Essential Personal Items

• Comfy clothes, swimwear, dress ups.
• Safer sex supplies if needed.
• Cash.
• Tent.
• Bed roll/ airbed/ mattress/stretcher.
• Blankets, sheets/sleeping bag.
• Pillow.
• Ear plugs.
• Towels.
• Torch + battery or cellphone + car charger.
• Hormones or medications.
• Power Bank/spare battery.
• Vape charger.
• Cupboard/food crate.
• Chilly bin.
• Personal kitchenware – plate/bowl/utensils.

Essential Consumables

• Water or large water container.
• Food.
• Bug spray.
• Sunscreen SPF 50+.
• First aid kit.
• Gas bottles for cooking.
• Firewood.
• Ice X 1 million.
• Kitchen wipes.
• Toiletries eg soap, sanitary products, wet wipes, extra T-paper.

Kitchen and Living in Style

• Kitchen /lounge gazebo.
• Kitchen bench.
• Kitchen table.
• Chairs.
• Solar candles/ lighting/safe fire torches.
• Clock (no cellphone reception).
• Ropes.
• Flags/privacy screen fabric.
• Falas/floor mats.
• Cookers.
• Gas bottles or cans.
• Dishwashing tub, dishwash liquid, Scrubber, Buckets, Tea towels (or wetwipes).
• Pots and pans.
• Chopping boards and sharp knives.
• Grater.
• Mixing/salad bowls.
• Coffee plunger.
• Can opener.
• Music speakers.
• Beanbags or camp chairs.
• Solar shower.
• Bicycle.

Links

You can find camping advice for beginners at the following places:
Camping for Beginners – Gender Minorities Aotearoa.
Camping Checklist – Rei Co-Op.
Camping Tips for Those Who Aren’t Afraid to Call Themselves Newbies – Kathmandu NZ.