Thread: No lpg bottles on choppers

So DoC will have a great time prosecuting people for having cooking fires? Or do we all go for hex stoves and hard rations!

Originally Posted by Woody

So DoC will have a great time prosecuting people for having cooking fires? Or do we all go for hex stoves and hard rations!

But you are allowed to have a fire for cooking or heat on DOC land, without needing a permit.

Originally Posted by Cigar

But you are allowed to have a fire for cooking or heat on DOC land, without needing a permit.

Sure about that... Think you will find it depends on what classification the land is under

Alan Simmons was taken to court when a doc DICK reported him for sitting by a lit fire. Last year sometime I think.

Originally Posted by Woody

Alan Simmons was taken to court when a doc DICK reported him for sitting by a lit fire. Last year sometime I think.

DOC withdrew it in the end didn't they? Not that that made their actions any more sensible in the circumstances though.

Not sure. Poor fellow got put through the court hoops big time by DoC. I thought it ended up as a warning by the judge. However the debacle has caused a lot of disgust toward DoC as well as mistrust.

Originally Posted by 223nut

Sure about that... Think you will find it depends on what classification the land is under

The national parks apparently each have their own rules, but on other conservation land you can have a fire for cooking or warmth, unless it's a prohibited fire season. There are some rules though, such as being at least an hours walk from the road.
https://www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/fire/

Had a email last night
"Finally have gotten to the bottom of this. You can take up to 4kg of the small 500ml LPG cooking cylinders. We can by no means take the big 9kg cylinders. So no need to have a campfire after all ��"
Iam happy don't need that much gas anyway