Kumara grower fights to stay on landFrances Ferguson The last of Patrick Shepherd's kumara will be harvested in May. Patrick Shepherd just wants to stay on his patch of rented land and grow kumaras. Time is ticking for this tenant though after the land was seized and sold by the Ruapehu District Council. He had a verbal agreement with one of the previous owners of the land - Charlean Duff - that he could stay there until he died. It's this verbal agreement that the Tenancy Tribunal will try to mediate with him and the new owners.

Source: Stuff May 01, 2018 04:41 UTC