Web sites related to RANZ's interests

Inclusion of links is not to be taken as endorsement of content by RANZ.
Only substantive sites with policy and resource information included - 'shop-front', PR sites ignored

New Zealand Government

• NZ Executive Government
• NZ Government Online
• Parliament
• MPs
• Acts of Parliament
• Hansard (Parliamentary record of debates)
• Waitangi Tribunal
• Office of Treaty Settlements
  
• Local Government Online
• Local Councils
  
  

Government watchers

• Office of the Ombudsmen
• Directory of Official Information
  
• A Brief Guide to Leaking
  Leaking information in the public interest may be one of the most important and rewarding political acts of your life. Leakers come in all shapes and sizes, from the highest to the lowest levels of organisations and from both the public and private sectors. You too may have a role to play.
  
• University of Waikato Law Library Directory of Decisions
  List of Courts, Tribunals, Statutory Authorities, and other such bodies in New Zealand which make legal or quasi-legal decisions.

International outdoors

• National Parks Worldwide - directory by continents/countries (most comprehensive listing)
• National Society for Park Resources
• Great Outdoor Recreation Pages (recreation by activity or location, conservation forum - public lands policy, park service policy, access)
• Yahoo! Recreation Outdoors (parks, news: environment, nature, parks)
• Yahoo! Australia & NZ
• randburg.com/recreation
• Great Outdoor Recreation Pages

National links

New Zealand

Public and Crown Lands & Resources

• Department of Conservation
• Fish & Game New Zealand
• Land Information New Zealand
  • LINZ Crown Property Index
  • LINZ High Country Index
  • LINZ Pastoral Leases Index

NGOs

• NZ Alpine Club
• NZ Federation of Freshwater Anglers
• NZ Recreational Canoeing Association
• Tussock Grassland Management Information (ecology and management of tussock grasslands)
• Stop Tenure Review campaign New

Australia

Public Lands

• Australia's National Parks
• NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service
• Tasmanian Parks & Wldlife Service
• Department of Natural Resources and Environment (Victoria)

Commercial

• Adventure Professional. Searchable directory of recreation-related sites in Australia and New Zealand

USA

Public Lands

• National Park Service
• Forest Service
• Bureau of Land Management
• National Wildlife Refuge System
• Official RS 2477 Roads Homepage

NGOs

• Forest Guardians (grazing of range lands, roads)
• Sierra Club
• The Trust for Public Land (protects land for human enjoyment and well-being).

Canada

Public Lands

• Parks Canada (national parks, marine conservation areas, heritage rivers, historic sites, links to provincial parks)
• Canadian Outdoor Directory (national parks, public lands, provincial parks)

NGOs

• Federation of Mountain Clubs of British Columbia (recreation, conservation, access issues)

Britain

Government

• Countryside Agency (conserving countryside and fostering public enjoyment in England)
• Countryside Council for Wales
• Conservation Walks Stewardship Scheme (1,000 walks and areas of open access)
• Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
• Forestry Commission of Great Britain
• Ordinance Survey (Britain's national mapping agency)
• Scottish Environmental Protection Agency
• Scottish National Heritage
  

NGOs

• Ramblers' Association (promotes walking, public rights of way, and access to open country in England, Scotland and Wales - essential reading)
• British Horse Society (including access and bidleways)
• Institute of Public Rights of Way Officers
• Countryside Recreation Network (access to information and people concerned with countryside and related recreation matters)
• Long Distance Walkers Association
• Interactive Footpath (legal, policy and management issues related to Public Rights of Way and Access to the Countryside in England and Wales, including a virtual footpath - highly recommended)

Private

• BlueDome (outdoor activity site)
• Walking in Britain

Europe

• European Ramblers (a federation of 56 walking organisations from 27 European countries)
• Walking in Europe (walking opportunities in Europe)
• European Environment Agency

Sweden

Public Lands

• Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (national parks, nature reserves, public access)
• What is the future of Swedish National Parks?
• Swedish Information Smorgasbord (nature, recreation, national parks, nature reserves, wildlife, allemansrätt access)

Private Lands

• PANZ on allensmansrätt access

Generic subjects

Electronic roads

• Melbourne City Link Authority
• Toronto's Highway 407
• 91 Express Lanes (California)
• TCA (California)
• M-Tag (Maryland)
• Fast Lane (Massachusetts)
• Causeway (Louisiana)
• Pikepass (Oklahoma)
• E-ZPass (New York)
• New York State Thruway
• E-Pass (Florida)
• Leeway (Florida)
• GA400 (Georgia, US)
• K-TAG (Kansas)
• North Texas Tollway Authority
• Smart Tag (Virginia)
• E-470 (Colorado)
• Autostrade (Italy)
• Storebaelt (Denmark)

• Standup New Zealand (NGO challenging digitised licences)

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