No comment over possible station sale

Organisations interested in gaining secure public access through Hunter Valley Station are unwilling to discuss the implications of the station's possible sale.

Neither Queenstown Lakes District Council chief executive Mike Theelen nor Department of Conservation spokeswoman Annette Grieve would comment when approached by the Otago Daily Times this week.

The Overseas Investment Office is considering an application from "overseas interests'' to buy the 6468ha station from leaseholders Taff and Pene Cochrane.

The property includes Mead Rd, which provides access to Doc's Kidds Bush campsite beside Lake Hawea and has been at the centre of a long-running public access dispute.

The council used the Public Works Act to acquire the disputed section of road.