Hugh Eaton

Hugh Eaton and his wife Jane live on their farm 'Stencliffe' at Pigeon Bay.  He worked as a farmer, farm consultant and rural valuer for many years based in Mid Canterbury before moving to the Peninsula where they have family links back to the nineteenth century.  Stencliffe Farm is a steep traditional hill sheep farm of 220ha with two covenants linking the DoC reserves on Mt Sinclair to the valley floor.  Hugh has a particular interest in evolving a farm system reconciling pastoral farming with conservation. He is also a trustee of the N.C. Rural Support Trust.