The homestead at Mt Lees Reserve, near Halcombe, will be made available for the public after being vacant for the past 18 months, aside from squatters living on its veranda. A historic homestead in Manawatū, that has been the focus of a squatter’s legal challenge, is to be made available for community use. A plan is being formed to make the million-dollar homestead at Mt Lees Reserve, which has been empty for the past 18 months, available for community groups and schools to use. Many of the plants at Mt Lees were introduced by former owner and politician Ormond Wilson​, who gifted the land to the Crown in 1971. WARWICK SMITH/Stuff A veranda at the Mt Lees homestead which squatters had been occupying.

Source: Stuff October 04, 2021 01:30 UTC