High Country Objectives

Cabinet has agreed to new objectives for the South Island High Country. The new objectives outline the Government's approach to the South Island High Country and management of the High Country Tenure Review process.

August 2005

• LINZ has selected senior valuers Donn Armstrong, Bob Engelbrecht and Rodney Jefferies to review the valuation methodology used in valuing lessor and lessee interests in tenure review, and to assess the implications of introducing market rents for pastoral leases when rents are reviewed every 11 years. Media release.
  
  Read the terms of reference for Tenure review valuation methodology (pdf 36.6KB) and Pastoral Lease market rents (pdf 34.5KB) here.

February 2005

• Cabinet has considered a paper (pdf 2.95MB) expanding on the Government's policy for Crown leasehold land in the South Island high country.... Read the Cabinet minute (pdf 1.40MB). Parts of the paper have been withheld due to commercial and budget confidentiality.

July 2004

• The government's objectives for the South Island high country: a strategic framework (pdf 332KB) and Cabinet minute (pdf 2.02MB). June 2004
• Government objectives for the South Island high country: report backs (pdf 600KB) and Cabinet minute (pdf 1.1MB). June 2004

August 2003

• Joint LINZ/DoC/Agriculture and Rural Affairs report (pdf 260kb) to Cabinet on Government objectives for the high country and Cabinet Minute (pdf 1.2MB). Released under the Official Information Act. August 2003
• Press release (on www.beehive.govt.nz - opens in a new window). 18 August 2003
• Cabinet minute: released under the Official Information Act (pdf 381KB) . August 2003
• Cabinet paper: released under the Official Information Act (pdf 1,625KB). August 2003

Supporting information

• South Island High Country Reports and Maps
  • A Landcare Research report on land use potentials (pdf 2.24MB) within the South Island high country. Map available.
  • A Landcare Research report on the vegetation cover of the South Island high country. (pdf 1.96MB). Map available.
• Supporting Maps - Full colour maps for the Landcare land use potentials and vegetation cover reports are available for direct purchase from Landcare Research's retail division - Manaaki Whenua Press (opens in a new window). Maps for other reports are not currently available.
• Landcare Research Representativeness Protected Areas (pdf 1.47MB)
• Vegetation History of the South Island High Country (pdf 218KB)
• Significance Assessment for Biodiversity in the South Island High Country (pdf 407KB)
• Draft Guidelines for Understanding the Promotion of Ecological Sustainability in Tenure Review (pdf 150KB)