What the official record says
This Act is the Freedom Camping Act . This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent. This section provides an outline of this Act and indicates its purpose and scope, but does not limit or affect the application or interpretation of any of the individual provisions of Act. This Act regulates freedom camping— on land controlled or managed by local authorities (city, district, and regional councils); and on land controlled or managed by the Department of Conservation under the Conservation Act 1987, the National Parks Act 1980, the Reserves Act 1977, or the Wildlife Act 1953. However, the powers of regulation under the Act do not allow for freedom camping to be prohibited on all land controlled or managed by a particular local authority or on all l