Luxury Italian textile maker Reda has celebrated 30 years of farm ownership in the central South Island.
A function to mark the anniversary was held recently at Otamatapaio Station, between Otematata and Omarama, which was the first property Reda bought in 1993.
Reda also owns Rugged Ridges in the Waitaki Valley and Glenrock in the Mackenzie District, with a total area of 30,000ha.
Based in Biella, northern Italy, the company was founded in 1865 by Carlo Reda and later sold in 1919 to brothers Albino and Francesco Botto Poala.
In a statement, Reda chairman Francesco Botto Poala said the move to invest in land in New Zealand was born from a desire to understand more about wool and the people who grew it.