Contributed by: New Zealand Walking Access Commission Summer can be a busy time for farm managers. Among the pressures they face are more people who may want permission to cross their land. Many families and tourists head into the outdoors over the holidays. So farmers and landholders have more people walking and cycling in their […]
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Public access to Crown Pastoral Land and the Crown Pastoral Reform Bill
By Ric Cullinane & Geoff Holgate, Walking Access Commission Kiwi farmers have a well-deserved reputation for sharing their land with walkers, hunters and anglers. Farmers care about the land they look after. They know how special it is, not just to their family but to all New Zealanders. Many of them take great satisfaction in […]
Sharing a farm with the public
Kate Scott, a Federated Farmers member, is the co-owner of remote Rees Valley Station, near Glenorchy. Thousands of people visit her farm each year. Late last year she talked to the Walking Access Commission/Ara Hīkoi Aotearoa about why she and her family support public access and what it’s like to have a stream of tourists on […]