New budget funding means more outdoor access for Kiwis

Budget 2020 has doubled the next two years of funding for the Walking Access Commission Ara Hīkoi Aotearoa. The Commission’s chief executive Ric Cullinane says the money is crucial.

“Over recent years, we have been drawing down on cash reserves to do our important work securing and promoting public outdoor access. This budget funding gives us the certainty we need to keep doing our work, for the benefit of all New Zealanders.”

Felicity Brough’s farm is a winner with the birds

Felicity Brough shares her farm with some watchful kārearea. She’s a fan of the birds and has gone to a lot of effort to make her farm a happy habitat for them.

Unformed Legal Roads

Unformed Legal Roads are important for outdoor recreation because they give people public access to the outdoors.

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New money to improve Māori access to the outdoors

As part of Budget 2020, the Walking Access Commission Ara Hīkoi Aotearoa has been allocated $250,000 per annum to improve how it works with iwi, hapū and all Māori on issues relating to public access to the outdoors.

Don Cameron on public access protecting native birds

The Commission's chairperson, Don Cameron talks about the link between providing good multi-modal tracks and trails and protecting our biodiversity with traps.

Playing our part in the response to COVID-19

The Walking Access Commission is one of New Zealand’s smallest Crown agencies. But when we got the opportunity to help the All-of-Government response to the COVID-19 pandemic we were keen to contribute.

Turning geospatial data into great maps

Julian Hitchman, one of our GIS Analysts, tells the story of how we convert geospatial data into online maps that anyone can use. Julian’s webinar talks about Find My Adventure, our tracks and trails search tool.

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