaret Earle GO TO Celebrating Summer New caravan ​ Up Up ​ , p 8

BUY PDF CONTENTS ​ Up Thinking about your overnight park Keith Rowland Up ​ Queen’s Park, Hunterville, parked on the main gravel hard standing, facing outwards, the area directly in front is quite low and was quite boggy with standing water puddles, and the grass behind the trailer was a bit dicey too. Timona Park, Feilding, wet weekend of localised area flooding; hard standing parking was fine, but its not much of a river rise and the park gets flooded, even with the kind of stop bank formed by the garden features on the right of this image. Paekakariki Holiday Park, its was hot between the shelter belts of planting, parking had to be worked within the space given, of course, and being a powered site meant no issues with running out of power… Bartletts Ford, Manawatu — Jan 2022 Bartletts Ford — Jan 2023 river approx 500mm from top of bank… and it was still raining hard up in the headwaters. Bartletts Ford — January 2023 some of the low spots had standing water; others, the grass hid the water quite well (until stepped in). Norsewood after a 2am wind storm that came through and destroyed 8 gazebos, damaged a further 6 and scared a couple of people who had never experienced wind under canvas before. • Do you park your camper facing outwards? (Quick evac if needed.) Or just how you feel? • Do you park close to the riverbank? • Do you park near the gate? • Do you consider any fire risk? Is there a 3m space between you and the neighbour in case of fire or emergency access? Or do you just crowd in? • Do you suss out the vibe before even getting out? • Do you think about emergency evac (or getting emergency help) if the gates are locked? • Do you love parking under trees? (Has pros and cons, pros: shade during hot days & degree of shelter during winter, somewhere to have a nice hammock set up… Cons: blocks solar panels, debris falling on van and solar panels, tree damage during storms or even snowfall if you’re winter camping.) • Do you have a look at the grounds and see if anywhere is abnormally lower than others with arisk of flooding? • Or do you chuck it all in the wind and leave it to fate? For seasoned campers these may sound a little ridiculous but I can assure you, you do all these things naturally… Oh, and crime risk doesn’t really come into this discussion; crime can happen everywhere and anywhere, just trust your gut instincts and leave if your gut-feel changes… Up Up Seasoned campers do all these things naturally... ​ 1/0

4 Winter 2023 ISSUE 4 BUY PDF CONTENTS Up Camping The Kiwi Way, Winter 2023 ​ Up Featured ‘ Let’s go south for a few weeks ’ ‘How many weeks?’ ‘Eight.’ ‘How about six?’ Greenies on the road : Managing food scraps. Winter's here : Some of our most glorious times camping have been in the winter season. Tips and tricks. Before the cyclone : Freedom Camping Eastern Hawke's Bay, Winter 2022. Kiwi Burn Hut Loop Track : We put it to a family-friendly test: with my toddler (and his dada) in tow, we set out. Self containment changes in brief RV & Camper business services : Self containment, LPG work, electrical work, motorhome work & more. Table of Contents 2 Small town friendly 4 Editorial: The good news 4 One hundred nights a year 4 Winter’s not going to stop Mavis 5 ‘Let’s go south for a few weeks’ 6 Why we chose our Swift Sprite Quattro caravan 7 I am on track 7 Eight degrees of harm 8 Halfway through my 73 days traveling 9 Greenies on the road: Managing food scraps 10 A stove jack 11 It was cold at Mavora Lakes. Plenty of snow around. 12 Winter's here... Tips and tricks 13 Pegs for tough weather 13 Quinneys Bush Family Holiday Camp 14 Get on ya bike 16 Two long blacks and a cheese scone 17 I did it! My very first solo camping and tramping trip! 18 Gold miner Wattie Thompson 19 Before the cyclone : Freedom Camping Eastern Hawke's Bay, Winter 2022 23 Winter at Nokomai Station 23 CampFest — Bulls, 2023 24 Kiwi Burn Hut Loop Track, Mavora Lakes : A family test 26 Waikato west coast road trip 27 Camping as a young family 27 Recipes for camping: Vege Nachos 27 Our morning view, heater on 28 Game: Fill in the grid 29 Kimbolton Sculpture Festival 2023 33 Stop and Stay The Store cafe and camp – Kekerungu (Marlborough) Lakelands Holiday Park , Whanganui 34 NZers go camping: clubs & groups : Life of Van 34 EVENTS — Camping 35 EVENTS — Festivals and show s 36 Self containment changes in brief 37 RV & Camper business services 47 Coffee Time Up Up ​ 1/0

Click on image for full view and caption Fortrose Photos ©2024 Sheryl Moffat Fortrose Photos ©2024 Sheryl Moffat Fortrose Photos ©2024 Sheryl Moffat Fortrose Photos ©2024 Sheryl Moffat Peaceful Fortrose Sheryl Moffat A beautiful peaceful place, Fortrose, in The Catlins, Southland. ​ GO TO Celebrating Summer ​ Free camping here with a non-fixed toilet will be impossible after the law changes. Up Up 7 Autumn 2024 , p 9 Autumn 2024 ISSUE 7 CONTENTS PDF BUY ISSN 2815-827X (Online) | ISSN:2815-8261 (Print) ISSUE 4 editor@campingthekiwiway.org

Fiat Ducato Motorhome Owners NZ Up Ian Read Our very first Fiat Ducato owners rally was held at Lakes Ranch, Rotorua, November, 2022. We had 42 vans stay and a couple of day visitors. The idea was for owners to help one another with problems, issues and share experiences and knowledge. We had a couple of general chat sessions which provided answers for those with questions on all aspects of maintenance and error messages that rise. I certainly learnt plenty myself. A fabulous shared meal was held Saturday and the food variety was amazing. Lakes Ranch provided dessert. There were a couple of raffles held and it was great to see a first time rally attendee win one. There were also prizes awarded for a ‘furthest traveled to rally’, ‘shortest length of ownership’, ‘most spent in the last 12 months’, ‘highest total kms’ and ‘longest ownership’. In the free times between events people could go kayaking, swimming, hiking, play tennis, relax and chat, or head into the city. On Friday night we watched a couple of videos on the making of the Alko chassis and the construction of the habitation area. After the Saturday pot luck we all headed over to the fire pit area, sang some tunes and roasted marshmallows over the coals. A few also wandered along the Burma Trail in the dark and found the glow worms. Many stayed on an extra night and we've set the date for another rally over ANZAC weekend 2023, same venue. Find us on Facbook ckw.nz/ducato Up Up Up 3 Autumn 2023 ​ 1/5

Summer 2022 ISSUE 2 CONTENTS PDF BUY Up Summer, Issue 2, Camping the Kiwi Way Miriam Richardson (Editor) Up 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 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 This issue is kindly sponsored by the All Points Camping Club of NZ and NZ Lifestyle Camping. 1/1 ISSN 2815-827X (Online) | ISSN:2815-8261 (Print) ISSUE 2 editor@campingthekiwiway.org

Click on image for full view and caption I can’t really take in how gorgeous the McKenzie Basin is ©2024 Louise Hamilton I can’t really take in how gorgeous the McKenzie Basin is ©2024 Louise Hamilton Foray into paradise Louise Hamilton I can’t really take in how gorgeous the McKenzie Basin is. Very sore bum after cycling yesterday however, so swimming and reading this afternoon. Canterbury High Country. ©2024 Louise Hamilton GO TO Celebrating Summer swimming and reading this afternoon ​ Up Up 7 Autumn 2024 , p 5 Autumn 2024 ISSUE 7 CONTENTS PDF BUY ISSN 2815-827X (Online) | ISSN:2815-8261 (Print) ISSUE 4 editor@campingthekiwiway.org