Photo / SuppliedA permit that allows people to freedom camp at a popular whitebaiting spot in Marlborough for four months could be closed. Fishers are allowed to park up at the Wairau Diversion, north-east of Blenheim, during the whitebaiting season so long as they have a permit from the council. But councillors last week agreed to put an end to the decade-old rule after residents questioned during the region's freedom camping bylaw review last year if it was still appropriate. The council's freedom camping bylaw prevented campers from staying at a campsite for more than two nights in a row. Valk used a Facebook Messenger group to share the news with friends that camped at the Wairau Diversion under a permit.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 14, 2021 01:30 UTC