Post by Brent George on Jun 14, 2023 19:52:07 GMT
'They just took my land off of me': a farmer and his almost four-decade legal fight
Stuff - Farming: 15-June-2023
On court documents Dunedin pensioner Stephen Anderson lists his occupation as a ‘Wānaka farmer’.
“That’s what I am. They just took my land off of me.”
The 68-year-old was the fourth generation of his family to live on the 669 acre property at Mt Barker, just outside of Wānaka.
But in the space of a couple of years, he lost it all, including his marriage, his money, and then the farm.
Anderson had bought the family farm off of his parents for a nominal amount, and farmed it from the age of 21.
Stuff - Farming: 15-June-2023
On court documents Dunedin pensioner Stephen Anderson lists his occupation as a ‘Wānaka farmer’.
“That’s what I am. They just took my land off of me.”
The 68-year-old was the fourth generation of his family to live on the 669 acre property at Mt Barker, just outside of Wānaka.
But in the space of a couple of years, he lost it all, including his marriage, his money, and then the farm.
Anderson had bought the family farm off of his parents for a nominal amount, and farmed it from the age of 21.