A farm in the Lake Taupo catchment has won the supreme award in the Ballance Farm Environment Awards.
Moerangi Station is owned by a Maori trust, the Puketapu 3A Incorporation.
The farm also won the PGG Wrightson Habitat Improvement, PPCS Livestock Farm, Rabobank Land and Life and Ballance Nutrient Management Awards.
The station is a sheep, beef, deer and goat operation and is in the Kuratau River Valley between Turangi, Taumarunui and national park. It is managed by Barry and Celia Pope and the trust management board is led by Jim Hoko.
Award judges said combining profitable farming with effective long-term stewardship of the land was being exceptionally well done, especially given the constraints of climate, soil quality, care of the Lake Taupo catchment and multiple ownership.
TVNZ
Apr 6, 2006