Documents & Commentary

Submission to Crown Pastoral Land Reform Bill

The High Country Accord Trust, 22 February 2021

The South Island high country is a unique landscape and a taonga for all New Zealanders. It
embodies a range of values: spiritual, cultural, ecological, economic, historical, scientific, recreational,
agricultural, and more. The best and strongest foundation for its management is a system of
collaboration founded on the contractual relationship between Crown and pastoral lessees rather than
a regulatory one designed to create opponents.  Keep reading ...