Newspaper Article 1980 – Two CHB farmers buy Mangatarata Station
Two CHB farmers buy Mangatarata Station
Mangatarata Station has been bought by two Central Hawke’s Bay farmers, Mr D. Macdonald and Mr C. H. Anderton.
Mr Macdonald is a great grandson of Mr James Macdonald, who first leased 5000 acres of the station in 1908.
Mr Anderton is Mr Macdonald’s father-in-law and Mr Macdonald confirmed today they would be farming the station in partnership.
Mr Macdonald is farming 829 acres (335.47 hectares) at Wakarara. Mr Anderton is farming 1124 acres (454.44 hectares) in Farm Rd, near Waipukurau.
The 1021-hectare (2525-acre) station, one of the oldest sheep runs in Hawke’s Bay, went up for auction on Friday. In a three-way battle the station was secured by the partnership for $605 an acre, the total price being $1.5-million.
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1980People
- C H Anderton
- D Macdonald
- James Macdonald
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