Thread: Farmer lying about paper road?

Originally Posted by yerimaginaryM8

Whoa I am not a farmer but I m definitely with hdc on this one. I know several farmers who have tracks running through their property that enable access to public DOC land and the shit they have to put up with is deplorable. Shit-heads damaging private property ruining it for others is a constant for some of those guys. Others have to constantly field phone calls from people wanting access and keep tabs on who is going out there organise keys health and safety sign in/sign etc and they are often dragged into it when accidents/breakdowns/stucks occur. Yet these farmers if you don't dick them around are generally excellent to deal with.

Most of us probably know of a few places we'd like to get access to but we have been refused. Some of us have had yo yo-ing access to places over the years dependant upon who is managing/owning the place at any given time. If access is refused I just move on -access is never a given even to certain parts of DOC land and for private land it changes over time. When you strike an impasse if DOC can't give you a solid legal access option it's best just to move on and try somewhere else. The angst and hassle isn't worth it you are better off investing your effort elsewhere and focussing on the positive opportunities rather than grinding your teeth.-

I'm not talking a farmer with tracks I'm talking a farmer with a legal paper road (land he does not own nor does he pay taxes on).

I haven't dicked this farmer around it would have taken him a max of 5 minutes total (which he could respond to at any 5 minutes he saw fit/had time) for our email exchange where I wrote clearly and concisely and told him my intentions in the form of actually asking his permission to use a legal access way which I don't need to do. It's mint public land and I know for a fact from a guy that flew in its some of the best hunting for a long way around.

And you are wrong about access not being a given. That's what 90% of paper road we're created for to ensure all the public land in NZ always had a legal access.