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Bring the cash in a suitcase and the farm s yours!

Karamea dairy farmer Peter Langford says he and his wife Debbie are ready to hang up their gumboots. With none of their four children keen on taking over the farm, it's now up for sale - lock, stock and barrel.

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West Coast flood breaks open old landfill, widespread damage to roads and bridges

West Coast flood breaks open old landfill, widespread damage to roads and bridges
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Farmer threatens to burn native bush in face of new rules and plunging land values

A Maruia farmer is threatening to burn off 80ha of native bush on his property and turn it into pasture in a bid to raise its value and save his farm. Aaran Bruce and his father, 89-year-old Jim Bruce, who cleared most of the land, starting in 1944. The trees in the background are regenerating beech forest; the original trees were felled 30 years ago for beech chip. Photo: LDR / Lois Williams The land is likely to be classed as a significant natural area (SNA) under new biodiversity rules, in regional and district plans. Aaran Bruce and his wife live on a 220ha block their family has owned since the 1940s on West Bank Road, about 15km from Springs Junction.

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Farmer threatens to burn forest over new biodiversity rules, diving land values

A West Coast farmer is threatening to burn off 80 hectares of native bush on his property and turn it into pasture in a bid to raise its value and save his farm.

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Farmer threatens to burn native forest over plunging values, new biodiversity rules

Farmer threatens to burn native forest over plunging values, new biodiversity rules 16 Mar, 2021 12:33 AM 4 minutes to read Aaran Bruce and his father, 89-year-old Jim Bruce, who cleared most of the land, starting in 1944. The trees in the background are regenerating beech forest. Photo / Lois Williams, LDR Local Democracy Reporter A farmer in Maruia, on the South Island s West Coast, is threatening to burn 80ha of native bush on his property and turn it into pasture in a bid to raise its value and save his farm. The land is likely to be classed as a significant natural area (SNA) under new biodiversity rules in regional and district plans.

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