{"id":458355,"date":"2026-06-03T06:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T06:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/458355\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T06:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T06:08:11","slug":"vehicle-camping-warrants-are-changing-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/458355\/","title":{"rendered":"Vehicle camping warrants are changing \u2013 what you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Sunday, June 7, blue warrants will no longer be recognised for freedom camping purposes. <\/p>\n

Campers have until June 6 to switch to a new green warrant system.<\/p>\n

Freedom campers could face a $400 infringement notice if their vehicle is on public land without a green warrant. <\/p>\n

The change marks the end of a transition period when New Zealand’s new self-contained vehicle certification system was introduced in December 2023. <\/p>\n

\"New<\/p>\n

New green self-contained vehicle certification system. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n

The transition period was to give vehicle owners time to get certification under the new system. <\/p>\n

More than 68,000 vehicles have now been certified and issued with green self-containment warrants.<\/p>\n

The new freedom camping system was aimed at reducing the environmental and social impacts of freedom camping. <\/p>\n

Vehicles must meet requirements to qualify for certification. <\/p>\n

This included having fixed toilets, water supply, wastewater, ventilation and rubbish storage to manage waste while travelling.<\/p>\n

On most public land, freedom camping was restricted to self-contained vehicles unless a local bylaw provided otherwise. <\/p>\n

Councils, the Department of Conservation, and Land Information New Zealand were responsible for managing and enforcing freedom camping rules on the land.<\/p>\n

The Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board regulated the self-contained vehicle certification system and appointed certification authorities, who were responsible for inspecting and certifying vehicles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From Sunday, June 7, blue warrants will no longer be recognised for freedom camping purposes. Campers have until…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[273,42,43,104994,40,38,41,39,112],"class_list":["post-458355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-environment","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-one-news-team","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-transport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}