Now, this evidence led me to promoting the need for legislation that would give councils authority to control freedom camping in their districts and cities. So I took a remit to the local government AGM, where it was supported. Along with that was the prospect of the 2011 Rugby World Cup being hosted here in New Zealand and the anticipated influx of freedom campers that was being talked about quite a lot in those days. The then National-led Government adopted that concept, and the Freedom Camping Act 2011 was passed into law, sponsored by ACT's Rodney Hide.