South Island Freedom Camping Rules Tighten As Councils Increase Restrictions And Enforcement

As of December 2025, the Queenstown Lakes District Council’s new bylaw restricts freedom camping to 141 marked car parks ...
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Inside freedom camping wars: Why NZ hot spots are fed up with bad campers

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 ...
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Freedom Camping Bylaw To Support Responsible Camping

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 ...
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Queenstown Lakes pursues new bylaw for freedom campers

A local has told Queenstown Lakes District Councillors the streets were becoming "toilets and rubbish pits", due to freedom camping. It comes as part of a call for the council to crackdown on freedom ...