Koputara, a 244 hectare beef fattening farm near Himatangi Beach in the Manawatu was offered for sale by auction on 10th March. After 148 years in the Spiers family, it took less than 15 minutes of spirited bidding for it to change hands. Here’s an outline of how that auction progressed. Rural and Lifestyle Sales office in Feilding was packed full of aspiring bidders and locals interested to...