TATU TE WHENUA – please Nau mai Haere Mai ~ Welcome to The Catlins... leave the land undisturbed EMERGENCY Call 111 For further information on all aspects of The Catlins, go to WILDLIFE & CAMPING DRIVING WASTE www.catlins.org.nz NATURE DISPOSAL or visit Information Centres at For more information visit Visit www.nzta.govt.nz/ Owaka and Waikawa For more information www.camping.org.nz safety/driving-safely/visiting- visit www.doc.govt.nz For information on where to camp, visit drivers/ www.camping.org.nz • Talk quietly and move slowly and www.nzta.govt.nz/ when near sea lions / whakahao or resources/driving-in-nz fur seals / kekeno – do not disturb them, give them space, stay at • Please take all rubbish away least 20m away with you, carry out what you • Yellow-eyed Penguins / Hoiho are carry in. Rubbish disposal points CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: are at Kaka Point, Owaka, Tui (photo: Fergus Sutherland); shy and easily stressed – do not Fantail / Piwakawaka / Tiwakawaka / Piwaiwaka Papatowai and Tokanui. (photo: Andrea EL Photography); disturb them, give them space, Yellow-eyed Penguin / Hoiho (photo: Venture Southland) • Please use official camping Red-billed Gull / Tarāpunga Recycling is also available at (photo: Sandra van der Sommen) stay at least 50m away sites as they have toilets Royal Spoonbill / Kōtuku Ngutupapa (photo: Tony Somerville) Owaka and Tokanui • Do not remove plants, animals or and waste disposals fossils from the environment • Use public toilets provided, • No Roadside, Lookout or • Keep left, observe all road signs. – treat New Zealand / Aotearoa please do not pollute the Beachside Camping Pass school bus at less than forest and birds with respect, they environment • Permission must be 20km/hr are unique and often rare • Use Campervan waste obtained for camping, • Reduce speed when driving on • Respect our cultural heritage, treat disposals – parking or walking on ‘unsealed’ roads these places with consideration Inn Street Owaka, private land • Limit vehicle use on beaches, e and car Thomas’s Lodge Owaka, • Please leave areas clean respect other beach users, the • Dogs can disturb and even kill Kaka Point, Tokanui, and tidy road rules apply wildlife, please respect signage Whistling Frog Resort and • Check it is all right to light • Indicate and pull over to the regarding dogs Pounawea Holiday Park fires – permits are required left-hand side of the road to • No drones at Nugget Point / www.fireandemergency.nz take photographs, read road Tokatā, Roaring Bay / Hakaparāoa, signs and to allow vehicles Curio Bay / Tumu Toka, Slope Fires can destroy the bush behind you to pass safely Point / Waipapapa and Waipapa • If you see sheep and cattle on Point / Ōtara the roads, drive slowly and stay in your vehicle Please help us to protect the nature and wildlife of The Catlins – Only leave your footprints; only take photographs and memories... Check out the Tiaki Promise – www.tiakinewzealand.com Use of drones is restricted – for further For fire or accident emergency – ph. 111 information on use of drones in public For conservation/wildlife emergency – ph. 0800 362 468 places, private land, around livestock, The Catlins Care Code revised by Catlins Coast Inc for wildlife and wildlife habitats visit The Catlins Community 2020 NOTE: There is minimal cell phone coverage in much of The Catlins. www.doc.govt.nz or www.airshare.co.nz www.catlins.org.nz Public phones are located at Owaka, Papatowai, Kaka Point and Tokanui..