pdf (426 KB) | Published June 2019

The Walking Access Commission aims to enhance free, certain, enduring and practical access to the outdoors in a way that respects everyone’s rights and the environment.

pdf (116 KB) | Published January 2019

Our standard easement form that meets our requirements for walkway easements. The form is designed to be consistent with the statutory conditions that apply to easements.

pdf (203 KB) | Published August 2016

Does the new Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 significantly change the obligations farmers have to ensure the safety of recreational visitors to their land?

pdf (96 KB) | Published July 2016

This FAQ focuses specifically on walkways that have been formally established and gazetted under the Walking Access Act 2008 or New Zealand Walkways Act 1990.

pdf (46 KB) | Published July 2016

This FAQ answers common questions about access to water margins and riverbeds. It also describes the effects of erosion and accretion on public access.

pdf (34 KB) | Published July 2016

Roadways over Māori land provide access over Māori land to other Māori land, or sometimes to general or Crown land.

pdf (38 KB) | Published July 2016

Generally, unalienated Maori land does not have public access provisions. It is governed under the Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993.

pdf (54 KB) | Published July 2016

The Commission’s staff and regional field advisors are available to provide independent and impartial advice on public access and to help resolve access disputes.

pdf (44 KB) | Published July 2016

The Walking Access Mapping System is an online system that uses geographic information system (GIS) technology to display publicly accessible land.

pdf (41 KB) | Published July 2016

The Outdoor Access Code is a Walking Access Commission publication that sets out the rights and responsibilities of recreational users and landholders.