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High Country Tenure Review Decision Welcomed
Media Release
Friday 22 June 2007
High Country Tenure Review Decision Welcomed
The StopTenureReview
group supports the announcement by the Ministers of
Conservation, Chris Carter, and Land Information, David
Parker, to investigate the withdrawal of 40 leashold
properties from South Island tenure review to protect
important high country landscapes and biodiversity values.
It is a huge step in the right direction. The challenge now is to ensure that officials implement the government's direction.
StopTenureReview now calls on District Councils to follow the government's lead and undertake immediate steps to ensure adequate landscape and biodiversity protection on properties that have already gone through tenure review and been converted to freehold title.
The Group says some of these high country properties and their unique alpine landscapes, particularly around Lakes Wanaka, Wakatipu and Tekapo, are already under threat of subdivision and ‘nodal’ development.
Visit www.stoptenurereview.co.nz for up-to-date background on this land reform involving 20% of the South Island.
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