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Laws Applauds Tough Stance on “Plague” Freedom Campers
Cr MICHAEL LAWS
Dunstan Ward (Queenstown Lakes/Central
Otago) Otago Regional Council
Regional
Councillor Applauds Tough Stance on “Plague” Freedom
Campers Urges Otago Regional Council “to Get
Involved Now”
Otago regional councillor and former Wanganui mayor Michael Laws has today applauded the tough stance taken on freedom camping announced by the Queenstown Lakes District Council.
“ Freedom campers are a plague in this region and they have reached epidemic proportions over the current summer.
“ They have
despoiled many a Central Lakes beauty spot and ruined many
recreational areas. They are actively destroying both the
tourism and local experience of our lakes and recreational
areas.”
Cr Laws said that he had requested the
Otago Regional Council to “take a leadership role on this
issue. We have been silent for too long. The Freedom Camping
Act gives us regional responsibility and its time that we
discharged it.”
“ It is important to note that Queenstown and its mayor are not simply reflecting community views on this issue but the sentiment of many tourism operators as well. Freedom campers are despoiling the tourism experience too.”
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