OPINION: Freedom campers. The very term sends lots of people into an apoplectic rage. In 2019 an estimated 245,000 of them hit scenic spots around the country. It s easy to forget but in the couple of years leading up to Covid there was a subset of freedom campers – small and mostly foreigners, it is suspected, but no-one really knows – leaving rubbish and other waste on all sorts of public land around the country. The public outrage was palpable and real. The Labour Government has been moving on doing something about this since it was first elected in 2017 and now – after a bit of Covid delay and a dearth of international tourists has taken pressure off the system – new Tourism Minister Stuart Nash has released a discussion paper on what the new rules should be around freedom camping.
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