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
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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.