Retiring steep and erosion-prone land
Queen Elizabeth II National Trust “Open Space” magazine: Issue 76 | July 2009
On Holly Farm, their stud sheep property north of Marton in Rangitikei, David, Maureen and Cameron Smith won the Horizons Silver Fern Farms Livestock and the Gallagher Innovation Awards. The Smiths’ first covenant in 1994 protected a 3-ha remnant of titoki, tawa, rimu, kahikatea and rata. In keeping with their policy of retiring steeper and erosion-prone land, their second 13-ha covenant protecting regenerating bush has just been registered.
The Smiths’ second covenant protects this steep gully system. QEII, Horizons Regional Council and the landowners funded the new covenant fence.
