Elderly man to lose 70 per cent of farm in 'blatant attack' on property rights
An elderly West Coast man has appealed to the Government not to take his land after more than 70 per cent of it was classed as a significant natural area (SNA).
Tony Barrett, 86, lives alone on his 607-hectare block on Arnold Valley Rd, east of Greymouth. Under the new biodiversity rules, he and subsequent owners would need resource consent from the Department of Conservation approval to fell trees, run stock, convert to dairy and possibly to pick moss.
Submissions on the SNA policy close on March 14 and councils must give effect to it in their plans within five years.
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