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Kaipara communities will soon see officers regularly patrolling freedom camping hot spots, offering education and increasing awareness of proposed new national freedom camping rules.
These fulltime, fixed-term roles have been established by Kaipara District Council with a $135,000 funding boost from the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment’s (MBIE) Freedom Camping Transition Fund.
The funding received is part of a $10 million nationwide package from the Government for local Council transition initiatives to the proposed new freedom camping rules. The proposed Self-Contained Motor Vehicles Legislation Bill amends the Freedom Camping Act 2011 and the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Act 2006 to reduce the negative impacts of freedom camping.
Council’s monitoring and compliance manager, Dean Nuralli, says the new officers are much needed given Kaipara’s proximity to Auckland, driving up freedom camping numbers in the district.
Auckland Council has no plans to institute similar patrols, as it did not access the funds.
