The story of an East Cape sheep station and the 180-year-old Williams Family Legacy. In Dust jacket over Softcovers, First Edition 2013, colour and Black and White Photographs, illustrations, maps, 304 pages, Published By Random House Auckland. A Very Good Plus Copy. 'The hill-country of Puketiti Station sits high above Te Puia Springs and the breakers of Waipiro Bay, 100 kilometres north of Gisborne, to the south of the sacred Aorangi and Hikurangi mountains. As the first place in New Zealand to see the new dawn, some locals know it as the land of the sunrise, others still call it the wild, wild east. The Waipiro block has always been isolated. It's steep country, buffeted by the Pacific Ocean, high rainfall and bullish winds, and it took a great struggle to break in the land. There's a proud legacy of custodianship at Puketiti, a sheep and beef farm that survives despite the recent conversion of vast tracts of land to forestry on all sides. first embraced by William Williams on his historic visit to the East Cape in 1833, there's also aq great tradition of philanthropy, of working alongside and supporting the community, a tradition which remains unbroken with the newest branch of the Williams bloodline. For Dan and Anna, their category 1 historic homestead, covenanted garden and arboretum, 3000 hectares of hill-country, 20,000 stock units and devoted staff, the challenge remains a tall one, but there's no lack of will and determination- they're here to honour a unique way of life and the 180-year legacy of this famous farming dynasty'