Author(s): Philip Holden

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A new edition that combines all three books in the Station Country series, in which popular chronicler Philip Holden explores the heart of rural New Zealand. The collection edition of "Station Country" illustrates how the pioneering tradition and the tenacity of the station owners and their families is still alive and well today. In this cpmbined edition Holden looks at approximately 50 stations and their homesteads, telling yarns about the history of each station, the land and those who worked on it. Philip Holden, once a professional hunter, is now based in Queenstown and has written many books including "Back Country Journey", "Walking the Routeburn Track", "50 Great Farmstays in New Zealand" and "Walking the Abel Tasman Coast Track".