pdf (240 KB) | Published October 2019

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 (2 MB) | Published October 2019

Find My Adventure is a free, easy-to-use database, tool and website. It helps more people find the information they need to get into the outdoors.

pdf (315 KB) | Published September 2019

Find your next adventure » Search from hundreds of tracks and trails around New Zealand.
www.walkingaccess.govt.nz

pdf (271 KB) | Published September 2019

Know your access rights and responsibilities: get permission, be responsible for your safety, take care of the environment, and consider others

pdf (502 KB) | Published September 2019

At the Walking Access Commission Ara Hīkoi Aotearoa, we make sure New Zealand’s natural playground remains easy to access and free for everyone.

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 (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.