South Kaipara Head camping ban

Some more info courtesy of Auckland 4wd club.
I dont know if anyone here visits these areas but the processes used could be used elsewhere which could affect trampers
http://www.aucklan...isitors/default.asp

Camping bans around Kaipara Harbour
Camping to be outlawed around bombing range

DoC intend to gazette the whole Papakanui area at Kaipara South Head (otherwise known as 'the bombing range') at the top of Muriwai Beach as no camping under the Freedom Camping Act-Phase 2. They also plan to use the Act to ban camping around Lake Ototoa in the same region. Tha same will apply to the Tapora area on the other side of the Kaipara Harbour.
This is proposed in documents being considered by the next Auckland Conservation Board meeting on 15 August.

Attached is the description of the locations and the DoC reasoning, along with an explaination of the application of the Freedom Camping Act (and the 'Phase 2')

http://www.aucklan...0camping%20info.pdf

http://www.aucklan...camping%20rules.pdf

Interesting. Since most of the coastal queens chain is gazetted in the form of a legal road, presumably the freedom camping bill can apply