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Merino mastery; RESULTS
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The Canterbury Merino Association's new ewe competition took TIM
CRONSHAW into the heart of the high country.
Bleary-eyed, they enter from the early morning darkness until the
woolshed is humming.
Cups of hot tea are clasped by big-fingered farmers as they catch
up with old acquaintances. The wind whips around the shed, but
inside it's warm.
Talk briefly turns to low lamb prices and the glacially slow
tenure-review process and is then forgotten. The day is about merino
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From condos to rentals - again
Capital (Annapolis)
; Homeowners who snatched up condos at new Annapolis communities about two years ago thought they'd have the place all to themselves. Now they're sharing the developments with renters. Over the past two years, more than 20,000 condo units have been cancelled or switched back to apartments in the
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Breakfast Monday crucial time
The Press
; Monday morning breakfast meetings are held on Lake Heron Station during the winter to plan farm work for the week. With Philip Todhunter flying off on fine days with the heliskiing business, the 18,000ha property is left in the hands of shepherds Garry Latta and John Kotlowki, and Anne Todhunter,
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Govt spends $2.5m on high country land
The Press
; The Government has paid more than $2.5 million for a 10,000- hectare slice of spectacular Canterbury high country, stretching from mountain tops to the shores of a lake. The land, formerly Clent Hills Station bordering Lake Heron, west of Ashburton, will be managed by the Department of Conservation
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Walkers only
The Press
; It seems unbelievable to me that D. N. Palmer (Oct 31) makes his plea for recreational vehicle access along the south- eastern shore of Lake Heron after reading the front-page Press headline of Oct 27. It was the day after Judy Bugo's Perspective page article saying how easy and pleasurable it was
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Incentives boost sales of condos
Capital (Annapolis)
; As the county real estate market continues to cool, condominium buyers are finding thousands of dollars in incentives. Of the four Annapolis-area apartment complexes converted to condominiums since the start of 2005, three are offering buyers thousands of dollars in help with closing costs. "The
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Another condo conversion
Capital (Annapolis)
; A Virginia-based developer will convert a 108-unit apartment complex in Annapolis into what it calls "upscale, but affordable condominiums," the latest in a series of conversions in the area. After a renovation expected to wrap up by the end of the year, Windsong Homes of Virginia will begin
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Land suffering
The Press
; We write to congratulate the Department of Conservation on its stance in limiting 4WD access into the Upper Ahuriri River. As neighbours to the future conservation park on the shores of Lake Heron, we have witnessed how 4WDs, quad bikes, etc, can degrade an area in a very short time. Unfortunately,
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Public backs DOC plan to close track over winter
The Press
; The Department of Conservation (DOC) has received unanimous support to close an access track around a section of Lake Heron in back-country Mid-Canterbury over winter. DOC's Ruakapuka area office in Geraldine got a lot of public input into the plan. The track is on former pastoral lease land
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4WD access to lake 'appalling'
The Press
; A Department of Conservation (DOC) decision to allow summer four- wheel-drive access to an area of the Mid- Canterbury back country is appalling, says Forest and Bird. The department will allow access as far as Highbank at Harrisons Bight, Lake Heron. Forest and Bird South Island field
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Lake Heron for all
The Press
; Judy Bugo (Oct 20) made a wonderful case for feeling privileged to be able to enjoy the eastern shore of Lake Heron now that it is a public reserve, and of the feeling of well- being a visit can engender. Then she went and spoiled it all by advocating that it should only be a privilege of fit and
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