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Council will try to retain freedom camping at iconic beach sites this summer

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Pouawa and Turihaua are not yet lost to campers wishing to camp there this summer.

Alarmed by that prospect, Gisborne district councillors yesterday voted to write to Waka Kotahi (owner of the land) asking the transport agency to allow the council’s freedom camping bylaws to apply to the camping sites.

The possible loss of the camping sites is a result of legislation passed in Parliament in Ju...


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