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NOT ALLOWED: Alleged freedom campers such as these on Sumner beach can expect to be reprimanded. <\/p>\n
The Christchurch City Council is stepping up its monitoring of freedom campers. <\/p>\n
After a summer marred by complaints about freedom campers behaving badly, the council has decided to hire a compliance officer who will be dedicated to ensuring they adhere to the rules. <\/p>\n
Council inspections and enforcement unit manager Anne Columbus said the new position would be trialled from October through to March. <\/p>\n
The officer would monitor freedom campers across the city and Banks Peninsula. <\/p>\n
They would work 30 hours a week, including nights and weekends. <\/p>\n
In the past 12 months the council has received a total of 49 complaints relating to freedom campers. <\/p>\n
Some of those complaints related to overseas tourists who were freedom camping; others related to homeless people who were freedom camping rather than trying to find appropriate accommodation. <\/p>\n
Columbus said the latter was frequently being observed in and around surf clubs and public car park areas alongside New Brighton beach. <\/p>\n
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