Access to Crown land
Sir,—At least five articles by Derrick Rooney and Oliver Riddell on the retirement of high-country Crown lease grazing land have appeared in “The Press” since February 12. Most of the basic facts seem clear. Policies of the previous Government allowed high country fanners to retire, with the help of a Government grant covering up to 70 per cent of fencing and off-site costs, Crown lease land that is so steep and erosion-prone that it should not have been included in a pastoral grazing lease. After using taxpayers’ money to meet most of the cost of retirement, these policies permit fanners to retain control of access. The viewpoints of recreational interests and catchment boards have been explained. What has not been explained is why some high country farmers wish to retain control of access to Crown-owned land that they can no longer use for grazing. — Yours, etc., BRUCE HUNT. March 6, 1985.
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Press, 14 March 1985, Page 12
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