Thread: Farmer lying about paper road?

Walking Access is your best bet. Their maps are up to date and if it shows there is a ULR, then there is a ULR. It will only be taken off the WAMS maps if it is disposed of to somebody. No point in talking to DoC cos they just plain dont you want you there anyways. And they dont have any ULR's - its is public land vested in to the good of NZ, many years ago, to allow the ordinary people access to places.
There is a local Canterbury representative for WAMS, and he/she will look in to it and keep you updated on progress. He/she will also go in to bat for you if the landowner on either side of the ULR wants to be a prick about it.
I was one of many that had issues with some local access to fishing water, and there is a ULR that follows the original path of the waterway. Over the years some parts of the waterway have changed so basically it meanders across the ULR, on to it, off of it etc etc. The local WAMS guy was happy to give me the GPS coordinates to follow so that I could legally walk across open land from each stretch of the waterway that was still within the ULR.