An academic is calling for public debate on public access to Crown-owned farmland, saying the law governing access is ambiguous and is begging for further clarification. The Crown owns more than a million hectares of South Island high country, the bulk of which is leased to farmers through pastoral leases which can be perpetually renewed. […]
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