Note: There are some DOC administered reserves where freedom camping is allowed for self-contained vehicles only. They are listed on this page. For all other DOC administered reserves, even if not listed here, freedom camping is prohibited under section 44 (1) of the Reserves Act.
Additional site where freedom camping is prohibited
In accordance with the Freedom Camping Act 2011, DOC will be prohibiting freedom camping at an additional site on public conservation land. These changes come into effect on 19 December 2025.
Prohibited means that no freedom camping will be permitted.
The Freedom Camping Notice for the site is listed below – it defines where freedom camping will be prohibited at the site. It is also available electronically (or in paper form for a small fee) at DOC offices.
The site is:
Current sites where freedom camping is prohibited or restricted
Interactive map of prohibited and restricted areas.
On this page:
- Northland
- Auckland
- Coromandel
- Waikato
- East Coast
- Central North Island
- Taranaki
- Manawatu/Whanganui
- Hawke's Bay
- Wairarapa
- Wellington/Kapiti
- Nelson/Tasman
- Marlborough
- Canterbury
- West Coast
- Otago
- Fiordland
- Southland
Northland
- Arai-Te-Uru and Signal Station tracks (PDF, 236K), Arai-Te-Uru Local Purpose Reserve - prohibited
- Bland Bay amenity area (PDF, 270K), Bland Bay Recreation Reserve - restricted to self contained vehicles
- Cape Reinga (PDF, 1,125K), Te Paki Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Four Sisters / Te Matua Ngahere walks,(PDF, 214K), Waipoua Forest - prohibited
- Hongi Hika (PDF, 1,574K), Hongi Hika Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Kororipo Pā Historic Reserve (PDF, 278K)
- Lookout Road (PDF, 308K), Waipoua Forest - prohibited
- Marginal Strip – Puwheke Beach (PDF, 143K), Karikari Peninsula - prohibited
- Paxton Point (PDF, 1,179K), Paxton Point Conservation Area - prohibited
- Pataua Island Recreation Reserve (PDF, 263K), Pataua Island Recreation Reserve - restricted to self contained vehicles
- Puketi Forest Pools Picnic Area (PDF, 1,174K) - prohibited
- Rickers Track (PDF, 306K), Waipoua Forest - prohibited
- Russell Visitor Centre Carpark (PDF, 537K), Pitt Street Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Tamateatai Point (PDF, 296K), Tamateatai Point Scenic Reserve - restricted to self contained vehicles
- Tapotupotu (PDF, 1,259K), Te Paki Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Te Maiki – Flagstaff Hill Walk (PDF, 187K) - prohibited
- Trounson Kauri Park Loop Walk (PDF, 259K), Trounson Kauri Park - prohibited
- Whananaki South (PDF, 234K), Whananaki South Recreation Reserve - restricted to self contained vehicles
Auckland
- Lake Rototoa (PDF, 414K), Lake Rototoa Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- Logues Bush Scenic Reserve (PDF, 1, 468K) - prohibited
- Okahukura Manukapua (PDF, 588K), Manukapa Wildlife Reserve & Okahukura Conservation Area - prohibited
- Papakanui Spit (PDF, 370K), Papakanui Spit Conservation Area - prohibited
Coromandel
- Cathedral Cove carpark (PDF, 223K), Cathedral Cove Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Kauaeranga Road end carpark (PDF, 448K), Coromandel Forest Park - prohibited
- Kauaeranga Visitor Centre carpark (PDF, 532K), Coromandel Forest Park - prohibited
- Muriwai Walk carpark (PDF, 436K), Port Jackson Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Waikawau Beach boatramp carpark (PDF, 487K), Waikawau Bay Farm Park Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Waikawau Beach access carpark (west) (PDF, 1,092K) - prohibited
Waikato
- Ruakuri Caves (PDF, 475K), Ruakuri Caves and Bush Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- Te Toto Gorge Scenic Reserve (PDF, 587K) - prohibited
- Waitomo Glowworm carpark (PDF, 433K), Waitomo Caves Scenic Reserve - prohibited
East Coast
- Grays Bush carpark (PDF, 430K), Grays Bush Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- Maungapohatu Road (PDF, 907K), Te Urewera - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
Central North Island
Tūrangi/Taupō
- Awaroa Amenity Area (PDF, 670K), Awaroa Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Cliff Pool carpark (PDF, 418K), Wharekawa Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- Five Mile Bay Amenity Area (PDF, 188K) - prohibited
- Glen Track carpark (PDF, 394K), Hingarae Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- Hatepe Amenity Area (PDF, 605K), Hatepe Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Hatepe Picnic Area (PDF, 486K), Hatepe Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Hinemaiaia Reserve carparks (PDF, 784K), Hatepe and Himemaiaia Reserves - prohibited
- Huka-Aratiatia amenity area (PDF, 495K), Aratiatia Rapids Scenic Reserve - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Island Pool carpark (PDF, 433K), Taupahi Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- Kapua Road picnic area (PDF, 391K), Oruatua Conservation Area - prohibited
- Ketetahi Road carpark (PDF, 431K), Tongariro National Park - prohibited
- Major Jones amenity area (PDF, 435K), Taupahi Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- Mission Bay amenity area (PDF, 533K), Motutere Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Moutere - Waipehi carparks (PDF, 597K), Motutere Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- Omori Stream carpark (PDF, 239K) - Omori Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- Oruatua picnic site (PDF, 237K), Oruatua Conservation Area - prohibited
- Parikarangaranga picnic site (PDF, 576K), Motuopa Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- Pillars of Hercules carpark (PDF, 499K), Kaimanawa Forest Park - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Southern Access Corridor (PDF, 430K), Kaimanawa Forest Park - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Stag Pool carpark (PDF, 463K), Paurini Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- Taupō Landing and Yacht Club carpark (PDF, 252K), Taupō Landing Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Te Aho picnic area (PDF, 452K), Taupahi Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- Tokaanu Hot Pools carparks (PDF, 475K), Tokaanu Thermal Park Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Totara Bridge carpark (PDF, 388K), Wharekawa Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- Tuki Road carpark (PDF, 427K), Ouatua Recreational Reserve - prohibited
- Umukarikari carpark (PDF, 449K), Kaimanawa Forest Park - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Urchin carpark (PDF, 391K), Kaimanawa Forest Park - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Waituhi viewpoint (PDF, 357K), Pureora Forest and Waituhi-Kuratau Scenic Reserve - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Whakaipo amenity area (PDF, 490K), Whakaipo Bay Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Whakaipo amenity area (PDF, 496K), Whakaipo Bay Recreation Reserve - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
Ruapehu
- Dominion Road carpark (394K), Tongariro Conservation Area - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Dry Lake picnic area (PDF, 471K), Rotokura Ecological Area - prohibited
- Mangatepopo Road end carpark (PDF, 478K), Tongariro National Park - prohibited
- Mangawhero Falls carpark (PDF, 407K), Tongariro National Park - prohibited
- Mangawhero picnic and carparks (PDF, 525K), Tongariro National Park - prohibited
- Mounds Walk Carpark (PDF, 416K), Tongariro National Park - prohibited
- Ohakune Lakes (PDF, 574K), Ohakune Lakes Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- Ohakune Visitor Centre (PDF, 468K), Tongariro National Park - prohibited
- Okupata Caves (PDF, 406K), Tongariro Conservation Area - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Old Blyth Track carpark (PDF, 461K), Tongariro National Park - prohibited
- Rangataua Road end carpark (PDF, 589K), Rangataua Conservation Area - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Raurimu Spiral viewpoint (PDF, 271K), Tongariro Conservation Area - prohibited
- Scoria Flat car park, Tongariro National Park (PDF, 983K) - prohibited
- Silica Rapids Upper Track carpark (PDF, 370K), Tongariro National Park - prohibited
- Taurewa Loop Track carpark (PDF, 418K), Tongariro Conservation Area - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Tawhai Falls carpark (PDF, 469K), Tongariro National Park - prohibited
- Tukino Mountain Road carpark (PDF, 407K), Tongariro National Park - - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month, between 5 pm and 9 am the following day, from 1 November to 30 April inclusive
- Waitonga Falls carpark (PDF, 496K), Tongariro National Park - prohibited
- Whakapapaiti carpark (PDF, 384K), Tongariro National Park - prohibited
- Whakapapanui Track carpark (PDF, 413K), Tongariro National Park - prohibited
- Whakapapa Village (PDF, 830K), Tongariro National Park - prohibited
Manawatu/Whanganui
- Gordon Park carpark (PDF, 477K), Gordon Park Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- Te Maire carpark (PDF, 442K), Whanganui National Park - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Whanganui River Road kiosk (PDF, 372K), Kiosk Recreation Reserve - prohibited
Taranaki
- Dawson Falls carparks (PDF, 554K), Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Dawson Falls view carpark (PDF, 296K), Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki - prohibited
- Everett Park carparks (PDF, 630K), Everett Park Scenic Reserve - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month, between 5 pm and 9 am the following day, from 1 November to 30 April inclusive
- Gordon Block (PDF, 252K), Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki - prohibited
- Kaiauai Rock carpark (PDF, 515K), Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki - prohibited
- Lower Lucys Gully carpark, (PDF, 440K), Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki - prohibited
- Lower North Egmont amenity area (PDF, 376K), Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki - prohibited
- Mangaoraka carpark (PDF, 415K), Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month, between 5 pm and 9 am the following day, from 1 November to 30 April inclusive
- Meeting of the Waters picnic area (PDF, 495K), Meeting of the Waters Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- North Egmont carparks (PDF, 495K), Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Ohura Peak amenity area (PDF, 534K), Waitaanga Conservation Area - prohibited
- Potaema amenity area (PDF, 385K), Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki - prohibited
- Potaema carpark (PDF, 377K), Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Pukerangiora Pa carpark (PDF, 742K), Pukerangiora Pa Historic Reserve - prohibited
- Puniho carpark (PDF, 444K), Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Rahiri Cottage amenity area (PDF, 493K), Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki - prohibited
- Ratapihipihi Scenic Reserve (PDF, 466K), Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki - prohibited
- Stratford Mountain House amenity area (PDF, 444K), Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki - prohibited
- Stratford Mountain House carparks (PDF, 370K), Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Stratford Plateau carparks (PDF, 576K), Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Upper Lucys Gully amenity area (PDF, 381K), Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki - prohibited
- Upper Lucys Gully carpark (PDF, 485K), Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
Hawke's Bay
- Balls Clearing Roadend carpark (PDF, 472K) , Balls Clearing Scenic Reserve - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Cape Kidnappers Track amenity area (PDF, 529K), Cape Kidnappers Gannet Protection Reserve - prohibited
- Elsthorpe carpark (PDF, 399K), Elsthorpe Scenic Reserve - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Humber street, Ahuriri Estuary (PDF, 463K) , Ahuriri Estuary Conservation Area - prohibited
- Kuripapango amenity area (PDF, 660K), Kaweka Forest Park - prohibited
- Lake Tutira amenity area (PDF, 601K), Tutira Domain Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Lake Tutira boat ramp amenity area (PDF, 461K), Tutira Domain Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Lotkow amenity area (PDF, 466K), Kaweka Forest Park - prohibited
- Mohi Bush picnic area (PDF, 499K), Mohi Bush Scenic Reserve - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Monckton Carpark (PDF, 237K), Monckton Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- Opouahi Scenic Reserve (PDF, 464K), Opouahi Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- Otatara Pa, Taradale (PDF, 362K), Otatara Pa Scenic Reserve - prohibited, gates locked nightly
- Pohokura Roadend carpark (PDF, 470K), Boundary Stream Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- Shine Falls Roadend amenity area (PDF, 414K), Boundary Stream Scenic Reserve - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Tangoio Falls (PDF, 489K), Tangoio Falls Scenic Reserve - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Waiatai picnic area (PDF, 361K), Waiatai Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- White Pine Bush picnic area (PDF, 419K), White Pine Bush Scenic Reserve - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month.
Wairarapa
- Mount Bruce Wildlife Centre and Scenic Reserve (PDF, 632K) - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
Wellington/Kapiti
- Castlepoint carpark (PDF, 428K), Castlepoint Scenic Reserve - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month, between 5 pm and 9 am the following day, from 1 November to 30 April inclusive
- Catchpool Education Centre and carparks (PDF, 665K), Rimutaka Forest Park - prohibited
- Otaki Forks and fenceline carparks (PDF, 854K), Tararua State Forest - prohibited
- Paraparaumu Scenic Reserve (PDF, 425K) - prohibited
- Shields Flat carpark (Otaki River) (PDF, 479K), Shields Flat Stone Walls Historic Reserve - prohibited
- Waikanae Estuary amenity area (PDF, 551K), Waikanae Estuary Scientific Reserve - prohibited
Nelson/Tasman
- Cable Bay carpark (PDF, 506K), Cable Bay Recreation and Scenic Reserves - prohibited
- Cape Farewell Carpark (PDF, 168K), Puponga Farm Park - prohibited
- Hawkes Lookout carpark (PDF, 455K), Kahurangi National Park - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Kerr Bay foreshore and carpark (PDF, 563K), Nelson Lakes National Park - prohibited
- Lake Rotoroa Jetty carpark and picnic area (PDF, 405K), Nelson Lakes National Park - prohibited
- Marahau carpark (PDF, 521K), Marahau - prohibited
- Maruia Falls carpark (PDF, 521K), Maruia Falls Scenic Reserve - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month, between 5 pm and 9 am the following day
- Mt Robert (lakeside and Paddys Track) (PDF, 939K) , Nelson Lakes National Park - prohibited
- Onekaka amenity area (PDF, 402K), Onekaka Inlet Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Paines Ford picnic area and carpark (PDF, 280K), Paynes Ford Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- Puponga Cafe and Triangle Flat carparks (PDF, 466K), Puponga Farm Park - prohibited
- Riwaka Resurgence (PDF, 547K), Riwaka Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- Rotoiti Lodge Road (PDF, 347K), Nelson Lakes National Park - prohibited
- Snowdens Bush (PDF, 571K), Snowdens Bush Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- Te Waikoropupu Springs Carpark (PDF, 280K), Te Waikoropupu Springs Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- Teetotal carpark (PDF, 465K), Big Bush Conservation Area - restricted to self contained vehicles Note: tempoarily closed - see Nelson/Tasman alerts
- Teetotal gravel area (PDF, 436K), Big Bush Conservation Area - prohibited
- W F Moss Scenic Reserve (PDF, 534K) - prohibited.
- W F Moss Scenic Reserve picnic area (500K), W F Moss Scenic Reserve - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Wainui picnic area and carpark (PDF, 444K), Abel Tasman National Park - prohibited
- West Bay foreshore and carpark (PDF, 775K), Nelson Lakes National Park - prohibited
Marlborough
- Anakoha Bay (PDF, 647K), Okaha Recreation Reserve and Sounds Foreshore Reserve - prohibited
- Broughton Bay (PDF, 457K), Sounds Foreshore Reserve - prohibited
- Duncan Bay boatramp and picnic carparks (PDF, 607K),Tennyson Inlet Scenic Reserve and Sounds Foreshore Reserve - prohibited
- Grassmere Beach (PDF, 165K) - prohibited
- Haka Haka Bay carpark (PDF, 533K), Sounds Foreshore Reserve - prohibited
- Karaka Point carpark (PDF, 410K), Karaka Point Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Momorangi picnic and amenity area (PDF, 536K), Momorangi Bay Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Monkey Bay carpark (PDF, 391K), Whites Bay Recreation Area - prohibited
- Ngakuta amenity area and trailer park (PDF, 636K), Ngakuta Bay Recreation Reserve and Sounds Foreshore Reserve - prohibited
- Opouri Saddle (PDF, 490K), Tennyson Inlet Scenic Reserve and Mt Richmond Forest Park - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Pelorus carparks (PDF, 638K), Pelorus Bridge Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- Penzance picnic area and carpark (PDF, 503K), Betty Archer Recreation Reserve and Sounds Foreshore Reserve - prohibited
- Rarangi amenity picnic area (PDF, 534K), Rarangi Recreation and Conservation Areas - prohibited
- South Bay carpark (PDF, 436K), Conservation Area, Kaikoura Peninsula - prohibited
- Tom Canes Bay (PDF, 477K), Sounds Foreshore Reserve - prohibited
Canterbury
- Ahuriri Bridge camping/amenity area (PDF, 448K) - Lower Ahuriri Riverbed Conservation Area True Left - restricted to 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Arthur's Pass Visitor Centre carpark (PDF, 308K), Arthur's Pass National Park - prohibited
- Cain Flat amenity area (PDF, 496K), Peel Forest Park Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- Cave Stream carpark (PDF, 205K), Cave Stream Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- Dennistoun / Blandswood amenity area (PDF, 303K), Peel Forest Park Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- Devils Punchbowl Falls carpark (PDF, 339K), Arthur's Pass National Park - prohibited
- Godley Head carpark (PDF, 396K) - Godley Head Farm Park Reserve - prohibited
- Hanmer amenity area (PDF, 180K), Conservation Area - Hanmer Field Base / Picnic area - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month, between 5 pm and 9 am the following day
- Kelceys Bush (PDF, 549K), Kelceys Bush Conservation Area - prohibited
- Kura Tawhiti Castle Hill carpark (PDF, 274K), Kura Tawhiti (Castle Hill) Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- Lake Poaka amenity area (PDF, 2,271K), Lake Poaka Conservation Area - restricted to 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Priests Hill picnic area (PDF, 456K) , Talbot Forest Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- Quailburn camping/amenity area (PDF, 515K), Ahuriri Conservation Park - restricted to 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month, non-self contained vehicles allowed
- Ripapa Island amenity area (PDF, 482K), Ripapa Island Historic Area - prohibited
- Round Bush camping/amenity area (PDF, 444K) - Round Bush Recreation Reserve - restricted to 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month, non-self contained vehicles allowed
- Talbot Forest Reservoir (PDF, 413K), Talbot Forest Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- Te Wanahu Flat (PDF, 467K), Peel Forest Park Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- Waterfall Track carpark (PDF, 292K), Hanmer Forest Park - prohibited
West Coast
- Canavans Knob Track carpark (PDF, 412K), Conservation Area - Waiho Flat - prohibited
- Clearwater River Peak Viewpoint (PDF, 247K) - prohibited
- Conns Creek carpark (PDF, 474K), Conservation Area - Waimangaroa / Denniston - restricted to self contained vehicles for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Constant Bay carpark (PDF, 508K), Scenic Reserve - Charleston - prohibited
- Dolomite Point northern carpark (PDF, 440K), Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Fox Glacier Visitor Centre carpark (PDF, 442K), Westland / Tai Poutini National Park - prohibited
- Franz Josef Glacier road and carparks (PDF, 630K), Westland / Tai Poutini National Park - prohibited
- Haast Visitor Centre carpark (PDF, 464K), Conservation Area - Haast Visitor Centre - prohibited
- Jetty Bay (Lake Mapourika) (PDF, 440K) , Westland / Tai Poutini National Park - prohibited
- Kawatiri Beach Reserve (PDF, 246K), Buller River Mouth Conservation Area - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Knights Point viewpoint carparks (PDF, 418K), Conservation Area - Knights Point - prohibited
- Lake Matheson carpark (PDF, 442K), Local Purpose Reserve - prohibited
- Les Warren Park (PDF, 258K), Buller River Mouth Conservation Area - prohibited
- MacDonalds Creek (PDF, 232K), Westland National Park/Tai Poutini National Park - prohibited
- Monro Beach Walk carpark (PDF, 563K), Conservation Area - Cook River to Haast River - prohibited
- Moonlight Track carpark (PDF, 613K), Conservation Area - Paparoa Range South - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Okarito Recreation Reserve (PDF, 509K) - prohibited
- Pakihi Walk carpark (PDF, 403K), Westland / Tai Poutini National Park - prohibited
- Pororari River Track carpark (PDF, 2,961K), Paparoa National Park - prohibited
- Roaring Billy Walk carpark (PDF, 803K), Mount Aspiring National Park - prohibited
- Ship Creek amenity area and carpark (PDF, 373K), Conservation Area - Cook River to Haast River - prohibited
- Southside Road, Fox Glacier carparks, West Coast (PDF, 1,816K), Westland / Tai Poutini National Park - prohibited
- Tauranga Bay carpark and picnic area (PDF, 395K), Recreation Reserve - Tauranga Bay - prohibited
- Whakapohai Road (South Westland) (PDF, 542K), Conservation Area - Cook River to Haast River - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Westland National Park Visitor Centre (PDF, 470K), Westland / Tai Poutini National Park - prohibited
- Wharekai (Te Kou Walk carparks) (PDF, 479K), Jackson Bay Recreation Reserve - prohibited
Otago
Coastal Otago
- Catlins Lake picinic area (PDF, 392K), Catlins Lake Scenic Reserve - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Gabriels Gully (PDF, 616K), Gabriels Gully Historic Reserve - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Moeraki Boulders (PDF, 435K), Moeraki Boulders Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Owaka Heads picnic area (PDF, 657K), Catlins Head Recreation Reserve - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month, between 5 pm and 9 am the following day, from 2 October to 31 March the following year inclusive
- Papatowai picnic point (PDF, 463K), Papatowai Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- Shag Point (PDF, 501K), Matakaea Recreation Reserve - prohibited
Queenstown/Wakatipu
- Kawarau Bridge Historic Reserve (PDF, 1,431K) - restricted to self contained vehicles for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month, between 5 pm and 9 am the following day
- Chinamans Bluff (PDF, 344K), Mount Aspiring National Park - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Diamond Lake (Glenorchy) (PDF, 409K), Mount Aspiring National Park - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month, between 5 pm and 9 am the following day
- Diamond Lake (Glenorchy - Bloomfields Hill) (PDF, 348K), Diamond Lake & Lake Reid Wildlife Reserve - prohibited
- Glacier Burn carpark (PDF, 360K), Routeburn Scenic Reserve - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month, between 5 pm and 9 am the following day
- Greenstone River carpark (PDF, 295K), Greenstone Road Scenic Reserve - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month, between 5 pm and 9 am the following day
- Kawarau Historic Bridge carparks (PDF, 495K), Kawarau Bridge Historic Reserve - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month, between 5 pm and 9 am the following day
- Lake Kirkpatrick (PDF, 330K), Lake Kirkpatrick Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Morning Star Beach (PDF, 477K), Morning Star Beach Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Mt Alfred carpark (PDF, 550K), Mt Alfred Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Oxenbridge Reserve (PDF, 302K), Oxenbridge Tunnel Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Queenstown-Glenorchy Road, Arawata Terrace Track (PDF, 395K), Seven Mile Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Queenstown-Glenorchy Road, Bennetts Bluff (PDF, 423K), Glenorchy Road Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Queenstown-Glenorchy Road, Bennetts Bluffs (PDF, 718K), Glenorchy Road Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Queenstown-Glenorchy Road, Bleakleys Bridge (PDF, 379K), Seven Mile Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Queenstown-Glenorchy Road, Bobs Cove (PDF, 640K), Bobs Cove Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Queenstown-Glenorchy Road, Lake Face Creek (PDF, 246K), Glenorchy Road Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Queenstown to Glenorchy Road, Little Stony Creek (PDF, 411K), Blanket Bay – Meiklejohns Bay Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Queenstown-Glenorchy Road, Rat Point (PDF, 412K), Glenorchy Road Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Queenstown-Glenorchy Road, Seven Mile Creek (PDF, 262K), Seven Mile Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Queenstown-Glenorchy Road, Twelve Mile Delta (PDF, 641K), Twelve Mile Delta Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Queenstown to Glenorchy Road, Twenty Five Mile Creek (PDF, 334K), Twenty Five Mile Creek Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Queenstown-Glenorchy Road, White Point (PDF, 391K), Bobs Cove Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Queenstown-Glenorchy Road, Wilson Bay (PDF, 747K), Seven Mile and Wilsons Bay Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Roaring Meg carpark picnic area (PDF, 230K), Kawerau River Recreation Reserve and Marginal Strip - prohibited
- Routeburn Roadend (PDF, 658K), Mount Aspiring National Park - prohibited
- Routeburn, Weka Flat (PDF, 667K), Mount Aspiring National Park - prohibited
- Rum Curries (PDF, 290K), Gibbston Conservation Area - restricted to tenting, for 2 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Skippers (PDF, 428K), Mt Aurum Recreation Reserve - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
Wanaka/Makarora
- Albert Town Outlet carpark (PDF, 547K), Hikuwai Conservation Area - prohibited
- Cameron Flat river access (PDF, 837K), Mount Aspiring National Park - prohibited
- Crown Range summit (PDF, 442K), Pisa Conservation Area - restricted to self contained vehicles, for 4 nights maximum in a single calendar month
- Deans Bank, Dublin Bay tracks (PDF, 385K), Dublin Bay Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Diamond Lake (Wanaka) (PDF, 300K), Diamond Lake (Wanaka) Conservation Area - prohibited
- Luggate, Shortcut Road (PDF, 377K), Rekos Point Conservation Area - prohibited
- Main Wall Track (PDF, 258K), Hospital Flat Conservation Area - prohibited
- Makarora Bush nature walk (PDF, 497K), Mount Aspiring National Park - prohibited
- Motatapu River (PDF, 834K), Riverside Recreation Reserve - prohibited
- Mt Aspiring National Park Visitor Centre (Wanaka) (PDF, 474K), Mount Aspiring National Park - prohibited
- Newcastle Track (PDF, 369K), Newcastle Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- Raspberry Creek carpark (PDF, 320K), Raspberry Creek Conservation Area - restricted to between 5 pm and 9 am the following day
- Roys Peak Track carpark (PDF, 211K) - prohibited
Fiordland
- Deepwater Basin Road (PDF, 918K), Fiordland National Park - prohibited
- Dore Pass carpark (PDF, 773K), Fiordland National Park - prohibited
- Grave Talbot Track (PDF, 836K), Fiordland National Park - prohibited
- Hollyford Roadend and Moraine Creek carpark (PDF, 928K), Fiordland National Park - prohibited
- Homer Nature Walk and Gertrude Valley Track (PDF, 941K), Fiordland National Park - prohibited
- Kepler Track and Control Gate carparks (PDF, 915K), Fiordland National Park - prohibited
- Lake Gunn Walk carpark (PDF, 646K), Fiordland National Park - prohibited
- Lake Marian Falls Track carpark (PDF, 945K), Fiordland National Park - prohibited
- Mistake Creek Track carpark (PDF, 896K), Fiordland National Park - prohibited
- Monkey Creek (PDF, 904K), Fiordland National Park - prohibited
- Patience Bay (Milford Road) (PDF, 622K), Fiordland National Park - prohibited
- Pearl Harbour (Waiau River) (PDF, 443K), Conservation Area - Waiau River (Manapouri) - prohibited
- Queens and Rainbow Reaches carparks (PDF, 609K), Conservation Area - Waiau River, Rainbow Reach - prohibited
- Supply Bay Road area (PDF, 810K), Fiordland National Park - prohibited
- Te Anau Area Office and Visitor Centre carparks (PDF, 550K), Fiordland National Park - prohibited
- Te Anau Downs and Lake Mistletoe carparks (579K), Fiordland National Park - prohibited
- The Chasm carpark (PDF, 737K), Fiordland National Park - prohibited
- The Divide carpark (PDF, 740K), Fiordland National Park - prohibited
- Tutuko Valley Track (PDF, 663K), Fiordland National Park - prohibited
- Upukerora (Lake Te Anau) (PDF, 987K), Conservation Area - Upukeroa (Te Anau) - prohibited
Southland
- Eweburn (PDF, 455K), Conservation Area - Eweburn (Te Anau) - prohibited
- Margin Forest (PDF, 633K), Conservation Area - Margin Forest - prohibited
- Sinclair Road Wetland (PDF, 583K), Conservation Area - Sinclair Road Wetland - prohibited
- The Bluff Hill/Motupōhue Lower Carpark (PDF, 793K), Motupōhue Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- The Bluff Hill/Motupōhue Summit Carpark PDF, 915K), Motupōhue Scenic Reserve - prohibited
- Wilderness Scientific Reserve carpark (PDF, 895K), Wilderness Scientific Reserve - prohibited