Ngāi Tahu Farming chosen to operate country's largest farm, Molesworth Station

Ngāi Tahu Farming has been chosen by the Department of Conservation to operate the country's largest farm.Molesworth Station, an iconic 180-thousand hectare high country farm that spanned Marlborough and North Canterbury, was run as a cattle farm by state-owned Pāmu Landcorp.The Department of Conservation (DOC), which administered the land, announced it will invite Ngāi Tahu Farming - a subsidiary of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu Group - to apply for a concession to manage the land.Four other bids, including one by former farm manager Jim Ward, had been unsuccessful.Ward told RNZ he was still numb at the gutting news.MORE TO COME...