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South
Island high country
Otago leases
Po 316
Wanaka district
Otago Land District
Tenure review approved by Commissioner of Crown Lands April 1998
DRAFT PROPOSAL TO COMMISSIONER OF CROWN LANDS
Tenure Review Makarora Station
Pastoral Lease and Pastoral Occupation Licence
KF REF: Po316/1 OolOI
Application Date: 30 May 1997
(1) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Makarora Station is sheep and cattle grazing property located on the Haast to Hawea Road. The property has considerably reduced in size as the result of a run plan surrender and the gift of land for scenic reserve purposes. A Pastoral Occupation Licence is used for grazing cattle in the high altitude Boundary Creek flats. Both the Pastoral Lease and the Pastoral Occupation Licence have been reviewed under this proposal.
Significant outcomes include:
(2) PASTORAL LEASE DETAILS:
Legal Description:
Part Run 757, Blocks VIII, XII and XVI Wilkin Survey District, Blocks V to Vll, IX to Xl McKerrow, Upper Hawea, Upper Wanaka, Mid Wanaka and Mid Hawea Survey Districts. Run 801 Blocks XII and XVI Wilkin Survey District, Block IX McKerrow Survey District, Block I Mid Wanaka and Upper Wanaka Survey District and Run 802 Blocks V, IX McKerrow Survey District and Blocks VI11, XII Wilkin Survey District. Section 1, 2 and 3 SO 22857 as shown in Certificate of Title 2D/658 (Otago Registry).
Area: 2242 hectares
Term: 33 years from I July 1966
Expiry: I July 1999
Current Rental Value: N/A
CurrentAnnual Rent: $435
Lessee: Makarora Limited (Crawford Pennycook)
(3) RESOURCE REPORTS:
(a) Climate:
Being close to the main divide, rainfall is relatively high between 1250 mm at Camp Creek rising to an average of 2250 mrn at the homestead. Snow is cornmon in winter. The upper most boundary (retirement fence of the property) excludes most of the heavy snow areas. Torrential down pours are common resulting in movement of shingle, rocks and boulders in the creeks and streams. Road darnage is ffequent.
(b) Altitude:
The property is part of one continuous steep westerly face rising from 300 metres at the lake to 1200 m.a.s.l. at the retirement fence.
(c) Water:
The property is broken by numerous streams and narrow steep gorges. Adequate natural water supplied from these sources.
(d) Soils:
(Taken from Conservation Farm Plan No 85)
Moonlight series - Moonlight series are found extensively on this property rising from the flats to the retirement fence. They are formed on schist parent material and they are intermediate between the yellow brown earth (Dunstan soils) and podzolised yellow brown earths (Haast soils). The subsoil varies from a yellowish brown to a bright orange colour according to rainfall influence. Broken un-weathered rockfalls and rock fragments occur extensively over the surfaces.
Accelerated erosion of these soils can become severe once the initial vegetation cover is lost. The high rainfall experienced in this area is largely responsible for the numerous areas of earth movement, large and small, which have occurred in the past on these soils, and of which some are still active. Deep gullying and scouring can also occur. They generally respond well to oversowing and topdressing and many areas are deep and fertile.
(e) Contour:
Approximately 300 ha of the property could be considered lower hill and fan with the remainder a steep westerly face.
(f) Land Use Capability:
Derived ffom Soil and Water Conservation Plan (which covered a larger area) the land is classed approximately as follows:
| Class VI | 2000 ha |
| Class VII | 200 ha |
| Class VIII | 42 ha |
(g) Zoning:
The property forms part of the Queenstown-Lakes District. The operative Plan is the Vincent County Council Transitional District Plan. The property is zoned Rural 2 under this Plan. An area of bush at the top of Flaxmill Creek is noted as an object or place of special interest. In this case a forest habitat. The current use is a Predominant Use under the District Plan.
The proposed Queenstown-Lakes District Plan was publicly notified on the 10 October 1995. The whole of the property is zoned Rural Upland and much is shown as an area of landscape importance. This zone does not affect the current farming use, although there may be some restrictions on earth disturbance if the landscape notation remains in place af'ter the public objections are heard.
(h) General:
Makarora Station is located on State Highway 6 on the Haast to Hawea Road. The current lease area is only a remnant of a much larger property. Approximately 12370 ha of high altitude land was surrender and destocked in 1969 undet a Run Plan. A further 608 ha was gifted as scenic reserve. More recently two areas of adjoining ffeehold land totalling 760 ha have been sold. Bracken fern clads most ofthe mid to lower altitude country in the lease with a relatively small higher altitude area is a mixture of fescue and snow tussock. Makarora Station has been known for its success in fern control and many of the areas close to the homestead are clear or partly clear of bracken fern.
The are no buildings on the pastoral lease. There is good internal fencing and some tracking. The retirement fence is in poor condition in places.
There is some gorse and broom on the property and rabbit numbers and proneness is low.
(i) Production:
The whole property including adjoining freehold carries approximately 4000 sheep and 600 cattle. The lease itself is estimated at 3500 su. Performance includes wool weights of between 2 s kg to 3 kg per sheep (Perindales). Lambing percentages are 90% to 100% and calving around 93% The policy is to sell lambs both store and fat and calves are sold as weaners.
3.2 CONSERVATION RESOURCES REPORT - SUMMARY:
Landscape:
The property comprises the lower part of an extensive western face above Lake Wanaka and the Makarora River.
There are three main types of landscape within the lease:
(a) The cultivated farmland, flat paddocks closely subdivided adjacent to tbe road at the northern end of the property.
(b) The uncultivated farmland stretching approximately 14 kms ffom Makarora village south to Boundary Creek. One continuous slope most of which is visible ffom the highway. It is predominantly exotic pasture amongst bracken fern changing to mixed tussock before the boundary with the tall tussock grassland of the conservation areas on the upper slopes.
(c) The tall tussock enclaves in the scenic reserve south of Boundary Creek. These are between the shrubland of the scenic reserve and the tussock grassland of the conservation area and form an integral and now indistinguishable part of those areas.
Landform:
The property is part of one contiguous steep westerly face rising ffom 300 metres at the lake to over 1800 metres though the pastoral lease only reaches to 1200 metres. The face is broken by numerous streams in narrow steep gorges and also by the major incision of Boundary Creek towards the southern end. The underlying schist structure is regularly exposed in rock outcrops, bluffs and tors some of these being of very large proportions.
Vegetation:
North of Boundary Creek the vegetation is heavily modified ffom the original silver and mountain beech forest which was removed firstly for timber and then to sow pasture for farming. Excepting the small area of cultivated flats the majority of this northern part is introduced grasses (Danthonia, sweet vernal, cocksfoot, ryegrass, white clover, Hieracium) amongst bracken fern, the fern being 50% - 60% of the cover over most of the area.
Above around 800 metres the bracken phases out and blue tussock, fescue tussock and some tall tussock become dominant. The majority of the streams have small beech forest remnants in their gorgy upper catchments. Amongst the bracken belt are also small areas of shrubland, manuka, matagouri, dracophylum, and Olearia and Hebe species.
The three areas of pastoral lease south of Boundary Creek are rapidly returning to their original cover of predominantly Chionochloa rigida with a manuka dominated shrubland (with Olearia, Hebe, Matagouri, Dracophylum, Aciphylla and Cordyline also present) on the lower edges. Few exotic species are now present and the areas are overall in excellent condition. There is a significant number of wilding pines on the face above Boundary Creek mostly in the scenic reserve but also in the pastoral lease.
Fauna:
The fauna has not been surveyed. Many bird species including tom tit, rifleman, bellbird, silvereye, California quail, chaffinch, blackbird and redpoll are known to be present on the property particularly in the more natural areas.
Similarly although not surveyed, salmonids are known to be present in the streams which all run into Lake Wanaka or Makarora River although obstructions probably keep them out of some of the upper reaches.
Historic:
The woolshed on the property is of interest in that the original part was built some time before 1881 though it has since been added to over and around. The whole building which has only a limited useful life left is on the ffeehold title area. It is recorded on historic site form S107/11 and is of interest because of the age but otherwise not of major significance.
A flaxmill and a number of timber mills operated in the imtnediate vicinity but no significant remnants are on the lease.
Although no pre-European sites are know to DOC the important Ngai Tahu trail to Tiori Patea (Haast Pass) probably passed through the property if not the actual pastoral lease.
Recreation/Access:
Recreation other than passive landscape viewing is not a significant feature on the lease. Just north of Boundary Creek is a vehicle track which is moderately important as an access into the upper Boundary Creek and beyond including the pastoral occupation licence. This is used by a low number of hunters and trampers.
3.3 MINERAL RESOURCES:
There are no known mineral resources on the property and no mining sites are evident.
3.4 TOURISM RESOURCES:
Makarora is on a significant tourist route ffom the West Coast to Central Otago. It is also adjacent to Mount Aspiring National Park and Makarora township and there are a growing number of tourists that stay in the area. While there is a likely future tourist potential this would apply more to the adjoining flat ffeehold land than the pastoral lease.
No commercial enterprise (except farming) has utilised the property in any significant way to date, however there may be possibilities for the future.
3.5 FORESTRY RESOURCES:
Forestry is a possibility on the lower altitude areas of the property due to the adequate rainfall. I believe commercial forestry would be more suite to areas closer to a port. Also the steepness of the country may make forestry less attractive.
(4) PASTORAL OCCUPATION LICENCE DETAILS:
A review of the pastoral occupation licence will be carried out concurrently with the tenure review.
Term: 17 years from I January 1983
Expiry: 31 December 1999
Current Annual Rent: $85
Area: 835 hectares
Lessee: Makarora Limited
4.1 RESOURCE REPORTS (Pastoral Occupation Licence):
Although this area is approximately 835 ha only a ffaction of this is actually used for grazing, which is confined mainly to the bottom of the valley. Altitude ranges ffom the valley bottom of around 800 m.a.s.l. to approximately the 1370 metre contour.
The licence area is an alpine basin well suited to the grazing of cattle. It has a stock limit of 150 cattle. Normally cattle run for approximately 9 months and in recent years significantly less than 150 cattle are run. Access is available via a farm track which is partly maintained by Telecom who service a repeater station. The rest was completed with County back country road assistance, from the District Council.
The river flats have a land capability classrfication of V and are mapped as Nevis soils. These have a high natural fertility, support a good vegetative cover and can be improved by oversowing and topdressing. They have a gravelly and stony sub-soils The remainder of the pastoral occupation licence is Class Vile (apart ffom very small areas of Class Vllle). These are mainly Moonlight soils as previously described.
The history of the pastoral occupation licence is important in the context of the tenure review. It was originally part of the pastoral lease before the surrender of a large area under a Run Plan. There were no off-site benefits provided for this area as it was to be retained in the pastoral lease. When it came to fencing this area the expense and practicality was difficult to justify. A pastoral occupation licence was granted on the understanding that it would be grazed with cattle only. It is our belief that the financial calculations for the tenure review should recognise the lack of off-site benefits and in no way could these been seen as "double dipping".
4.2 CONSERVATION RESOURCES REPORT - SUMMARY:
Pastoral Occupation Licence (Ool OI):
The licence comprises a major part of a large basin in the upper Boundary Creek.
The flats have been modified to a browntop dominant sward (plus ragwort and native herbs) and now contains very few tussocks. As the slope changes however tussocks begin to appear and ffom about 100 metres above the valley floor the vegetation becomes a healthy tall tussock grassland (predominantly Chionochloa rigida but with probably c. macra at higher altitude). There are two large remnant beech forest areas plus numerous smaller patches and also patchy dracophyllum and bracken fern on the lower slopes.
The POL itself contains spectacular alpine scenery and leads into a large area of even more impressive mountain landscape. Although relatively handy to the main road 1 1/2 hour vehicle plus I hour walk) the area has a remote feeling because of the absence of man-made features and the fact that the access and other nearby signs of civilisation are hidden ffom view.
Despite this, current use for recreation is low.
Stocking at the present level is not affecting the grassland balance, however the cattle are having an impact on the beech forest areas which have very little understorey or recruitment except where access for cattle is diffcult.
Chamois and deer are present in low numbers but not liable to be a problem being easily controlled by even a low level of recreational hunting.
The following information applies fo both the lease and the licence.
(5) PUBLIC CONSULTATION:
An early warning meeting with non-government organisations took place on 30 April 1997 Points raised at this meeting were:
(1) There were some concerns and that the property would be suitable for forestry and that this wouid be detrimental to the landscape The possibility of a covenant was discussed.
(2) The remnant bush areas and the need for formai protection was discussed.
(3) The protection of the catchment for the Makarora Township Water Supply may be an issue.
(4) Some further public access either via Flaxmill Creek or another route to Mount Constitution should be looked at to provide the public with a round trip walk. This has been followed up with representations from the Upper Clutha Branch of the Forest and Bird Society with four possible routes suggested.
5.2 NGAI TAHU CONSULTATIONS:
Mr Trevor Howse of Te Runanga O Ngai Tahu inspected the property on 21 April 1997. While there were some indicators of previous Maori involvement in the area Mr Howse said that there were unlikely to be any issues requiring special note in the'tenure review. Te Runanga O Ngai Tahu will provide written advice to the Commissioner when requested.
(6) DISCUSSION AND JUSTIFICATION:
We believe the outcomes for Makarora Station are fairly clear. In this instance most of the areas of interest to the Department of Conservation have been addressed under the Run Plan and scenic reserve and are now in the public estate.
Discussions with the lessee Mr Crawford Pennycook have been amicable. He has a good appreciation of the conservation and public recreation issues and is happy to see these enhanced.
PROPOSED OUTCOMES:
(1) There are three areas within the pastoral lease south of Boundary Creek. They have not been grazed for some years. The lower and the land adjacent to the highway totalling 608 ha was gifted as reserve to the Department of Conservation by the lessee some years ago. These three areas total 357 ha. Without grazing the tall snowtussocks are regenerating ffom higher altitudes and the lower shrubland is regenerating upwards it is proposed that these areas transfer to the Department of Conservation.
(2) Public access to the adjoining large area of public land is important. There is a legal but unformed road to the north of Boundary Creek which finishes in Boundary Creek itself on the edge of the pastoral occupation licence. For most of the way this approximates a farm track put in many years ago. Queenstown Lakes District Council have agreed to allow the legal and physical alignment of the road through the pastoral lease to coincide. The Council will ultimately forrnalise the road under Section 114, 116 and 117 of the Public Works Act conditional upon the production of full legalisation plans, stopping and incorporation of the legal road adjoining the pastoral lease and subject to nil consideration to the net transaction of land. We are very pleased that the Council has taken this approach as it is the best public access outcome possible.
One further access point to allow either a good round trip or access to Mount Constitution will be looked into, and there are at least four options which have been put forward. This would mean better access to Mount White and Mount Constitution, on the McKerrow Range behind.
(3) The pastoral occupation licence has particularly high landscape and vegetation values. The lower altitude areas are subject to intensive cattle grazing have been modified significantly These should revert in time. The proposal is to allow the current pastoral occupation licence to run-on until its end on the 31/12/99. This should coincide hopefully with agreement on the total freehold proposal. Grazing would cease at this time.
(4) The bush remnants in the deeply incised gorges along the face of the property were considered as possible conservation land. It was decided that they were not under threat from grazing or fire. Also there are considerably larger areas of similar vegetation nearby and in the adjoining Mount Aspiring National Park. The bush remnants are noted on the proposed Queenstown-Lakes District Plan as areas of significant nature conservation value. We believe they are now adequately protected both in practice and under the District Plan and do not need further protection.
(5) It is proposed that 1885 ha of the pastoral lease most suited to pastoral use be freeholded to the current lessees, Makarora Limited. This will provide a more secure title and allow greater 'flexibility of land use in future.
(7) RECOMMENDATIONS:
(1) That you accept surrender of Po316 under Section 145 of the Land Act 1948.
(2) That the three areas totalling 357 ha south of Boundary Creek transfer to DOC as conservation land under the Conservation Act 1987.
(3) That the survey legal and other requirements of the Queenstown-Lakes District Council be met to allow the legal road to the north of Boundary Creek to match the formed road.
(4) That an additional access easement be created to allow an access point onto the McKerrow Range from State Highway 6 (assuming this proves viable).
(5) That pastoral occupation licence OolO0 be allowed to run its present term before it is transferred to DOC and amalgamated with the adjoining public land.
(6) That an area of approximately 1885 ha be freeholded to Makarora Limited.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
(1) Soil and Water Conservation Plan No 85. Otago Catchment Board
(2) Makarora Lease Po316 (current historical files)
(3) Proposed District Plan. Queenstown-Lakes District Council
(4) Vincent County Council District Scheme - Transitional Plan
CONSERVATION RESOURCE DESCRIPTION
AND ASSESSMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
1 LANDSCAPE
The property comprises the lower part-of an extensive western face above Lake Wanaka and the Makarora River.
There are three main types of landscape within the lease:
(a) The cultivated farmland, flat paddocks closely subdivided adjacent to the road at the northern end of the property. This does not include the farmsteading which is on freehold title.
(b) The uncultivated farmland stretching approximately 14 km from Makarora village south to Boundary Creek. One continuous slope most of which is visible from the highway. It is predominantly exotic pasture amongst bracken fern changing to mixed tussock before the boundary with the tall tussock grassland of the conservation area on the upper slopes. Near this upper boundary are four areas of remnant silver beech forest in the steep headwaters of streams.
(c) The tall tussock enclaves in the scenic reserve south of Boundary Creek (l, 2 & 3 on the attached map). These are between the shrubland of the scenic reserve and the tussock grassland of the conservation area and form an integral and now indistinguishable part of those areas. They are part of a 10 km stretch of reserve from "The Neck" between Lakes Hawea and Wanaka to Boundary Creek. The face can almost all be seen from the highway in places, the view being broken from bend to bend because of the steepness of the country. It is also prominent from the lake.
Significance
The tussock "enclaves" are an integral part of a regenerating native landscape of at least regional significance.
2 LANDFORM
The property is part of one contiguous steep westerly face rising from 300 m at the lake to over 1800 m though the pastoral lease only reaches to 1200 m The face is broken by numerous streams in narrow steep gorges and also by the major incision of Boundary Creek towards the southern end. The underlying schist structure is regularly exposed in rock outcrops, bluffs and tors some of these being of very large proportions.
3 CLIMATE
Influenced by proximity to the main divide. Rainfall varies from only 1500 mm at the southern end of the property to over 2000 mm at the homestead and more than 2500 mm on the highest parts. Torrential downpours are common resulting in movement of shingle rocks and boulders in the creeks and streams. Road damage is frequent.- Snow falls periodically in winter but does not usually lie for long at the relatively low altitude.
4 VEGETATION
North of Boundary Creek the vegetation is heavily modified from the original silver and mountain beech forest which was removed firstly for timber and then to sow pasture for farming. Excepting the small area of cultivated flats the majority of this northern part is introduced grasses (Danthonia, sweet vernal, cocksfoot, ryegrass, white clover, Hieracium) amongst bracken fern, the fern being 50% 60% of the cover over most of the area.
Above around 800 m the bracken phases out and blue tussock, fescue tussock and some tall tussock become dominant. The majority of the streams have small beech forest remnants in their gorgy upper catchments. Amongst the bracken belt are also small areas of shrubland, manuka, matagouri, dracophylum, and Olearia and Hebe species.
The three areas of pastoral lease south of Boundary Creek are rapidly returning to their original cover of predominantly Chiobochloa rigida with a manuka dominated shrubland (with Olearia, Hebe, Matagouri, Dracophylum, Aciphylla and Cordyline also present) on the lower edges. Few exotic species are now present and the areas are overall in excellent condition. There is a significant number of wilding pines on the face above Boundary Creek mostly in the scenic reserve but also m the pastoral lease.
Significance
The tussock grassland "enclaves" at the southern end of the property have very high natural inherent values. They are significant in themselves having regenerated to almost original state but equally important they are in the midst of a large healthy area of natural vegetation and comprise most of the transition zone from shrubland to tall tussock grassland.
5 FAUNA
The fauna has not been surveyed. Many bird species including tom tit, rifleman, bellbird, silvereye, California quail, chaffinch, blackbird and redpoll are known to be present on the property particularly in the more natural areas. Similarly although not surveyed, salmonids are known to be present in the streams which all run into Lake Wanaka or Makarora River although obstructions probably keep them out of some of the upper reaches.
Some invertebrate, reptile and bird species of significance
could be recorded in future and if found are likely to be in the
areas of more natural vegetation.
6 HISTORIC
The woolshed on the property is of interest in that the original part was built some time before 1881 though it has since been added to over and around. The whole building which has only a limited useful life left is on the freehold title area. It is recorded on historic site form 5107/11 and is of interest because of the age but otherwise not of major significance.
A Flaxmill and a number of timber mills operated in the immediate vicinity but no significant remnants are on the lease.
Although no pre-European sites are known the important Ngai Tahu trail to Tiori Patea (Haast Pass) probably passed through the property if not the actual pastoral lease.
7 LEGAL STATUS
The subject pan of the property is one pastoral lease title P516. There is a pastoral occupation licence 0101 run in conjunction which is discussed later. The lease is all in the Rural Upland zone under the Queenstown Lakes district plan which provides for farming as the dominant use but requires indigenous forest and fauna to be considered under any resource management consent application.
There are no marginal strips. There is an unsurveyed legal road just north of Boundary Creek but this is considerably removed from the existing track for most of its length. The property will be assessed by DOSLI for marginal strip requirements before lease renewal, 30 June 1999. However, with Boundary Creek being all within "public" land and the other creeks not providing practical access (truncated and contour) to anywhere, marginal strips are not a significant issue.
8 RECREATION / ACCESS
Recreation other than passive landscape viewing is not a significant feature of the lease. Just north of Boundary Creek is a vehicle track which is moderately important as an access into the upper Boundary Creek and beyond including the pastoral occupation licence. This is used by a low number of hunters and trampers.
9 MANAGEMENT ISSUES
Animal pests and wild animals occur in the general locality (Rabbits chamois deer hares and occasional illegal pig releases) but are not of significance on this property.
From the conservation viewpoint the only significant weeds are wilding pines which are numerous and spreading in the vicinity of Boundary Creek, and broom which is in the locality and could spread on to conservation land.
10 PASTORAL OCCUPATION LICENCE (0101)
855 ha, expiring 1 December 2000, stock limit 150 cattle.
Comprises a major pan of a large basin m the upper Boundary Creek. Includes approximately 200 ha of flats plus the surrounding steep hillsides. Normally runs cattle for approximately six months and of recent years significantly less than the 150 limit. Access is poor, not suitable for vehicles, and requires maintenance with a digger after most winters.
The flats have been modified to a browntop dominant sward (plus ragwort and native herbs) and now contain very few tussocks. As the slope changes however tussocks begin to appear and from about 100 m above the valley floor the vegetation becomes a healthy tall tussock grassland (predominantly Chionochloa rigida but with probably C. macra at higher altitude). There are two large remnant beech forest areas plus numerous smaller patches and also patchy dracophylum and bracken fern on the lower slopes.
The POL itself contains spectacular alpine scenery and leads into a large area of even more impressive mountain landscape. Although relatively handy to the main road (1/2 hr vehicle plus 2 hr walk) the area has a remote feeling because of the absence of man-made features and the fact that the access and other nearby signs of civilisation are hidden from view.
Despite this, current use for recreation is low.
Stocking at the present level is not affecting the grassland balance, however the cattle are having an impact on the beech forest areas which have very little understorey or recruitment except where access for cattle is difficult.
Chamois and deer are present in low numbers but not liable
to be a problem being easily controlled by even a low level of
recreational hunting.
Public Access New Zealand
R D 1 Omakau
18 November, 1997
Submission on Makarora Station Tenure Review
The Manager
Knight Frank (NZ) Ltd
P O Box 27
ALEXANDRA
Fax 03 448 9099
Dear Sir
PANZ supports the recommendations to the CCL dated 30 May 1997 on the proviso that the "additional access easement" referred to in recommendation 4 is created, is for year-round public foot passage and it is secured as an interest in the land under section 7(2) Conservation Act which requires DOC to go through public consultation procedures if it is ever proposed that the easement be modified or extinguished in the future.
Yours faithfully
Bruce Mason
Researcher & Spokesman
Knight Frank
Land Resources Division
P O Box 27
Alexandra
Our Ref: Po316/1, Ool00
28 July 1998
Bruce Mason
Public Access New Zealand
RD I
OMAKAU, 9182
Dear Sir
RE: MAKARORA STATION TENURE REVIEW
ADVICE OF COMMISSIONER OF CROWN LANDS CONSENT
Thank you for your submission on the draft Makarora Station tenure review proposal. I am pleased to advise that the Commissioner of Crown Lands approved the tenure review of Makarora Station on 24 April 1998
The draft proposal attracted 13 public submissions and the main issues were:
1. Seven submissions supported the recommendations.
2. Seven submissions wanted the additional suggested access to be created
3. Three submissions recommended landscape protection.
Other submissions focused on single issues.
The following recommendations were approved by the Commissioner of Crown Lands.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
(1) That you accept surrender of Po316 under Section 145 of the Land Act 1948.
(2) That the three areas totalling 357 ha south of Boundary Creek transfer to DOC as conservation land under the Conservation Act 1987.
(3) That the survey legal and other requirements of the Queenstown-Lakes District Council be met to allow the legal road to the north of Boundary Creek to match the formed road.
(4) That road crossing requirements of Transit be met including crossing sealing and alternate access closure for the Boundary Creek Road.
(5) That the Heads of Agreement document will provide for CCL and lessee consent to the surrender and incorporation actions under the Public Works Act to enable the roading actions to be legalised.
(6) That the road legalising survey incorporates the Telecom transmitter within the legal road reserve.
(7) That an additional access on Boggy Creek will be created over the marginal strip and then via an easement to be registered under Section 7 (2) of the Conservation Act 1987. This easement will be for public foot access 365 days a year. The easement will begin at the road if Boggy Creek fails to qualify for a marginal strip.
(8) That pastoral occupation licence OolO0 be allowed to run its present term before it is transferred to the Department of Conservation to become conservation land under the Conservation Act 1987.
(9) That an area of approximately 1885 ha be freeholded and preferentially allocated to Makarora Limited under Section 54 of the Land Act 1948
(10) That these recommendations are to be read in conjunction with and give effect to the detail in the text of the report.
Note: The pastoral occupation licence document states that it will expire on 1 December 2000. (This expiry date was confirmed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands on 27 July 1998.)
Thank you again for your submission, we believe public submissions are important to enable us to develop the best possible tenure review outcomes.
Yours faithfully
T J Whittaker
Consultant
KNIGHT FRANK (NZ) LIMITED