Torlesse Range News Today

The rocks of Castle Hill

A Canterbury hapū says a series of upgrades to reflect the cultural significance of Kura Tawhiti has been decades in the works.

Ellis looked into the options, and took it upon himself to become an approved user of Vespex. He bought all the poison and bait-stations he needed, and set out to take his patch of the Torlesse back from the wasps. Ellis said the key to the Vespex was making sure to test wasp numbers by putting out unbaited cat food to check wasp numbers were high enough for the bait to make a difference. Supplied Sean Ellis with a stoat trapped in his patch of the Torlesse. He has spent years trapping pests ...

When Lukas Travnicek flew over Canterbury’s Mt White Station he’d done his research. The Czech Republic native, and New Zealand resident, knew the average rainfall of the Crown pastoral lease property, which borders the Arthur’s Pass National Park, and factored its 40,000 hectares (about a quarter of Stewart Island) into his development plans, should he buy it. “I saw it from the chopper the very first time, and they didn’t want me to land because they said that it would be disturb...