A large chunk of a high country station which has been in the same family for almost 100 years is on the market.
Owned by Tom and Adrienne Rowley, Lake Hawea station, on the eastern shore of Lake Hawea, was established by Mr Rowley's forebear, John Rowley, in 1912 and has been in the family ever since.
Two of the Rowleys' adult sons and their families also work on the station.
The property runs 10,500 merino sheep and about 200 cattle, and the Rowleys also offer tourist accommodation in refurbished musterers' cottages.
Mr Tom Rowley declined to comment when contacted last night, referring inquiries to Browns Sothebys International Realty, the Queenstown company handling the sale.
Agent Russell Reddell said the Rowleys were putting the property on the market because "selling would work well for the family succession plan".
He said the station had been reconfigured after previously being leased from the Crown.
About 6500ha of land was freeholded last month and that was the land being sold.
The freehold land included almost 7km of lakefront.
The property would be marketed nationally and internationally, he said.