Freedom Camping

Picton’s voice on Freedom Camping is very clear: we want a clean, health safe and unpolluted environment in and around the town and throughout Marlborough.

Our view: Freedom camping by NZMCA registered self-contained vehicles only, with all other vehicles staying at the excellent (and low cost) private camping grounds and D.O.C sites available in Picton and throughout Marlborough.

In our opinion, Marlborough’s ratepayers and New Zealand tax payers shouldn’t be paying for facilities, or to clean up rubbish, faeces and damage caused by free campers, who want a free to camp site without on board facilities. Join this group to give voice to the town’s views and find solutions, not expand the problem!
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Submission to Marlborough District Council Annual Plan 2019-20
​Click here to view the Freedom Camping Project Group's submission to Council.

Article in the Marlborough Express 11th Sept 2018
Click here to view the article.

Submission to Marlborough District Council Long Term Plan 2018-28
​Click here to view the Freedom Camping Project Group's submission to Council.

Submissions to Marlborough District Council 2016-17 Annual Plan​
​To view the Submission by Picton Smart & Connected to the Marlborough District Council Freedom Camping Bylaw Review May 2015 click here.

MDC Freedom Camping Bylaw​
​To view the Marlborough District Council Bylaw click here.

Project Group Leader: Richard Briggs
Project Group Members: James Wilson, Rob Burn