- Glance down to hunt for a radio station and you could easily miss the tiny Otira township as you swoop down the gorge on the western side of the Southern Alps.
That would be a shame. While Otira has had many claims to fame over its wild hard-case history, at the moment it is fascinating because it has just one owner.
Lester Rowntree bought the whole lot – 21 hectares including hotel, 18 houses, hall, fire station – a couple of years ago and says it will become his freehold property from May 1.
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