New Plymouth residents petition against freedom campersGRANT MATTHEW/STUFF The Fitzroy Shopping Centre car park where New Plymouth District Council proposes to have 11 spaces available for freedom campers. Residents of a New Plymouth suburb have banded together to try and stop public car parks from being turned into a freedom camping zone. As part of a review of its freedom camping bylaw the New Plymouth District Council (NPDC) has proposed making 11 parks at the Fitzroy Shopping Centre available to non-self-contained campers. "Don't think these freedom campers are going to buy anything." In August it was announced New Plymouth would receive $156,000 of Government funding as part of an $8.5 million initiative to support freedom camping infrastructure.

Source: Stuff September 04, 2018 06:45 UTC