About Lake Hawea Station (from Stuff)

Lake Hawea Station, northeast of Wanaka, is a 6500-hectare property running almost 10,000 merino sheep and 200 Angus cattle.

After two years of work to improve its emissions profile without taking an economic hit, the high country station has had its carbon footprint signed off by environmental certification provider Toitū Envirocare.

Although there was a perception that the only way to lower farm emissions was by reducing stock numbers, that had not been the case, Geoff Ross said.

“Instead, we have increased stock numbers and wool production while increasing our tree plantings and retiring of marginal land.”