10 summer 2024 Summer 2024 ISSUE 10 BUY PDF ToC Click on image for full view and caption Playing in the surf, Kāwhia Alice and her brother Tom playing in the surf at Kāwhia, 2009 ©2024 Graham Leslie Bush walk Family bushwalk, Punakaiki, West Coast. 2006 ©2024 Graham Leslie Playing in the surf, Kāwhia Alice and her brother Tom playing in the surf at Kāwhia, 2009 ©2024 Graham Leslie GO TO Springing Being able to get out into nature Alice Leslie “Being able to get out into nature and go places that I would not physically be able to reach on my own is such a joy and privilege.” Family bushwalk, Punakaiki, West Coast. 2006 “Ninety percent of my childhood memories are from spending time in nature, going on bush walks and camping. “ ◊ Read Alice’s story about camping and accessability . Images ©Graham Leslie Alice and her brother Tom playing in the surf at Kāwhia, 2009 Family bushwalk, Punakaiki, West Coast. 2006 Up Up 10 Summer 2024 , p 4

10 summer 2024 Summer 2024 ISSUE 10 BUY PDF ToC Click on image for full view and caption Pohangina Valley Looking over the Pohangina Valley from a freedom camping spot on Valley Rd. Manawatu ©2024 M Richardson GO TO Springing Each council makes its own choices But I am not freedom camping… Miriam Richardson We are in a time of transition, as councils try to work out how to apply and enforce the new freedom camping laws. They are each doing it in their own way, so there is no consistent advice for campers around the country as a whole. The law gives councils no criteria to judge what counts as a ‘ day-trip excursion ,’ ‘ temporary and short-term parking ’ or how a person can establish they have ‘ driver fatigue ,’ all of which are, the law says, not feedom camping. There is also a new offence, ‘ making preparations to freedom camp ’ in a place where freedom camping is not allowed. The law says that this means to “ park a motor vehicle to use it for freedom camping ” or to “ erect a tent to use it for freedom camping. ” (Freedom Camping Act 2011, 20, 1 (f)(g), & 2) The impossible thing with this, is that there is no way to know a person’s intentions. Are they parked to freedom camp, or are they parked on a day-trip, which is not freedom camping? They often look identical in real life. Each council makes its choices when it trains its enforcement officers: what criteria determines ‘freedom camping’ or ‘preparing to freedom camp’; how to recognise a ‘day-trip excursion’ vs ‘preparing to freedom camp.’ There is no way for the traveller to know in advance what criteria any particular council is using. What to do if you fall foul of a council’s criteria? First, write in to the council and explain your actions and intentions. If they still assert you were freedom camping or preparing to freedom camp, seek support from camping/motorhoming groups such as All Points Camping or NZMCA. Their support may make a difference as you decide between the personal costs of fighting vs the dollar cost of the fine. ◊ Next issue we will explore these issues in more detail. I would love to hear about your summer experiences: editor@campingthekiwiway.org Image: Looking over the Pohangina Valley from a freedom camping spot on Valley Rd. Manawatu ©2024 M Richardson Up Up 10 Summer 2024 , p 2

10 summer 2024 Summer 2024 ISSUE 10 BUY PDF ToC Click on image for full view and caption GO TO Springing my first time here, STOP and STAY Uretiti Roland Jones Uretiti Stayed for two nights at the Uretiti DOC campsite (Northland). My first time here, a huge campsite with good toilets plus hot showers. $15 per night. ©2024 Roland Jones ckw.nz/doc-uretiti Up Up 10 Summer 2024 , p 13

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

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

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

2 Summer 2022 Summer 2022 ISSUE 2 CONTENTS PDF BUY Up Hitting the Northland beaches — Stop and Stay Gary Stoneley Up Check out our Stop and Stay listings for recommended places to stop and stay on your travels around the top of NZ. Only the best. www.stopandstay.org Heading up to the top of the North Island to see Cape Reinga is on most people’s bucket lists. For those who enjoy a bit of camping, finding that perfect spot to stay is an added bonus. Finding two such places is something special. Tapotupotu DOC campsite Situated only a couple of km’s south of Cape Reinga the Department of Conservation, Tapotupotu camping area is well worth the drive down into the secluded bay. Very popular over the Christmas and January period it is recommended that you book through DOC if you are wanting to stay during that period. For the bulk of the year you can just roll up to the camp and choose your spot. The camp is located on the foreshore of a small bay and lagoon suitable for swimming. For hikers there is the coastal walkway to explore. To get to the camp it is an easy drive down a short winding metalled road, suitable for all vehicles. Camping sites are flat with several different areas. There are multiple, vault toilets on site but you need to take your own drinking water. ckw.nz Tapotupotu Campsite Camp near a lagoon suitable for swimming and kayaking. Visit Cape Reinga/Te Rerenga Wairua only 5 minutes drive away or 3 hours via the walking track. Instead of driving up to the Cape and back in one day why not stay overnight at this special place and see the cape at first light or sunset. Standard DOC charges apply.potu Erratum: In our printed magazine we incorrectly showed this camp asTaputaputa, another Northland campground. taputaputa.nz Matauri Bay Holiday Park Thirty kms north of Keri Keri is Matauri Bay. It’s a steep, tarsealed road down to the campground and reserve but a relatively easy climb back out, even with large vehicles. A large, flat, campground with all amenities plus store and gas station is situated in a wide sandy bay. Which is a shell collector’s paradise. A very picturesque bay, the water is warm, safe and popular for swimming and with a moderate surf. The location, view and peacefulness is such that it is hard to pack up and leave when it’s time to go. Prices are very good, including full facilities, and non-powered sites are just slightly more than DOC camp fees. For a bit more you can have a powered site. This camp comes highly recommended as fantastic value for money, beautiful surroundings and terrific hosts. matauribayholidaypark.co.nz Up Up Tapotupotu Tapotupotu DOC campsite Matauri Bay Tapotupotu 1/6

2 Summer 2022 Summer 2022 ISSUE 2 CONTENTS PDF BUY Up Freedom camping on the East Cape Bette Cosgrove and Miriam Richardson Up Gisborne District Council have very clear freedom camping bylaws which demand waste management, #leavenotrace principles. ckw.nz/gisborne They also ask you to apply for a free camping permit to use their many beautiful sites during summer. A good management strategy. You must have at least one portable chemical toilet between a max of 8 people. This is required for tents as well as vehicles. Vehicles need to be ‘self-contained’ but there is no demand for vehicles to be ‘certified self contained (CSC)’. They tell you where to find rubbish transfer stations and expect all campers to be responsible with their waste (or you can be fined). These bylaws clearly follow the intent of the Freedom Camping Act and look to be the perfect example for other districts, to ensure we can safely use our public land and take care of the environment. They also require 2.5m space between camp sites, for fire safety. Sadly, in the carparks they havent considered fire safety, and have taken a ‘blue box on a map’ approach to limiting freedom camping. The unsafe ‘blue-box-on-a-map’ approach to limiting freedom camping in a car park. (Shown: Bright St and Midway) The alternative approach is a ‘marked parks’ approach (such as in Whakatane, pictured), which spreads the overnight parks out within the carpark, so that no two are too close together. We can hope they will extend fire safety to overnight vehicles in carparks some time soon. Up Up These bylaws clearly follow the intent of the Freedom Camping Act and look to be the perfect example for other districts Bright Street car park, allowed overnight parks. 'Blue box' method of marking. Paint the signs: protect the camper Painted signs on the actual car parks is a straightforward way to designate parks that are not hard up against each other. This matters even more when the parks are the right width for cars, but not for larger vehicles. 1/7

11 autumn 2025 Autumn 2025 ISSUE 11 BUY PDF ToC Click on image for full view and caption Tuppence entrance ©2025 Maggie O’Rourke Tuppence entrance ©2025 Maggie O’Rourke “Look out for the log with no 2.” ©2025 Maggie O’Rourke Cabbage-eating dog ©2025 Maggie O’Rourke Sunset Mt. Pirongia. ©2025 Maggie O’Rourke picnic lunch Future site of the Pirongia Wellness Centre where I had a picnic lunch. ©2025 Maggie O’Rourke GO TO Here & there last summer a cabbage-eating dog STOP and STAY Tuppence, Pirongia Maggie O’Rourke One of my stays was at Tuppence in Pirongia — one couldn’t stop singing the Penny Lane song after that. I was greeted by Ursula our host and parked up and was shown where everything was, including water, recycling and compost bin. It didn’t take long before I felt like I was at home for my four day stay. I told Ursula that I was meant to have a water filter put in that day and when her husband got home from work he put my filter in free of charge and had a quick look at my tyres to see if they were okay as he works at the tyre shop in Te Awamutu. Truly blessed and grateful. They have a very entertaining dog, who quite happily stole a cabbage I was given off my lap and never gave it back. What a delight, chasing a cabbage-eating dog. Really enjoyed staying here. They have a lovely quiet rural property on the edge of Pirongia Village and are great hosts. They are 5 minutes away from the village by vehicle and about 15 minutes walk to the shops. Te Awamutu is 15 minutes away and the Mobil Station has the only dump station in the area (but no water tap). Ursula and her hubby are members of All Points Camping and have been running this park-up property in Pirongia for 10 years and have just recently put the price up from $5 to $10 non-powered, $15 powered per unit. Bookings essential. Open all year around and pet friendly. Pirongia village offers the following: a Four Square, hairdressers, bakery, cafe, the hive gift shop, book exchange at the community hall, psychic reader, colour therapist, massage therapists, acupuncture, Tai Chi, community classes, monthly and annual craft market, church, sports grounds, and river walk. The historic museum and visitors centre tells you the history of the area and famous people like Mary Scott (novelist) and the Māori wars. They have a walking map of archaeological redoubt sites in the area. Pirongia Heritage & Information Centre pirongiaheritage.org.nz . The next Annual Craft Market, which I highly recommend is on a Sunday at the end of September. There are also walks available on Mt. Pirongia which is a 15 minute drive from Penny Road at the Pirongia Forest Park. I highly recommend the nature walk for a picnic or an outing. ckw.nz/doc-pirongia The highlight of my visit was exploring the village, going to the heritage centre, the walks, seeing the future site for the Pirongia Wellness Centre where I had a picnic with my cousin, and the Sunday Food and Craft Market, on the last Sunday of the month at the community centre, where I got some fresh veggies and something crafty and small for my bus. Up Up 11 Autumn 2025 , p 30

11 autumn 2025 Autumn 2025 ISSUE 11 BUY PDF ToC Click on image for full view and caption The Jim Nimmo Bridge, Waiohine DOC campsite, Wairarapa. © 2025 Jessica Mae Bajet The Jim Nimmo Bridge Waiohine DOC campsite, Wairarapa. © 2025 Jessica Mae Bajet Looking up at the Jim Nimmo Bridge Waiohine DOC campsite, Wairarapa. © 2025 Jessica Mae Bajet Signs Waiohine DOC campsite, Wairarapa. © 2025 Jessica Mae Bajet The shelter. Waiohine DOC campsite, Wairarapa. © 2025 Jessica Mae Bajet GO TO Here & there last summer an adventure-filled campsite! Waiohine Gorge Jessica Mae Bajet Just got back from an adventure-filled Waiohine Gorge campsite! Honest payment system: $10 per adult, $5 child. Flush toilets. Picnic tables. Ample spots for camping. No mobile network signal. Total fire ban. Dogs on a leash only. No dump station in the area. Great swimming and rafting. DOC campsite. ckw.nz/waiohine 18km NW of Greytown. The road in is gravel with rough, narrow, and windy sections. There are two forded stream crossings. n The Jim Nimmo Bridge Up Up 11 Autumn 2025 , 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 At CampFest 2025 ©2025 Jo Ward At CampFest 2025 ©2025 Jo Ward GO TO Here & there last summer Luxury camping Jo Ward CampFest ©2025 Jo Ward More Up Up 11 Autumn 2025 , p 8