On the vast high-country expanse of Rangitahi/Molesworth — New Zealand's largest farm — a new chapter of stewardship is beginning, as the Department of Conservation has chosen Ngāi Tahu Farming to negotiate a concession over the 180,000-hectare reserve straddling Marlborough and North Canterbury. The selection, made from five competing bids, recognises both proven farming capability and the deeper ancestral connections Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Kurī, Ngāti Māmoe, and Waitaha hold to this landscape. For the outgoing manager of twenty-four years, it is a moment of personal loss; for the iwi, it is a conv