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More signage news from around the world from Hants and Dorset Signs as a ban on overnight camping in Christchurch's, New Zealand, Cranmer Square cannot yet be legally enforced despite the ban taking effect recently. The Christchurch City Council unanimously agreed to introduce an immediate ban after residents complained of campers using the area as a toilet.

But the council said yesterday it must wait for "appropriate signage" before the freedom-camping ban can be enforced.

The Press visited Cranmer Square at 9am yesterday and found about 10 vehicles belonging to freedom campers.

Those spoken to said expensive campsites prompted them to look for free areas. All were unaware it was illegal to stay there.

North Carolina couple Joe Hinton and Lenny Strom were referred to Cranmer Square by "a friend of a friend of a friend".

They welcomed any bylaw, even if it meant they could not stay there again.

Hinton said campers who used the area as a toilet were "despicable and horrible".

The pair said freedom camping was the only option for many people because campsites were too expensive.

Council inspections and enforcement unit manager Gary Lennan said signs needed to be designed, made and erected before campers could be asked to leave Cranmer Square.

The council would know next week when the signs would be ready, he said.

"In the meantime, council staff will take an educational approach and advise persons residing in vehicles in Cranmer Square that vehicles used for this purpose are not permitted in the area."

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