American Ken Dart has sold his high country station to conservationists, and donated a bike park to the Crown. Secretive American-born billionaire Ken Dart plans to donate the popular and sprawling Wairoa Gorge Bike Park, near Nelson, to the Crown. It will be managed by the Department of Conservation, with public access run through the Nelson Mountain Bike Club (NMTBC). MATT WOOD/SUPPLIED Digby Shaw rides through the native forest at the Wairoa Bike Park. SUPPLIED Ken Dart will donate Nelson's Wairoa Bike Park to the Crown by the end of the year.

Source: Stuff October 15, 2018 02:52 UTC