Summer 2025 ISSUE 13 BUY PDF Contents Click on image for full view and caption GO TO as the seasons change Self-containment warrant cards: which ones are valid? Which warrant cards are valid? Certified Blue before 6/23, any toilet OK to freedom camp on public land† until 7 June 2026 (or until your card expires, if earlier). Certified Blue before 6/24, fixed toilet OK to freedom camp on public land† until 7 June 2026 (or until your card expires, if earlier). Certified Blueportable toilet You may not freedom camp on public land. Certified Green (fixed toilet only) OK to freedom camp on public land†. All cards are valid on private or commercial properties, crown land that isn’t LINZ or council-controlled, club sites, organised events and anywhere payment is made, unless they choose otherwise. † What is ‘public land’? Land managed by district and local councils. Can include land otherwise controlled by NZTA, LINZ or DOC. Currently LINZ has 5 FC areas and the new law applies. The new law applies to DOC sites that require self-containment. The government has extended their transition period: some blue warrant cards will be acceptable until 7 June 2026. Check above to see if your warrant card holds good for freedom camping. ckw.nz/linz ckw.nz/doc-csc Get your vehicle self-contained Up Up Summer 2025 , p 2

10 summer 2024 Summer 2024 ISSUE 10 BUY PDF ToC Click on image for full view and caption GO TO Springing Fun time with all Fantastic time at the Onearo campground Cheryl Roberts Fantastic time at the Onearo campground. Fun time with all. All Points Camping. ©2024 Cheryl Roberts Up Up 10 Summer 2024 , p 21

Summer 2025 ISSUE 13 BUY PDF Contents Click on image for full view and caption mntce_rust-never-sleeps-H.webp GO TO as the seasons change whimsical maintenance tips On maintenance Maggie O’Rourke I am sure you have whimsical maintenance tips you would love to share or things you have learned the hard way, while camping the kiwi way. Here are my whimsical maintenance tips from my bus Keltic Star. Rust never sleeps even after you de-rust it, paint it and kiss it. Rust never sleeps, oh those dreaded rails The rear lights hide deep secrets and mini hobbit houses with green moss sprouting out around the bulbs. Hobbit home rear lights The seal around these rear lights, that once was new, now is expiring, if you can even find it, so long ago did it perish and shrivel. Rear lights The gas carver that vents the hot water often has surprises including the large 8-legged kind. Gas carver and unwelcome guest. The windows, up top and at the bottom can have a gap — you will find they hide more surprises. Much to my dislike, I found cockroaches and spiders a-glorie. The unmentionable smells that come from the shower trap or sink — vinegar and baking soda often fixes it. If really, really, bad, use Thetford Duo Tank Cleaner. Do not put coffee grounds, blood or fat down the sink. eewww. It ends up in your grey tank where it is so much harder to clean out. The smelly area often needs some bleach or baking soda and vinegar. If its really serious, has calcium build up, or a reptilian-scale look, then one has to get the big guns out and use Thetford Duo Tank Cleaner which has the down side that you must wait 16 hours before emptying. It’s a bugger if you are full-time on the road — that’s why one carries a bucket. 
A bucket. Got it. The smelly room: rust doesn’t sleep in here either. And there are gremlins. Water tanks need cleaning too, if you can. Lucky me, I have a tap, so I can water the lawn instead of wasting it in the gutter. Windscreen-wiper-water-thingies often clog up with dirt. Keep a pin handy and clean those suckers out; won’t fail a COF now. Insect screens on windows do need a bath now and again as do the windows behind them — be amazed at how black the cloth gets if they have waited a year or two. Heheheh. Inside and out, the windows need some love, especially to get those fairy footprints off. The underbody of one’s vehicle can also grow rust. Either get a mechanic to do it, sandblast it or do it yourself (my neck and back hurt for weeks; next time I will pay someone). Beware of road kill under there. Rust gone, yeah right, COF pass! I am sure I can tell you more, after 10 years on the road you learn a trick or two. Might wait ‘til the next magazine unless you beat me to it and share your tips first. 🏕️ Images ©2025 Maggie O’Rourke Up Up Summer 2025 , p 22

2 Summer 2022 Summer 2022 ISSUE 2 CONTENTS PDF BUY Up Katikati coastal estuary cycle way Bette Cosgrove Up Cycling on a stunning Spring day around the Katikati coastal estuary cycle way which loops back to the town through the kiwifruit, avo and grape vines. Heard the steady clicking and cracking noises from swift strokes of industrious horticulture workers clipping away at their pruning tasks. Folding bikes are a game changer in our van. An easy way to get around and always safely out of the weather, stored in our under-bed garage. A great transport addition to A Van Called Wanda. Bette Cosgrove #vangranz Photos ©2022 Bette Cosgrove Up Up Katikati coastal estuary cycle way Cycling on a stunning Spring day around the Katikati coastal estuary cycle way #vangranz ©2022 Bette Cosgrove Folding bikes are a game changer in our van. An easy way to get around and always safely out of the weather, stored in our under-bed garage. A great transport addition to A Van Called Wanda. #vangranz ©2022 Bette Cosgrove Past the orchards, Katikati The cycle way loops back to the town through the kiwifruit, avo and grape vines. #vangranz ©2022 Bette Cosgrove Katikati coastal estuary cycle way Cycling on a stunning Spring day around the Katikati coastal estuary cycle way #vangranz ©2022 Bette Cosgrove 1/5

10 summer 2024 Summer 2024 ISSUE 10 BUY PDF ToC Click on image for full view and caption GO TO Springing Q’town makes us welcome This is the summer to visit Queenstown Miriam Richardson There are parking bylaws and nationwide reserve laws that continue to affect freedom camping in Queenstown this summer, but the years-long prohibitive bans are gone from Queenstown Lakes District. The national law requiring freedom campers to be validly certified as self-contained still applies. After a lengthy legal battle Queenstown’s freedom camping bylaw has been judged invalid. “In the latest decision Justice Osborne, in the High Court in Invercargill, has declared QLDC’s decision to adopt its 2021 bylaw was invalid due to the unlawful influence and consideration of irrelevant matters, namely the economic impact on commercial campgrounds and the effects on private property values/amenity.” (NZMCA) The law states that freedom camping is “permitted in any local authority area”, though bylaws can restrict or prohibit freedom camping, they can only do so for specific purposes at specific places in response to a problem. “11 (2) A local authority may make a bylaw under subsection (1) only if it is satisfied that— (a) the bylaw is necessary for 1 or more of the following purposes: (i) to protect the area: (ii) to protect the health and safety of people who may visit the area: (iii) to protect access to the area; and (b) the bylaw is the most appropriate and proportionate way of addressing the perceived problem in relation to that area; and (c) the bylaw is not inconsistent with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990.” Freedom Camping Act 2011, 11 Restricting freedom camping also has to be “proportionate” to the problem, and “the most appropriate way” to address the problem. And, “for the avoidance of doubt” the law says: “12 Bylaws must not absolutely prohibit freedom camping (1) A local authority may not make bylaws under section 11 that have the effect of prohibiting freedom camping in all the local authority areas in its district.” Freedom Camping Act 2011, 12 The council has not yet decided if it will appeal the decision. The decision means there are legal costs it will need to meet for the challenger, NZMCA, and more costs if it appeals and loses yet again. It is also unclear as yet if the council will be obliged to refund any fines imposed under their invalid bylaw. The council maintains it was a valid bylaw right up until the moment the High Court said it wasn’t valid. In spite of two legal battles about freedom camping, the QLDC Chief Executive Mike Theelen strangely, still, seems to be unacquainted with the law. He still seems to believe that a general ban with a very few exceptions is legally acceptable. In the council response (24/9/24) to the court ruling: he says: “The Freedom Camping Act permits freedom camping on some public land, unless restricted or prohibited by a bylaw.” [emphasis mine] Accessed 29/10/24 ckw.nz/queenstown-response the law says: “Freedom camping is permitted in any local authority area, unless it is restricted or prohibited…” [emphasis mine] Freedom Camping Act 2011 10 (1). If the council doesn’t take the time and effort to actually look at the law itself (rather than the bits that have been fought and lost in court), it may be heading for a new round of expensive legal battles. It has begun the process of creating a new bylaw for 2025, which cannot be done before the summer is over. So in the meantime, this is the summer to explore the Queenstown Lakes district without the worry of their bounty-hunter-enforcers. ◊ “We warmly welcome responsible campers to our district” says the Queenstown chief executive and here I am at one of their very few freedom camping spots, Red Bridge, 81km from Q’town, on a busy corner of SH8a. 81km! (Above, from Google Street View. Below through my windscreen.) A fine scenic view of road signs, with free road entertainment as the trucks grind up the hill from the sharp corner. Not what I would call a ‘warm welcome’. 81km! Images ©2024 M Richardson Up Up 10 Summer 2024 , p 14

10 summer 2024 Summer 2024 ISSUE 10 BUY PDF ToC Click on image for full view and caption Going for the putt throw, Hanmer Domain ©2024 Marty Ireland Tee off, Taylor River, Blenheim ©2024 Marty Ireland Dual set of golf discs ©2024 Marty Ireland Going for the putt throw, Hanmer Domain ©2024 Marty Ireland GO TO Springing Keeps you healthy, in shape and moving HOBBIES: Disc golf Marty Ireland This is an ideal interest to have as campers for individuals, groups and families as its cheap to purchase a set of individual discs and many councils have set up Disc Golf courses in existing reserves where you can already walk, bike or exercise your dog. The discs are lightweight and take up little space and best of all its free to play. I was introduced to it in Hanmer Springs earlier this year in a forest reserve, 9-hole course and later found we have a local 18-hole course along the Taylor river in Blenheim. After checking our local sports shop and retailers I purchased online an entry-level dual player pack in a carry bag with cleaning cloth and marker pucks for around $50. There is an app that lists many courses around New Zealand and lets you keep track of your score during a game. The name of the game is to get your disc, in the least amount of throws, into the chain basket. It has similar drop shots and out-of-bounds penalties as the game of golf. Its a therapeutic, scenic, active walk, with gentle upper body movements to keep you healthy, in shape and moving. Give it go. ◊ Images: ©2024 Marty Ireland Up Up 10 Summer 2024 , p 41

11 autumn 2025 Autumn 2025 ISSUE 11 BUY PDF ToC Click on image for full view and caption game-map.webp GO TO Here & there last summer camper/caravan friendly DOC sites GAME: DOC campsites 5: Upper South Island Rhonda Marshall Rhonda Marshall As we continue our journey of DOC sites across New Zealand we have finally crossed the ditch and started on this area of the upper South Island. There are dozens of DOC sites in this area but you either have to have ‘boats’ or ‘boots’ to get to them. The sites below are all camper/caravan friendly. Fill in the spaces. In the grid, fill in 14 different DOC sites. One site will run vertically down the shaded area whilst the other 13 will run horizontally across the gird. Places like West Bay would be written with no gaps i.e. “WESTBAY”. Aussie Bay Butchers Flat Elaine Bay Harvey Bay Kawatiri Kerr Bay Kohaihai Kowhai Point Lake Rotoroa Lyell Camp Marfells Beach Momorangi Moss Bush Onamalutu Pelorus Bridge Rarangi Teetotal Totaranui West Bay Whatamanga Bay Whites Bay Game-11-CKW .pdf Download PDF • 2.16MB Game-solution-11-CKW .pdf Download PDF • 82KB View solution Up Up 11 Autumn 2025 , p 28

11 autumn 2025 Autumn 2025 ISSUE 11 BUY PDF ToC Click on image for full view and caption The calm before the storm. Fortrose. ©2025 Heather Auckrum The calm before the storm. Fortrose. ©2025 Heather Auckrum The camp site. Getting ready to take the dogs for a windy walk. ©2025 Heather Auckrum Noel being blown along the beach. ©2025 Heather Auckrum The sandbar where the remains of an old shipwreck lie. ©2025 Heather Auckrum Heather and Loki watching the ducks. ©2025 Heather Auckrum The sun came out, the wind eased and everyone relaxed in hot summer sun. ©2025 Heather Auckrum GO TO Here & there last summer all kinds of weather On the first day it rained and blew Heather Auckram The togs never saw the light of day at this weekend’s camp at Fortrose. The camp site. Getting ready to take the dogs for a windy walk. On the first day it rained and blew so hard the vans were shaking on their rims! Then the sun came out and the wind eased and it became so hot we put hats and sunglasses on — but still no togs appeared. Noel being blown along the beach. Heather and Loki watching the ducks. The sandbar where the remains of an old shipwreck lie. The sun came out, the wind eased and everyone relaxed in hot summer sun. Southland camping can be unpredictable, but we hardy campers love it in all kinds of weather! February. ©2025 Heather Auckram Up Up 11 Autumn 2025 , p 9

1 Spring 2022 A weekend at the Geraldine Classic Caravan Club Rally Up Gary Hitchcock Great weekend in Geraldine at the Geraldine Classic Caravan Club Rally which included over 30 retro caravans. June 2022. Gary Hitchcock. Photos: © 2022 Gary Hitchcock Up Up Up Spring 2022 ISSUE 1 BUY PDF CONTENTS over 30 retro caravans Geraldine Classic Caravan Club Rally Geraldine Classic Caravan Club Rally Geraldine Classic Caravan Club Rally Gary Hitchcocks teardrop Geraldine Classic Caravan Club Rally 1/6

11 autumn 2025 Autumn 2025 ISSUE 11 BUY PDF ToC 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 GO TO Here & there last summer 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

11 autumn 2025 Autumn 2025 ISSUE 11 BUY PDF ToC Click on image for full view and caption My van ©2025 Roland Jones re-build_104-before.webp ©2025 Roland Jones My controller was in the far corner of the bed with the fuse box underneath (out of sight), this meant that I had to completely re-wire the van. ©2025 Roland Jones I purchased some 18mm plywood (non-construction. This has a beautiful grain and NO knots. ©2025 Roland Jones The fridge cabinet was the first to be installed. I had built it to the maximum height possible and leaving line of sight for the driver out the rear window. Storage in a small ©2025 Roland Jones I was pleased with the improvements to the electrical system ©2025 Roland Jones New toilet, a CHH toilet model 3924T which I got on special for $399. It is a larger capacity 24 litres On the side of the sink unit is a hose which is dual purpose — as a shower and a wash down for the toilet, if required. ©2025 Roland Jones I fitted a low profile waste to the sink and carefully routed the pipes around the back to ease filling the water tank. ©2025 Roland Jones I am aware that it is not a requirement to put the sticker on my van, but if I can educate other campers, I will. ©2025 Roland Jones Roland at Campfest ©2025 Jo Ward GO TO Here & there last summer 172 days on the road planned Re-building my Toyota van part 2 Roland Jones After travelling around the country in my campervan I became aware of some shortcomings in the design. It was difficult to access the fuse box etc; I needed better storage capabilities; and of course, a new toilet. I didn’t like the idea of fitting a bracket for my existing toilet as this would have meant that the bottom unit would have to be lifted over the seat and out the back door, not easy. Also, the sink was too high, I needed to revamp the plumbing to make the sink more accessible. My controller was in the far corner of the bed with the fuse box underneath (out of sight), this meant that I had to completely re-wire the van. Although I am quite familiar with electrics, it was a task that was not easy. Cabinets I purchased some 18mm plywood (non-construction. This has a beautiful grain and NO knots. After removing the existing cabinets and of course marking all the cables with what they were connected to, I was able to take measurements and design the units. Then I gave everything a coat of varnish to protect the ply. The fridge cabinet was the first to be installed. I had built it to the maximum height possible and leaving line of sight for the driver out the rear window. Storage in a small campervan is always an issue, but with the fridge higher I gained a large drawer underneath, with a bonus that I could access the fridge contents a lot easier. Plumbing After the fridge unit was completed I installed the water and sink unit. I fitted a low profile waste to the sink and carefully routed the pipes around the back to ease filling the water tank. The waste water can either be emptied using the 20mm tap, bottom front, or completely removed by undoing the quick-fix coupler. Electrics I was pleased with the improvements to the electrical system, the fridge had an isolating switch (brass), top right-hand side, and the water pump left-hand switch. Above the water pump switch, is the battery indicator. The controller is now very easy to read and the fuse box is mounted to the far right under the fridge switch. On the left-hand side of the fridge panel, I have fitted the 200W inverter. Underneath is the control box for my diesel heater. To the right-hand side of the inverter is a spare USB double port which I use to plug in my mozzie zapper, lol. Toilet I invested in a CHH toilet model 3924T which I got on special for $399. It is a larger capacity 24 litres. As I will be on the road for weeks at a time I thought it would be more suitable. In the very corner I fitted a toilet brush from Temu, it has a water catchment tray underneath to catch any drips. On the side of the sink unit is a hose which is dual purpose — as a shower and a wash down for the toilet, if required. Service, warrant, travel I had a full service on the van and was was very fortunate that the guy was there from NZ Lifestyle Camping so he checked my van out and has organised a green warrant which arrived before I left. I am aware that it is not a requirement to put the sticker on my van, but if I can educate other campers, I will. I am departing Auckland in Feb, heading down to the Bulls CAMPFEST then on to the South Island for 172 days on the road. Back in Auckland mid-August. So, if you see me at a freedom camping site please pop over and say hi. See you on the road. Roland made it to Campfest, Bulls, March.©2025 Jo Ward. Up Up 11 Autumn 2025 , p 19

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