A magazine by and for campers in New Zealand Spring 2023 Choose which topic to show ISSUE 5 BUY PDF INDEX Camping the Kiwi Way, 5, Spring 2023 Table of contents Editorial For councils and government Come camping Stop and Stay Contribute About Cover image: Lake Monowai. ©2023 Kayla Laatz Read More Grandad’s Grandad’s caravan A caravan travels through five generations. Read More The Homestead, St Bathans I’ve been enjoying a few days away at one of my favourite spots, The Homestead Campsite near Saint Bathans. Read More Building a connected NZ camping and tourism industry To ensure a sustainable recreational camping industry related interest groups need to be more engaged and appreciative of the issues each group faces. Read More At the beach Read More 10 Tips for safe caravan towing Here are 10 tips for safe towing: caravans and their tow vehicles have much the same accident rates as other forms of motor transport, their main type of accident, jack-knifing, however, is different. Read More The only ones at Lake Pukaki I can’t believe we are the only ones at Lake Pukaki tonight. So incredibly grateful to have captured these skies. Read More Lake Monowai campsite Our small family of 3 set up camp in a quiet and secluded paradise in the heart of Fiordland National Park Read More Why not stop and stay a while? Introducing Stop and Stay, where to stop when travelling and camping in NZ — use it, share it, add to it. Read More Easy-to-make flat breads — Recipes for camping These recipes come from the fabulous book New Zealand Backcountry Cooking by Paul and Rebecca Garland. Read More Cooking with fire NZ Fun Adventures was pleased to see so many outdoor enthusiasts join with us for this, now annual, event in our events calendar. Read More Really feeling autumny now! Really feeling autumny now! Whakaipo Bay, DOC camp at Taupo. Read More Pros and Cons of full time family travel We get heaps of people message us and ask about the pros and cons of travelling full time so we thought we’d put pen to paper and share the highs and lows of full time travel with kids Read More More cold season tips Sharing our best hacks which made life so much easier on a recent Matariki vanning trip. Read More A small, beautiful cassette toilet There is a cassette toilet in that beautifully crafted cabinet. Read More Winter adventures Winter doesn’t mean the end of camping adventures! Instagram Read More Freedom camping & self-containment status, spring 2023 The short version Read More Freedom camping: who does what The structure of the self containment system. Read More Update: Self-containment and freedom camping changes The Government’s recent changes to Freedom Camping and self-containment certification are now being implemented. These changes mean that over the next 18 to 24 months new regulations may impact your freedom camping. Read More Freedom camping under the new law There are new penalties and some exemptions. Are you homeless, or making a lifestyle choice? Who gets fined and how they are notified. The law is vague. Councils and enforcement officers have to make it work. Read More Cooking on the road: planning food for…off the road A 4-day camp adventure at Lake Tarawera Hot Water Beach, a long way from roads and power: how to manage the food? Read More Thinking about your overnight park Do you park your camper facing outwards? (Quick evac if needed.) Or just how you feel? Read More The Desert Road The Desert Road On our first road trip with our new caravan. We made it successfully from Wellington to Whangarei. Read More Freedom inside the fence We were looking for a freedom park for the night, but following the recommendation of friends we came here, through the big gates, to this pest-free reserve and we discovered it was so much more than a parking spot. Read More Small town: Waiau A small, North Canterbury, gem of a town, with friendly, welcoming locals, walks, exhibits, cycle rides, shops and free overnighting. Perfect for a couple of nights. Or more. Read More Small town New Zealand: Find the words Puzzle From North and South Islands see how many you recognise. Read More A small paint kit, a few good brushes… I have found that it is the obscure, forgotten little places that hold the most interest and subject material for paintings and rewarding experiences. Read More This is the story of three types of self-contained vehicles… Baby Bear, Mama Bear and Papa Bear campers Read More The Aeropress: quality coffee with an easy clean up No more sloppy grinds in the bottom of the waste bucket. No more looking for bushes to throw them under. Read More A Classic Geraldine Classic Caravan Club Read More MORE

11 autumn 2025 Autumn 2025 ISSUE 11 BUY PDF ToC Click on image for full view and caption Citreon H & Pop Top at Lake Kaniere ©2025 Graham Leslie GO TO Here & there last summer Lake Kaniere 1959 Graham Leslie Citreon & pop-top at Lake Kaniere. Stewart Leslie was a keen amateur photographer but slide film was used sparingly in 1958 or 1959 when this photo was taken. Pictured are William and Anna Leslie and Adrienne Houston (later Leslie). ©1959 Stewart Leslie Up Up 11 Autumn 2025 , p 14

11 autumn 2025 11 autumn 2025 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption Citreon H & Pop Top at Lake Kaniere ©2025 Graham Leslie Lake Kaniere 1959 Graham Leslie Citreon & pop-top at Lake Kaniere. Stewart Leslie was a keen amateur photographer but slide film was used sparingly in 1958 or 1959 when this photo was taken. Pictured are William and Anna Leslie and Adrienne Houston (later Leslie). ©1959 Stewart Leslie Up Up 11 autumn 2025 , p 14

11 autumn 2025 11 autumn 2025 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS 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 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

Autumn 2023 ISSUE 3 BUY PDF CONTENTS Click on image for full view and caption Away with the dog Heather Auckram We grab any chance to pack the Toyota Estima and the dog and just go. Here we are freedom camping beside the sea at Fortrose, Southland. Heather Auckram Photos ©2023 Heather Auckram 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 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. n Southland. ©2024 Sheryl Moffat Free camping here with a non-fixed toilet will be impossible after the law changes. 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 ISSN 2815-827X (Online) | ISSN:2815-8261 (Print) ISSUE 4 editor@campingthekiwiway.org

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

11 autumn 2025 11 autumn 2025 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption Mavora Lakes ©2025 Tony Kissel Piano Flat My home for the next few weeks. Piano Flat ©2025 Tony Kissel Piano Flat A busy day here today at Piano Flat. A long weekend. They will all be gone tomorrow ©2025 Tony Kissel Laundry, Lumsden ©2025 Tony Kissel Mavora Lake ©2025 Tony Kissel Mavora Lake ©2025 Tony Kissel Mavora Lake ©2025 Tony Kissel Mavora Lake ©2025 Tony Kissel Pleasant flat Downsized my tent for tonight, getting everything packed this afternoon ready for a quick getaway in the morning. ©2025 Tony Kissel Native orchids Heaps of native orchids growing above my tent, the smallest variety in the world, if my memory is correct. ©2025 Tony Kissel kissel_weka.webp ©2025 Tony Kissel Laundry day again. Hokitika. I still can’t bring myself to walk away and come back when the cycle is finished, someone might pinch my undies, so it’s sit here on Facebook for the next 35 minutes ©2025 Tony Kissel Bike clean and repair time It has been fun having my bike with me on this trip but I hadn’t taken into consideration the fact I’d be travelling nearly 200km on gravel roads, which turned out to be very dry and dusty, my poor bike was caked in it. The dust set like clay on my chain and sprockets, playing havoc with my gears. Bought some cleaner and lube in Hoki this morning. All sorted I hope. ©2025 Tony Kissel The memorial to the seven men who were slain in the Stanley Graham ‘incident”’in 1941. Visited the memorial to the seven men who were slain in the Stanley Graham ‘incident”’in 1941, New Zealand’s first mass murder. If you look through the hole in the middle you can see the place where the first men were shot ©2025 Tony Kissel Biked up to Dorothy Falls for my daily exercise, a lovely spot… The sandflies thought so too. ©2025 Tony Kissel A typical West Coast day, not a cloud in the sky. It’s nice to see the Southern Alps from the “other side’. ©2025 Tony Kissel Hans Bay, Lake Kaniere ©2025 Tony Kissel Hans Bay, Lake Kaniere ©2025 Tony Kissel A perfect morning for my last day at Lake Kaniere. ©2025 Tony Kissel Late Summer journey: Southland & West Coast Tony Kissel 8 feb: My home for the next few weeks. Piano Flat. A busy day here today at Piano Flat. A long weekend. They will all be gone tomorrow. 20 Feb: Mavora Lakes. 27 Feb: Pleasant Flat. Downsized my tent for tonight, getting everything packed this afternoon ready for a quick getaway in the morning. There are 38 vehicles here at 8am, some had already gone, most with multiple occupants, yet I didn’t see a single camp-fee tag on any tent or vehicle. No wonder DOC is always crying poverty. Heaps of native orchids growing above my tent, the smallest variety in the world, if my memory is correct. It’s a beautiful country we live in. 1 Mar: Laundry day again, I wish we had one like this in Oamaru rather than the Liquid Laundry which requires you to pre-load a proprietary card that can only be used at their outlets, and supply your own detergent. This one in Hokitika does it for you. I still can’t bring myself to walk away and come back when the cycle is finished, someone might pinch my undies, so it’s sit here on Facebook for the next 35 minutes. Bike clean and repair time, it has been fun having my bike with me on this trip but I hadn’t taken into consideration the fact I’d be travelling nearly 200km on gravel roads, which turned out to be very dry and dusty, my poor bike was caked in it. The dust set like clay on my chain and sprockets, playing havoc with my gears. Bought some cleaner and lube in Hoki this morning. All sorted I hope. 2 Mar: Visited the memorial to the seven men who were slain in the Stanley Graham ‘incident”’in 1941, New Zealand’s first mass murder. If you look through the hole in the middle you can see the place where the first men were shot. 4 Mar: Biked up to Dorothy Falls for my daily exercise, a lovely spot… The sandflies thought so too. 5 Mar: A typical West Coast day, not a cloud in the sky. It’s nice to see the Southern Alps from the “other side’. 10 Mar: A perfect morning for my last day at Lake Kaniere. On to Karamea in the morning. ©2025 Tony Kissel Up Up 11 autumn 2025 , p 13

11 autumn 2025 Autumn 2025 ISSUE 11 BUY PDF ToC Click on image for full view and caption Mavora Lakes ©2025 Tony Kissel Piano Flat My home for the next few weeks. Piano Flat ©2025 Tony Kissel Piano Flat A busy day here today at Piano Flat. A long weekend. They will all be gone tomorrow ©2025 Tony Kissel Laundry, Lumsden ©2025 Tony Kissel Mavora Lake ©2025 Tony Kissel Mavora Lake ©2025 Tony Kissel Mavora Lake ©2025 Tony Kissel Mavora Lake ©2025 Tony Kissel Pleasant flat Downsized my tent for tonight, getting everything packed this afternoon ready for a quick getaway in the morning. ©2025 Tony Kissel Native orchids Heaps of native orchids growing above my tent, the smallest variety in the world, if my memory is correct. ©2025 Tony Kissel kissel_weka.webp ©2025 Tony Kissel Laundry day again. Hokitika. I still can’t bring myself to walk away and come back when the cycle is finished, someone might pinch my undies, so it’s sit here on Facebook for the next 35 minutes ©2025 Tony Kissel Bike clean and repair time It has been fun having my bike with me on this trip but I hadn’t taken into consideration the fact I’d be travelling nearly 200km on gravel roads, which turned out to be very dry and dusty, my poor bike was caked in it. The dust set like clay on my chain and sprockets, playing havoc with my gears. Bought some cleaner and lube in Hoki this morning. All sorted I hope. ©2025 Tony Kissel The memorial to the seven men who were slain in the Stanley Graham ‘incident”’in 1941. Visited the memorial to the seven men who were slain in the Stanley Graham ‘incident”’in 1941, New Zealand’s first mass murder. If you look through the hole in the middle you can see the place where the first men were shot ©2025 Tony Kissel Biked up to Dorothy Falls for my daily exercise, a lovely spot… The sandflies thought so too. ©2025 Tony Kissel A typical West Coast day, not a cloud in the sky. It’s nice to see the Southern Alps from the “other side’. ©2025 Tony Kissel Hans Bay, Lake Kaniere ©2025 Tony Kissel Hans Bay, Lake Kaniere ©2025 Tony Kissel A perfect morning for my last day at Lake Kaniere. ©2025 Tony Kissel GO TO Here & there last summer Late Summer journey: Southland & West Coast Tony Kissel 8 feb: My home for the next few weeks. Piano Flat. A busy day here today at Piano Flat. A long weekend. They will all be gone tomorrow. 20 Feb: Mavora Lakes. 27 Feb: Pleasant Flat. Downsized my tent for tonight, getting everything packed this afternoon ready for a quick getaway in the morning. There are 38 vehicles here at 8am, some had already gone, most with multiple occupants, yet I didn’t see a single camp-fee tag on any tent or vehicle. No wonder DOC is always crying poverty. Heaps of native orchids growing above my tent, the smallest variety in the world, if my memory is correct. It’s a beautiful country we live in. 1 Mar: Laundry day again, I wish we had one like this in Oamaru rather than the Liquid Laundry which requires you to pre-load a proprietary card that can only be used at their outlets, and supply your own detergent. This one in Hokitika does it for you. I still can’t bring myself to walk away and come back when the cycle is finished, someone might pinch my undies, so it’s sit here on Facebook for the next 35 minutes. Bike clean and repair time, it has been fun having my bike with me on this trip but I hadn’t taken into consideration the fact I’d be travelling nearly 200km on gravel roads, which turned out to be very dry and dusty, my poor bike was caked in it. The dust set like clay on my chain and sprockets, playing havoc with my gears. Bought some cleaner and lube in Hoki this morning. All sorted I hope. 2 Mar: Visited the memorial to the seven men who were slain in the Stanley Graham ‘incident”’in 1941, New Zealand’s first mass murder. If you look through the hole in the middle you can see the place where the first men were shot. 4 Mar: Biked up to Dorothy Falls for my daily exercise, a lovely spot… The sandflies thought so too. 5 Mar: A typical West Coast day, not a cloud in the sky. It’s nice to see the Southern Alps from the “other side’. 10 Mar: A perfect morning for my last day at Lake Kaniere. On to Karamea in the morning. ©2025 Tony Kissel Up Up 11 Autumn 2025 , p 13

11 autumn 2025 11 autumn 2025 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption Fishing as the sun goes down. Otaki River mouth. ©2025 M Richardson Fishing as the sun goes down M Richardson Fishing as the sun goes down. Ōtaki River mouth free camp. March. ©2025 M Richardson Up Up 11 autumn 2025 , p 29

11 autumn 2025 11 autumn 2025 BUY AUTHOR INDEX AUTHORS Click on image for full view and caption Nugget Point Lighthouse ©2025 Dave Adamson Nugget Point lighthouse Dave Adamson Here is a photo of the Nugget Point lighthouse. As we saw it today. March 6. ©2025 Dave Adamson Up Up 11 autumn 2025 , p 7

11 autumn 2025 Autumn 2025 ISSUE 11 BUY PDF ToC Click on image for full view and caption Nugget Point Lighthouse ©2025 Dave Adamson GO TO Here & there last summer Nugget Point lighthouse Dave Adamson Here is a photo of the Nugget Point lighthouse. As we saw it today. March 6. ©2025 Dave Adamson Up Up 11 Autumn 2025 , p 7