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Jennifer Eder15:50, May 04 2021
The country’s biggest farm can be a dangerous and unforgiving place in winter, users warn as a charitable trust legally challenges its seasonal closure. The publicly-owned Molesworth Recreation Reserve covers 180,000 hectares of tussock land, rivers and mountains between Marlborough’s Awatere Valley, Hanmer Springs, Tasman District and the Kaikōura ranges. It is managed by the Department of Conservation and leased for farming by Landcorp. Acheron Rd is the main route through the station, a scenic but challenging 207-kilometre drive from south Marlborough to Hanmer Springs, which closes every year from April to October. Charitable trust Public Access New Zealand (PANZ) wants to end the closure, claiming it is illegal to close a public road except in limited circumstances such as an extreme weather event. PANZ filed legal proceedings against Land Information New Zealand last week, seeking a declaration Acheron Rd and others in the vast reserv
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