CAMPING THE KIWI WAY

Happy until ‘severe weather’ hit at 5am this morning. Snow on mountains, not on my tyres, which is how I like it. -5.7°C.
Snow on Monday night, stunning days to walk 40,000 steps, up to the Mt John Observatory & back a couple times. Spring camping here I come.

Your stories are our stories. Take the photos, and tell us all the small stories as well as the big ones. Changing to 3 issues a year.

Find out which warrants are valid for freedom camping, Summer 2025/26.

NZ’s inclusive, friendly, camping club. Bring the tent. Bring the kids.

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Camping in winter. Brrrrr.

April is a spectacular time of year to be in this alpine landscape.

If the idea of camping via sea kayak appeals to you, meet other like-minded women kayakers in our WoW SK community

We would give the Taupō District council a 7 out of 10 for their updated Freedom Camping Bylaw.

Our goal was to increase our battery capacity to store more power, and we needed to look at how we charged them, and how to keep track of the power going into and out.

Taranaki

Extra backup power for low-solar days, or for those who do short journeys: portable power.

Oh no! After all the rain in the deep south the gravel track had turned to slush

The power points in the caravan work just like the ones in your house but if you load them all up at the same time you will overload it and it will trip/ turn off.

June 19. June 21. June 25.

Let’s show the North how it’s done!

We decided to have a camping train as there were 3 events being held during March at Havelock, Nelson and Greymouth.

Membership support, Friendly, inclusive camping events, Nationwide savings, Lobbying support for campers’ rights.

I have been working on our 17 foot caravan to bring it up to the new requirements for freedom camping. A big challenge was the toilet.

Find out what is valid for freedom camping