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Peak season summer freedom camping will be banned along Tutukaka Coast under a new bylaw of Whangārei District Council. Photo: Northern Advocate / John Stone Freedom camping will be banned for almost two months annually at about five of the coast s dozen sites along one of the district s most demand-challenged coastal hotspots. It will be restricted between 18 December and 8 February at Tutukaka coast s Kowharewa Bay, Wellingtons Bay (main reserve, Whangaumu Reserve), Matapouri (Wehiwehi Road carpark), Woolleys Bay (western carpark) and Sandy Bay (toilet block carpark/grass area). The new rules are part of the district council s amended 2017 Camping in Public Places Bylaw, which was formally adopted at the council s first full meeting of the year today. The updated bylaw comes into effect on 1 October, in time for the coming peak summer season camping. ....
Whangārei District Council bylaw bans summer freedom camping in some areas 25 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM 4 minutes to read Freedom campers will be banned from Kowharewa Bay, on the Tutukaka coast, over summer under a new Whangārei District Council bylaw. Photo / file. Susan Botting is the Local Democracy Reporter for Northlandsusan.botting@northernadvocate.co.nz Peak season summer freedom camping will be banned along Tutukaka Coast under Whangārei District Council s new Camping in Public Places Bylaw. Freedom camping will be banned for almost two months annually at about five of the coast s dozen sites along one of the district s most demand-challenged coastal hotspots. ....
Tourist numbers drop at New Zealand walking tracks Tourist numbers drop at New Zealand walking tracks Thu, 31 Dec 2020, 3:36PM Visitor numbers are down 52 per cent for the Hooker Valley Track in the Aoraki National Park. Photo / 123RF Tourist numbers drop at New Zealand walking tracks Thu, 31 Dec 2020, 3:36PM Some of New Zealand s most popular walking tracks have had a huge decline in visitor numbers. Data from the Department of Conservation compared visitor numbers over September and October this year to the same time last year. Milford Sound was down 72 per cent, Franz Josef Glacier down 66 per cent and Hooker Valley Track down 52 per cent. ....