53,000 hectares of land protected by covenants.

[wayno]

The covenants will protect iconic high country over most of Motatapu, Mount Soho, Glencoe and Coronet Peak stations.

The stations cover a large part of the land between Lake Wanaka and Arrowtown, and are bordered by the Shotover River and the Cardrona Valley - an area equal in size to the combined areas of Abel Tasman and Paparoa national parks.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/103500 ... protection

[walkon]

Good to have such generous private benefactors