The land, buildings and farm housing New Zealand's first search and rescue youth training facility - which also doubles as a regional Scout camp - have been placed on the market.
The working dairy farm sits at the base of the Kaimai Range and has several huts and outbuildings which make up a youth training camp compound. The buildings encompass bunk/dormitory style bedrooms, a central classroom, shower and toilet facilities, and partially-covered gas-powered cooking and kitchen amenity.
The structures were originally working men's huts used by engineers on the nearby Kaimai rail tunnel in the 1970s and were transported to the site by members of the scouting fraternity.
Following an upgrade of the premises to bring the huts back up to a habitable state with the installation of insulation and off-the-grid sources, Youth Search and Rescue took over responsibility for the site in 2009. Since then, about 325 high school students have attended Youth Search and Rescue training camps on the property.
The buildings and camp are operated and managed by the youth search and rescue organisation - the first training facility of its type to be set up in New Zealand, which acts as a recruitment conduit for the full search and rescue body nationwide.