It's very clear that members on the other side of the House should understand that under Crown ownership back in the day, this land was neglected and it consequently eroded. Through permanent tenures on this land, farmers have been repairing it and tending it for generations and the Crown is repaying the farmers' caretaking of this land now by eroding their property rights of the Crown pastoral leases, and this will not benefit environmental outcomes. It won't enhance pastoral farming in the South Island high country. 