Campers should be registered as such and have toilet facilities. End of story. Too many junky Previas and Hiaces with no facilities on our roads.
Hi Jan - That is a good idea. In the meantime any uncertified campervan must be required to be parked overnight in a camping ground run as a business OR in a camping area with adequate toilet facilities for the number of occupants that area provides.Obviously, most if not all ,of these ones would be D.O.C. camping areas. The certified campervans carry a large green sticker on the rear window so this would not be too hard to police.A lot of problems only become very difficult ones when we don't have the get up and go to resolve them promptly. Something has to be very much in place before next year's Rugby World Cup and the influx of campervans that will bring about.THE GOVT. MUST MOVE QUICKLY--NO EXCUSES.
Are the freedom campers really any worse than people who leave their little bags of dog waste on footpaths, in gutters and on our forest walkways ? They go to the trouble of picking it up then leave the bag so in my book freedom campers and dog owners are one and the same and need to be treated accordingly.
The Tourist Campers must keep New Zealand Country clean at all times or spend a month in prison, the Goverment should build more plublic facilities for the Campers with an extra charge on the tourist Camper Van Hire to help pay for the loan to build plublic facilities..