Camping boundaries questioned
Camping boundaries questioned
The boundaries separating where freedom campers can and cannot park up overnight within the Queenstown Lakes district are being disputed by the body representing caravan users.
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Dunedin welcomes freedom campers
Dunedin welcomes freedom campers
Freedom campers and other independent travellers are being enticed to Dunedin.
Freedom camping rule change nearer
Freedom camping rule change nearer
A push to ease restrictions on freedom camping in Dunedin has taken a step forward after being endorsed for public consultation by city councillors.
Freedom camping changes considered
Freedom camping changes considered
Freedom camping rules in Dunedin look set to be overhauled - again - as the Dunedin City Council moves to ease restrictions on tourists and their camper vans.
End freedom camping call
End freedom camping call
Retired Wanaka GP Dennis Pezaro has called for freedom camping to be stamped out, before those in breach of freedom camping bylaws cause a serious norovirus outbreak in New Zealand.
Freedom campers hit in pocket
Freedom campers hit in pocket
Freedom campers who break the rules in the Queenstown and Wanaka districts are being hit hard in the pocket.
Campers 'flouting' rules
Campers 'flouting' rules
People freedom-camping in Central Otago this summer can expect the enforcement agency to take a harder line, monitoring camp sites and moving people on.
More extensive ban wanted
More extensive ban wanted
The Lake Hawea Community Association hopes the prohibition on freedom camping near Lake Hawea can be further extended.
Approval for new camper-van rules
Approval for new camper-van rules
The push to educate camper-van users about the rules of freedom camping in New Zealand has been applauded by Wanaka Top 10 Holiday Park lessee Patrick Perkins.
Motor caravanners offer much
Motor caravanners offer much
Motor ''caravanners'' feel strongly about the right to freedom camp, writes Pete Jenkins, the public relations officer for the New Zealand Motor Caravan Association. He explains why.
Bylaw may be in force soon
Bylaw may be in force soon
A freedom camping bylaw could be ratified by the Queenstown Lakes District Council before Christmas.
Opinions split on freedom camping bylaw
Opinions split on freedom camping bylaw
A proposal allowing for limited freedom camping at Waterfall Creek on Lake Wanaka's western shore has been rubbished by nearby accommodation providers, among others, as inappropriate and unenforceable.
Bylaw change to be discussed
Bylaw change to be discussed
The Queenstown Lakes District Council hopes to control the effects of freedom campers through an amended bylaw, due to be discussed at a special meeting today.
Freedom camping bylaw likely to stay
Freedom camping bylaw likely to stay
Clutha's freedom camping bylaw is set to stay, pending final approval next month.
Camping bylaw faulted
Camping bylaw faulted
The freedom camping bylaw introduced by the Dunedin City Council last year has done nothing to reduce the amount of rubbish on the Otago Peninsula, chairman of the Otago Peninsula Community Board John Bellamy says.
Weight given to camping submissions
Weight given to camping submissions
Freedom campers often left behind rubbish, including human waste, the Fernhill Sunshine Bay Community Association told a dual submission hearing of the Queenstown and Wanaka councils on Wednesday.
Ticketed for freedom camping while in backpackers
Ticketed for freedom camping while in backpackers
A Christchurch couple are unhappy after they received a freedom camping infringement notice while their van was parked outside a Wanaka backpackers where they were sleeping.
Bylaw alters camping behaviour
Bylaw alters camping behaviour
A "big change in behaviour" with regard to freedom campers had occurred in the Queenstown Lakes district since the council introduced its Freedom Camping Bylaw last year, and had issued 888 $200 infringement notices.
Freedom camping anger
Freedom camping anger
Freedom camping at Waterfall Creek, just 2km from Wanaka's town boundary and close to several commercial camping grounds, has angered Wanaka businessmen Richard Hutchison and Barry Bruce.
120 infringement fines issued over break
120 infringement fines issued over break
About 120 freedom camping infringement fines were issued in the Queenstown Lakes district over the Christmas-New Year holiday period from December 24 to January 4, Lakes Environmental regulatory and corporate manager Lee Webster said.