New Zealand couple shuns developers to give 900 hectares of land to nation
by Eleanor Ainge Roy in Queenstown from on (#5ATS8)
Dick and Jillian Jardine said it was the right thing' to hand beautiful plot in Remarkables to national trust for conservation
A New Zealand farming family has gifted 900 hectares of pristine land by the edge of Lake Wakatipu to the crown, saying it is the right thing to do".
The stretch of land at the foot of the Remarkables range will become open to everyone in 2022, after being handed over to the Queen Elizabeth II National Trust for the benefit and enjoyment of all New Zealanders".
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