New Zealand

Tribunal de Nueva Zelanda detiene venta de tierras agrícolas a China por no ser beneficioso
- La Gran Época
- 16 February 2012
“Nuestra opinión es que la oferta de Shanghai Pengxin, no ofrecía ningún beneficio económico real a Nueva Zelanda"
Crafar sale benefits 'overstated'
- NZ Herald
- 15 February 2012
Shanghai Pengxin will persevere with its $210 million bid to buy the Crafar dairy farms in spite of the High Court today overuling the Government's decision to allow the deal to go ahead.
NZ's best farm land 'already sold off'
- Fairfax NZ News
- 13 February 2012
The amount of productive farmland being taken out of New Zealand hands each year has dropped off sharply in the past decade, figures show. But those opposed to overseas ownership of land say the best land has already been cherry-picked by foreign buyers who push prices up.
La Chine crée des remous en Nouvelle-Zélande
- La Terre de Chez Nous
- 30 January 2012
L’acquisition de 16 fermes laitières (Crafar Farms) par un groupe chinois crée des remous en Nouvelle-Zélande.
La Nouvelle-Zélande autorise la vente de fermes laitières à la Chine
- 24H dans le Pacifique
- 30 January 2012
Le gouvernement a donné son feu vert à la décision du Bureau de l’investissement à l’étranger qui recommande la vente des 16 fermes laitières Crafar à la société Shanghai Pengxin pour 150 millions de dollars.
Anxiety in New Zealand as Chinese buy dairy farms
- AP
- 27 January 2012
Chinese investors are buying New Zealand farmland for the first time as economic ties with the Asian powerhouse grow ever deeper, sparking considerable anxiety in a country where livelihoods are heavily reliant on agriculture.
Chinese developer wins approval to buy 16 New Zealand farms
- Bloomberg
- 27 January 2012
Shanghai Pengxin Group Co., a Chinese property developer seeking to export dairy products to Asia, won approval to buy 16 New Zealand dairy farms amid local objections to rising foreign ownership of assets.
Fay group threatens judicial review if Chinese get nod to buy farms
- Stuff
- 20 January 2012
The inner workings of one of the NZ Government's most secret agencies, the Overseas Investment Office, could be blown open if it consents to a Chinese company buying the big Crafar dairy farming estate.
Hedge-fund millionaire Diggle bets on farms, life sciences
- Bloomberg
- 28 December 2011
Stephen Diggle plans to open his personal portfolio of farmlands in the US, Uruguay and New Zealand to investors and to pour money into Africa and eastern Europe as global food prices soar.
Aquila readies Asia hedge fund, $150 mln agri fund for 2012
- Reuters
- 08 December 2011
"The whole mess in Europe at the moment has increased demand for diversification products for the Asian markets," says Aquila CEO Roman Rosslenbroich, including farmland.
Public wants Govt to stop Crafar sale to Chinese: Fay poll
- Scoop
- 23 November 2011
Polling for the Michael Fay-led consortium trying to buy the Crafar dairy farms shows an “overwhelming desire for the government to stop in and stop the sale” to the would-be Chinese buyer, Pengxin International.
Kiwis against farms to foreigners - poll
- Waikato Times
- 08 November 2011
A survey shows New Zealanders are overwhelmingly opposed to foreign ownership of New Zealand farmland – but three weeks out from the election there is no sign the main political parties will make a fight of defending our turf.