A barrier at Hunter Valley Station on the road to a camping area at Kidds Bush in 2010. Legal action could be taken in an effort to overturn the decision to allow American television presenter Matt Lauer to buy the Hunter Valley Station, on the northern shores of Lake Hawea. A Wac spokesman declined to comment on the Hunter Valley Station decision. Before any legal action, the club and other groups wanted to renegotiate access provisions, particularly through to the Hawea Conservation Estate and the Hunter Valley, Mr Bradshaw said. The OIO had no role in consultation or any negotiations concerning public access, but it could impose conditions on any access arrangements agreed to.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 09, 2017 18:13 UTC