Check the rule for every overnight stop and walking track separately. These records include places where dogs are prohibited; appearing here is not permission to bring a dog.
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Read the full rule, including bans, lead requirements and permits.
Confirm restrictions for your dates and accommodation category.
Ask the land manager about assistance-dog arrangements separately.
Campsites qualify with sourced pet rules marked yes, no or conditional. Tracks qualify with a sourced, recorded dog-policy fact. Unknowns are excluded, and prohibitions are deliberately retained.
All 648 published campsite records, 1589 walking-track records and 26 trip plans are considered against the relevant criteria. Campsites with a closed notice are excluded. Seasonal and access notices remain visible; inclusion does not confirm that a place is open.
Each page shows up to 12 matches per group in name order (A-Z), not a ranking. Use the page links to browse every match. Groups share a page number; shorter groups finish earlier. Full finders also include records outside this topic. Source wording and check dates are retained here and on record pages, not live availability checks.
The tree-lined camping loops and accommodation at Motueka TOP 10, with nearby streets and orchards. Historical aerial imagery includes adjacent land; it is not a current pitch plan or surveyed park boundary. Cropped and converted to WebP from LINZ Basemaps.
Dogs are permitted on sites only from 7 February to 20 December. Guests booking accommodation cannot bring dogs, even if the dog would remain in their vehicle.
Open camping lawns on Motuihe's headland, with scattered trees, small buildings, beaches and the wharf approach. Historical aerial imagery includes adjacent land; it is not a current pitch plan or surveyed park boundary. Cropped and converted to WebP from LINZ Basemaps.
Partial campground view: many caravan rows and curving grass-side lanes against forest, continuing beyond the upper-left edges. Historical aerial imagery includes adjacent land; it is not a current pitch plan or surveyed park boundary. Cropped and converted to WebP from LINZ Basemaps.
A small pale rectangular loop enclosing grass with divided bays and caravans, amid village streets and buildings. Historical aerial imagery includes adjacent land; it is not a current pitch plan or surveyed park boundary. Cropped and converted to WebP from LINZ Basemaps.
Dogs are accepted only with guests staying in their own campervan or caravan, by advance arrangement. Maximum two dogs per site. Keep dogs leashed and supervised, and out of communal areas; tent-only pet stays are not permitted.
Small tree-sheltered holiday park with pale-roofed cabins, campervans and a gravel court beside village streets and fields. Historical aerial imagery includes adjacent land; it is not a current pitch plan or surveyed park boundary. Cropped and converted to WebP from LINZ Basemaps.
Motorhomes surround a shared building and oval drive at Murchison Motorhome Park, with planted lawns between the highway and Buller River. Historical aerial imagery includes adjacent land; it is not a current pitch plan or surveyed park boundary. Cropped and converted to WebP from LINZ Basemaps.
Dogs are welcome on camping sites, with a riverside walking area and designated dog swimming area. Confirm the dog-stay conditions when booking; do not assume cabin permission.
Caravans and long narrow roofs around connected grassy loops beside a broad beach and coastal access road. Historical aerial imagery includes adjacent land; it is not a current pitch plan or surveyed park boundary. Cropped and converted to WebP from LINZ Basemaps.
The campground is pet friendly, but pets are not allowed in cabins. Confirm your site and any additional conditions before booking; nearby beach and walking-area rules are separate.
Pets require approval before arrival and are allowed on powered or unpowered sites only. Keep them leashed and supervised. No pets in other buildings or shared indoor spaces.
A beachfront camping strip contains caravan bays, small buildings and looping lanes between the railway corridor and the shore. Historical aerial imagery includes adjacent land; it is not a current pitch plan or surveyed park boundary. Cropped and converted to WebP from LINZ Basemaps.
Dogs require management approval and must be declared when booking. No dogs from 20 December to 15 February. Use an allocated dog site, keep dogs leashed and take them with you whenever you leave camp. Ordinary units do not accept dogs; the designated dog unit must be booked directly.
Akaroa from the trig on the Ellangowan ridge. Photograph of the named location or its documented route feature. Capture date not supplied; not a live view of current conditions.
General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
An angular indicative outline crosses a wooded reserve patch and neighbouring open ground, surrounded by fields, scattered buildings and intersecting rural roads. Historical aerial imagery with indicative DOC mapped geometry; it may be incomplete or out of date and is not for navigation. This is not a guarantee of the complete or current walk. Not a navigation map or confirmation of access. Cropped, overlaid and converted to WebP.
A river curves between farmland and forest beneath a long bank-side overlay. Historical aerial imagery with indicative DOC mapped geometry; it may be incomplete or out of date and is not for navigation. This is not a guarantee of the complete or current walk. Not a navigation map or confirmation of access. Cropped, overlaid and converted to WebP.
An indicative trace bends across dark forest above a pale streambed, with scattered buildings and a rectangular clearing at the lower edge. Historical aerial imagery with indicative DOC mapped geometry; it may be incomplete or out of date and is not for navigation. This is not a guarantee of the complete or current walk. Not a navigation map or confirmation of access. Cropped, overlaid and converted to WebP.
A bent indicative trace follows a wooded strip beside a strongly winding river, between open pasture and a small riverside clearing. Historical aerial imagery with indicative DOC mapped geometry; it may be incomplete or out of date and is not for navigation. This is not a guarantee of the complete or current walk. Not a navigation map or confirmation of access. Cropped, overlaid and converted to WebP.
A narrow forest strip between plantation blocks and fields with branching lines. Historical aerial imagery with indicative DOC mapped geometry; it may be incomplete or out of date and is not for navigation. This is not a guarantee of the complete or current walk. Not a navigation map or confirmation of access. Cropped, overlaid and converted to WebP.
A winding indicative trace climbs across pale open hills and shallow gullies east of bright green circular irrigation fields. Historical aerial imagery with indicative DOC mapped geometry; it may be incomplete or out of date and is not for navigation. This is not a guarantee of the complete or current walk. Not a navigation map or confirmation of access. Cropped, overlaid and converted to WebP.
General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
General backpacking illustration; location unverified. This is not a photograph of the named route or evidence of its terrain, condition or difficulty.
Fantail Creek Falls, September 1986. Photograph of the named location or its documented route feature. Historic source date retained in the caption; not a live view of current conditions.
