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History & Environment
The Caverhill and Macfarlane families began farming Hawkswood in 1860, and at its peak
the estate covered 24,510 hectares, including all the coastal land between the Conway River
and Waiau Rivers. Today the three farms involved with the Kaikoura Coast Track combine
for a total of 3935 hectares, with the majority of it being either tussock ridges or paddocks
