The High Country Today
Whilst tradition is still deeply embedded in high-country farming, modern technology, new information, and better resources are enabling high-country families to adapt their farming businesses to meet new challenges and farm for the future.
Whilst tradition is still deeply embedded in high-country farming, modern technology, new information, and better resources are enabling high-country families to adapt their farming businesses to meet new challenges and farm for the future.
Integrated farm management plans are one example of this. These plans incorporate the unique characteristics of each property and are used to develop a management strategy that protects and enhances native plant and animal biodiversity, rivers, streams and wetlands whilst ensuring these properties are productively and financially sustainable.
Click on the links below for more information on what’s happening in the high country:
Te Manahuna Aoraki Project – Conservation Project | Upper Mackenzie Basin | Aoraki National Park
Icebreaker - Merino Wool Clothing for Outdoor and Performance Sports
The New Zealand Merino Company | Home (nzmerino.co.nz)
Crown Pastoral Land Reform Bill 307-1 (2020), Government Bill Contents – New Zealand Legislation
Crown pastoral land | Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (linz.govt.nz)
Atlas — Cultural Mapping Project — Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu (kahurumanu.co.nz)
Microsoft Word - CPLA Submissions Part 4 (final 22 February).docx (www.parliament.nz)
