South Island High Country Objectives - Archive

Archive & background information

September 2008

• Report to Cabinet, September 2008, Report on Government Objectives for the South Island High Country: for the three years ended 30 June 2008 (pdf 280KB)

February 2005

• Report to Cabinet, February 2005, Government Objectives for the South Island High Country (pdf 600KB)

August 2003

• Ministers of Land, Conservation, Agriculture and Rural Affairs, n.d., Government Objectives for the South Island High Country: Report Back (pdf 260KB)
• Cabinet Business Committee, n.d., Minute of Decision (pdf 1.2MB)
• Minister for Land Information, 18 August 2003, Objectives for the South Island High Country
• Cabinet Policy Committee, August 2003, Minute of Decision (pdf 381KB)
• Ministers for Land, Conservation, Agriculture and Rural Affairs, August 2003, Government's Objectives for the South Island High Country (pdf 1.62MB)

July 2004

• Minister for Land Information, South Island High Country: A Strategic Framework (pdf 332KB)
• Cabinet Policy Committee, June 2004, Minute of Decision (pdf 2MB)

February 2005

• Cabinet considered a paper from the Cabinet Policy Committee expanding on the Government's policy for Crown leasehold land in the South Island high country.
• Cabinet Policy Committee, 7 February 2005, South Island High Country Objectives (pdf 2.95MB)
• Cabinet Policy Committee, 7 February, 2005, Amended Minute of Decision: South Island High Country Objectives (pdf 1.40MB)

July 2005 - November 2007

• In July 2005, a panel of valuers was commissioned to review pastoral lease rent valuation methodologies associated with pastoral lands. The final valuers report and the final Government response were released on 15 November 2007.

November 2007

• The Government decided to exclude some properties from tenure review because they have significant landscape (including lakesides) or biodiversity values. [This policy was rescinded in August 2009. Find out more about the 2009 strategic direction for Crown pastoral land]
• Read about the decisions on high country rents and tenure review (15 November 2007) or read the Minister's media release: lakeside properties identified for protection.
• Read the Cabinet Paper: South Island High Country: Properties for Crown Withdrawal from Tenure Review (pdf 1.13MB)
• Read the Cabinet Minute: South Island High Country: Properties for Crown Withdrawal from Tenure Review (pdf 308KB).