Riparian planting and public access
May 13, 2022, 2:39 PM
Ric Balfour and Felicity Brough help farmers and catchment groups to develop public access routes when they are doing riparian planting.
News: June 2021
Celia Wade-Brown the outdoor adventurer
Apr 22, 2022, 8:41 AM
Celia Wade-Brown is best known as the former mayor of Wellington. But she is also an adventurer, walking Te Araroa, cycling then Tour Aotearoa and kayaking around parts of NZ.
Commission calls to protect access on stewardship land
Apr 6, 2022, 12:05 PM
The Commission wants to help the Department of Conservation (DOC) protect public access when it reclassifies stewardship land.
A leap for rock climbing access
Mar 22, 2022, 2:44 PM
Edwin Sheppard, the newly appointed general manager of the Aotearoa Climbing Access Trust, is the first paid role to work specifically on rock climbing access issues in New Zealand.
Walking access easements will secure epic Coronet Loop
Mar 11, 2022, 2:11 PM
The loop is part of a network of Mahu Whenua covenant tracks in Wakatipu that the Commission has been helping create legal access on for over a decade.
Outdoor access needs women
Jan 25, 2022, 4:17 PM
The Commission is proud to recognise the wāhine that have made a significant impact in accessing the outdoors in New Zealand.
Walking is modest
Jan 7, 2022, 2:31 PM
Walking is not just a slow way of getting from A to Z. It is about experiencing all the other letters in between.
Access to Rivers
Jan 7, 2022, 9:00 AM
Riverbanks and riverbeds are often thought to be entirely publicly accessible and a term is frequently used as part of this expectation - the Queen’s Chain.
Greeting the summer visitors
Jan 6, 2022, 9:04 AM
Summer can be a busy time for farm managers. Among the pressures they face are more people who may want permission to cross their land.
Te Araroa turns ten
Dec 8, 2021, 2:29 PM
New Zealand’s walk of a lifetime turns 10 this week. And for its birthday it wants to lead more people into the wild.