AR-News: (NZ) Haven for black stilt purchased for $10 million

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Monday, 26 January 2004, 2:03 pm
Press Release: New Zealand Government 
Haven for black stilt (kaki) purchased for $10 million 
A huge high country station and haven for the critically endangered black 
stilt has been purchased by the Government to form the centrepiece of a vast new 
conservation park in the South Island. 
Conservation Minister Chris Carter announced today that the Nature Heritage 
Fund has bought Birchwood Station, spanning 23,783 ha in the Ahuriri Valley in 
North Otago, for a record $10m. 
"This is a huge purchase by the Government and a significant step towards 
realising our vision of a network of high country parks and reserves on the 
eastern side of the Southern Alps," Mr Carter said.


full story:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/PA0401/S00195.htm




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