The Queenstown Lakes District Council will spend $20,000 on signs to inform freedom campers where they can and cannot park overnight.
Signs will be placed at "key entrances" to the district as a way to discourage tourists parking their vehicles on council land.
The community services committee meeting on Tuesday received a report from community services general manager Paul Wilson, outlining a plan for the public to notify the council of "illegal campers".
"There is not an excessive amount, but certainly there are some [people] freedom camping not inside the rules," Mr Wilson said.
The double-sided signs will be designed to advise drivers when they are entering a "no freedom camping zone" and outline restrictions to those without "self-contained" vehicles.
Wardens will be appointed by the council to enforce the rules under the Freedom Camping Act 2011.
"There will be training for people, as well as a warrant to enforce it."
Mr Wilson said the biggest problem for the lakes district was that several key areas where freedom campers chose to stay were not owned by the council and it could not enforce its rules in those spots.
He highlighted the Queenstown-Glenorchy road, which is Department of Conservation land, as a problem area.
"Until we have an agreement with Doc, we won't be able to issue infringements on Doc land."
As part of the new plan, a brochure will be distributed at Doc visitor centres, council offices, holiday parks, libraries, and by camping wardens.
The "Where can I stay?" and "Where will you stay tonight?" brochures are being handed out to Rugby World Cup visitors and placed under van windscreen wipers.
