HIGH LIFE
Jun 14, 2021
4 minutes
PHOTOGRAPHY FIONA TOMLINSON
WRITTEN BY
JESSICA-BELLE GREER
Spanning 40,000ha of high country, Otematata Station stretches from the small town of Otematata to the dramatic ridge of Hawkdun Range. The pastoral lease farm is prettier than a picture – in fact, it’s worthy of a Grahame Sydney painting, with its golden tussocks and expansive landscapes, even if some of these views are left to the wether flock roaming at its furthest point.
Back towards the shearing shed is the much cosier home of Joe and Philippa (Pip) Cameron. It’s one of the original Twizel cottages built by the Ministry of Works for the Upper Waitaki hydro scheme from the late 1960s. It was shifted to the
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