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New Zealand to control public pooing of campers

Monday, July 4, 2022

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Camping association in New Zealand wants the authorities to tighten the law of public pooing. Currently, there is a law in New Zealand that allows campers to publicly poo in public if no one’s watching. hence, someone pooing in public is not violating any law if they can prove that no one was watching. The Camping association calls to restrict this independence.
Currently, there is a fine of $200 if someone is caught pooing somewhere else other than a public lavatory. However, the association wants further tightening of the law. They also want the campers to bury the waste at least 50 meters away and 15cm deep.
Freedom camping in New Zealand has been taken up by the storm.
The camping association demanding the tightening said that they do not want the camping zeal to be affected. Rather, it is human behaviour that needs to be corrected.
The group began promoting freedom camping in 2017. From then on the act has been criticised as many campers were found to litter in popular tourist destinations.
Contradictions between the government and the campers association have increased in 2020. Tourism minister Stuart Nash has stated that the campers pull away from their car and shit on the waterways.
The public pooing has become the worst aftermath of the camping tradition, as the campers association has stated. As public littering grew Nash stated they would scrap down public camping. To control this restricting public pooing has to be strictly implemented.
In 2019, globally there were 245000 campers and among them, 91000 campers belonged from New Zealand. As the association puts forward public littering can be stopped if some basic protocols are followed.

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