Dunstan Downs station, spans Canterbury and Otago and includes sections of the Lindis Pass and the St Bathans Range, up to the Ahuriri River near Omarama. The remaining 9500ha section of the 12,350ha Dunstan Downs station would become conservation land through a tenure review proposal. The Government announced in 2018 it would end the system after fears some of New Zealand’s most valuable crown land was being privatised. Supplied Dunstan Downs Station co-owner Charles Innes says it is beautiful land, but “farmers are some of the best conservationists”. “It is really beautiful land, but I think farmers are some of the best conservationists.”Supplied A map of Dunstan Downs Station, which is subject to tenure review.

Source: Stuff October 19, 2020 18:43 UTC