Ami Dhabuwala has been freedom camping around Aotearoa with her partner for more than two months, but she’s never witnessed bad campers. When she heard about freedom campers defecating in public, she ...

Queenstown Lakes District Council’s (QLDC) Freedom Camping Bylaw 2025 / Ture ā-Rohe mō te Noho Puni Korehere 2025 will come into effect on 1 December 2025. QLDC Community Services General Manager Ken ...

Freedom camping has a long tradition in New Zealand. Using your own vehicle as accommodation and parking in public spaces is seen as something of a birth right. But when international tourists ...

Kiwis holidaying this summer may have mixed feelings about budget-conscious freedom campers who flock here from afar. New research says there is growing concern among locals about the risks of ...

The message to Tourism Minister Kelvin Davis is loud and clear – and it's coming from Kiwis. Amidst the hype surrounding the 'modern craze' known as freedom camping, people have forgotten that once ...

Whangamata is set to expand its sites designated for self-contained and certified vehicles from eight to a possible 27. A partnership between Council and the Whangamata Marina Society has resulted in ...

Fears have been raised that a precedent may have been set by a Justice of the Peace in Nelson who accepted the evidence of a freedom camping fine recipient that she was resting to avoid driver fatigue ...

Queenstown Lakes District Council has officially adopted the Freedom Camping Bylaw 2025, though not everyone is happy. Freedom camping is permitted by default on most council land under the Freedom ...

A promotional shot welcoming freedom campers to new freedom camping areas that have been opened up in the Hauraki District. Photo / HDC There are now even more places to freedom camp in the Hauraki ...

The Pump Track site off Marine Parade, the busiest freedom camping spot in Napier, is not proposed to close. A shake-up to freedom camping in Napier is being proposed which could see ...