Heads up! We will be in touch soon about your vehicle details
Very soon we will contact all members with simple instructions on how to update your vehicle details on the members’ portal. This includes your motorhome or caravan and any tow/ed vehicles, such as the car you take out for day trips and errands.
Having your vehicles registered against your membership means the cameras will recognise you as a financial member, so you can come and go from our parks without receiving unnecessary reminders. There is nothing you need to do just yet. Keep an eye on your inbox, the NZMCA’s social media pages, and the NZMCA app for instructions
LPR cameras are coming to NZMCA Parks
In June 2026, the NZMCA Board approved the rollout of LPR cameras across all NZMCA Parks over the next two to three years. It follows a successful trial at Ardmore NZMCA Park and a thorough look at the alternatives.
Our parks are one of the most valued benefits of NZMCA membership, built and cared for by members, for members. LPR cameras will help us keep it that way. We want parks to remain fair for everyone, at a low cost to use, and as easy to access as they are today. There are no electronic gates and nothing extra to scan before entering. You will simply drive in as you do now.
This page will be updated as the project moves through each stage, so check back for the latest news. You will find some of the supporting documents that have helped shape this project below:
A fairer system for every member
Over the past couple of years, many of you have told us about a growing number of people using our parks without doing the right thing. That includes park fees not being paid, vehicles that don’t always appear to be certified self-contained, and people staying overnight who are not financial members.
Simple for members, smart behind the scenes
You arrive. Two cameras at the park entrance read your vehicle’s licence plate as you drive in and out. The cameras record plate numbers only...
What is changing
Register all your vehicles. Soon you will be given instructions on how to add your motorhome or caravan and any tow/ed vehicles to your membership. In time, you will also be able to add a vehicle when you pay for a park stay...
Friendly hosts, not compliance officers
Once the cameras are fully operational at a park, custodians will no longer need to carry out manual checks of members’ self-containment, financial status or park fee payments...
Why LPR cameras came out on top
Before recommending LPR cameras to the Board, the National Office spent more than a year investigating a range of other potential options..
Tested by members, at a real park
We trialed two LPR cameras at the entrance to Ardmore NZMCA Park for 12 weeks from 21 February 2026..
Rollout timeline
At the end of November 2026, we will begin rolling out cameras in stages across the parks network so we can test and refine the system as we go...
Plates only. Protected properly.
The cameras capture licence plate data only. Facial recognition is not used...
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
In this circumstance, you can enter the rental or borrowed vehicle registration number on the NZMCA app or website at the same time you pay for your park stay. This allows the system to recognise that the vehicle you are renting or borrowing is associated with your membership for the purposes of the park stay.
If you continue to pay your park fee upon arrival, you will not receive a reminder. However, if after a period of time you still haven’t paid, you will receive a reminder. There will be a short grace period so that members who are not staying at a park can use the park facilities when passing through the area.
This process is still being developed, but the solution we land on will not require volunteers participating in a park working bee to pay the park fee. We anticipate that the working bee coordinator, or another designated representative, will register participants on arrival as part of the planned working bee.
Yes. Soon you will be asked to register your tow/ed vehicle and motorhome or caravan against your membership. This ensures that when you enter or leave the park, the system recognises your vehicle is associated with your financial membership and will not trigger a notification or non-compliance process. You can also register your vehicles at the time of payment if you forget to update your membership records prior to arrival.
As part of our Places to Stay Strategy and obligations under the Privacy Act 2020, registration books will need to be phased out within the next 12 months. During this transition period, if a registration book is in use at a park, you will still need to sign in as you do now.
We are working through this detail with a view that members will not need to display their NZMCA wings or financial membership card. However, vehicles will need to display their self-containment warrant cards as required.
No. The gates will not be connected to the cameras, so you must continue to manually open and close the gates as you do now. The Board made a conscious decision not to install electronic gates due to several logistical and cost-related challenges.
They system will notify the National Office who will then be able to take appropriate follow up action. This may include a Park Custodian asking them to leave, and/or the National Office issuing a breach notice with an attached fine.
No, the cameras are focused on vehicle registrations and will only record that data.
Yes. Depending on how long they plan on visiting you may need to enter their vehicle licence plate details into the payment record made on the NZMCA app or website. You will only need to enter the vehicle details once as they will remain valid for the length of your paid stay.
Yes. A grace period (TBC) will be introduced to allow members to have a short rest and use the facilities. If you stay beyond the grace period, you will receive a reminder to pay the park fee.
No. If both vehicles are registered against your membership, you will only be required to pay as you do now.
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