Contact an advisor to investigate or negotiate public outdoor access.
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The public has a right to use unformed legal roads, colloquially known as paper roads, to access the outdoors.
There are many different types of legal public access. This page details some of the main ones you are likely to encounter.
One of Herenga ā Nuku's interesting jobs is to look at applications by overseas investors to buy sensitive land.
Conservation land administered by DOC is usually open to walking access but there are some exceptions to this.
Herengaā Nuku helps negotiate public access to trails for cyclists and especially mountain bikers.
New Zealand offers an abundance of walking tracks providing opportunities for access to the great outdoors. These tracks fall into many categories.
Herenga ā Nuku can help facilitate resolutions when there is a dispute between two or more parties over access to the outdoors.
A downloadable calendar showing common farming, fishing and hunting seasons. The calendar has been jointly created by Herenga ā Nuku, Fish & Game and Federated Farmers.
You must get permission from the landholder to cross private land. There's no 'right to roam' in New Zealand.
No. Landholders do not have the right to refuse access over adjoining public land. This includes unformed legal roads.
There is no general right of public access across private land. Owners of private land have the right of exclusive occupation and enjoyment of that land.
The right to walk with a dog, including hunting dogs, depends on the existing rights that run with access.
Generally, you cannot use motor vehicles on tracks. Even where vehicle access is allowed, such as on an unformed legal road, it is polite to inform the landholder.
Gazetted walkways are those walking tracks that have been established under the Walking Access Act 2008 and the New Zealand Walkways Act 1990.
Unless there has been special agreement with the landowner or public land administrator bikes, dogs or horses may not be taken on a walkway.
Holly Stevens’ research highlights incentives to encourage Auckland’s property developers to allow public access through their land for greenway development.
Treasury’s Living Standards Framework means a new way of talking about the value of tracks and trails. Tracks contribute to well-being in a multitude of ways.
Landholders may refuse access to their land, even if such access may have been traditional and the request seems to be reasonable.
People accessing the outdoors can walk along public access that borders or passes through private land. And they can be more confident that they are in the right place.
Herenga ā Nuku advocates for shared pathways for cyclists, walkers, horse riders and other active transport users as a part of our support for outdoor recreation.
There are several reasons for foresters to understand public access instruments. These include knowing legal responsibilities and maintaining good community relationships
Over a quarter of Māori whenua is landlocked. Landlocked land is land that does not have reasonable access to it.
Page last updated: Apr 24, 2023, 3:01 PM
