Hundreds give feedback on Walking Access Review
Last month the Ministry for Primary Industries finished seeking public feedback for its review of the Walking Access Act. We understand that hundreds of people and organisations shared their thoughts with MPI and the independent review panel - far more than we or MPI initially expected.
Franklin North-Waikato link their communitiesIn mid-2018 people in the North Waikato brought the Commission, the Waikato District Council, the Waikato Regional Council, and the Franklin Local Board of Auckland Council together for a hui. They wanted to discuss their concerns about public access and transport in their growing region. |
Add Find My Adventure to your own websiteDo you want to embed a collection of tracks from our Find My Adventure database on your own website? You can do so for free. |
Well-being economics and outdoor recreationIn this podcast Sam Newton, Advocacy Manager for Recreation Aotearoa, talks about the government's new Wellbeing Budget. He explains and what it means and why it creates opportunities value the work of people involved in outdoor recreation and public access.
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Commission supports rāhui to save kauriAuckland Regional Field Adviser, Dot Dalziell has been supporting Ngā Maunga Whakahii o Kaipara to protect native forest and sites of significance to the iwi.
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Landowners are not responsible for health and safety of outdoor recreationalistsIn this podcast Sam Newton, Advocacy Manager for Recreation Aotearoa, discusses how landowners are not responsible for the health and safety of outdoor recreationists - and why this is good news. |
Off-road paths will make safer school journeysThe Walking Access Commission advocates for more off-road pathways for people to get between their homes and key amenities like schools, places of work and shops. |
Three recent publications:
- Aspinall Scholar Holly Stevens’ research highlights incentives that are most likely to encourage Auckland’s private property developers to allow public access through their land for greenway development.
- Our Public access in the outdoors - Frequently Asked Questions is a quick summary of your public access rights and responsibilities when outdoors.
- We have published our Statement of Performance Expectations outlining performance targets and forecast financial information for the year ahead.
