Thread: Hunting Dog Access Canterbury / SI in general

Does anyone else get frustrated with the rules around where dogs can and can't access?

I find that the information online can be somewhat misleading in the sense that often areas are marked as 'dogs allowed' but on closer investigation, due to easements, access through paper roads e.t.c. the access points are limited.

An example being: MT Hutt/Palmer range. (Just one example I can point to but there are many others).

The area is not a national park, so dogs are allowed.

One of the accesses into the area is via a track that, according to the Outdoor Access Commission. Is a Road parcel. So by that metric, you should be allowed to lawfully carry out any activity you can do on the road i.e walk a dog through.

But if you go there, the 'no dogs' are signs everywhere. Which by my understanding is what most people are going to go by.

This also contradicts DOC's block information that has it designated as an access point.

I find the whole thing is all just very convoluted, to be honest.

Interested to hear other people's experiences here, or maybe I'm just being a bit of an egg and missing something.