An increasing number of Kiwi baby boomers are hitting the road in motorhomes, roaming New Zealand in a transient lifestyle.

Seven Sharp caught up with some 'sixty-something' nomads, Raewyn and Rob who sold up their bricks and mortar home near Nelson and say they're are now living by the mantra,"home is where we park it".

But freewheelers like them are being joined on the roads by a fast increasing number of baby boomer transients, who are roaming younger and for longer.

"We are seeing a lot of people now in their fifties," said Dave Culpan of the Covi Motorhome Caravan & Outdoor SuperShow.

We all took off and did our O.E. and all of those people now are wanting to go and see New Zealand - Bruce Lahore of the New Zealand Motor Caravan Association

These wanderers are "putting the bike racks on the back, putting the kayaks on the roof and they are getting out there doing stuff," Mr Culpan said.

Bruce Lahore of the New Zealand Motor Caravan Association recalled the TV ads back in the '80s that declared: "Don't leave town until you've seen the country".

"Well we didn't. We all took off and did our O.E. and all of those people now are wanting to go and see New Zealand," Mr Lahore said.

"One of the most common things I hear is 'we wish we'd started this earlier'."

In the last four years the association's membership has increased from 47,000 to just on 75,000, he said.

New Zealand's largest builder of motorhomes for the non-rental market, TrailLite, turns out 80 motorhomes a year.

"We try to build our motorhomes like small luxury apartments," said Shaun Newman of Traillite.

They can include pull out barbecues, washing machine, WIFI, large water tanks, big batteries and plenty of storage, he said.

"There's not really much holding these people back."

As for Raewyn and Rob, they were last seen heading to spend the night at Wenderholm, north of Auckland

"Quite nice there. Got some friends there so we will meet up with them," Raewyn said.