Global commodity boom driving farmland bids
    Sir Michael Fay, his mainly Maori colleagues, and the rival Chinese bidders for the Crafar dairy farms, have one thing in common. In a world where global investors are all looking for safe havens for their money, they see New Zealand farmland as good buying.
    • Dominion Post
    • 03 October 2011
    King Country trusts join bid for Crafar farms
    Hardie Peni says joining the consortium with other iwi and agribusiness investors was the only way to get a chance to buy the land.
    • Waatea
    • 22 September 2011
    Receivers say Pengxin offer for Crafar farms still best
    The receivers of the Crafar farms say a bid from a New Zealand-based group is not as generous as the one from a Chinese group.
    • Radio New Zealand
    • 21 September 2011
    Germany dominates NZ dairy farmland sales
    Despite all the attention on Chinese bids for New Zealand dairy farms, it is in fact Germany that is fast expanding its investments in this sector.
    • Agra Europe
    • 16 August 2011
    Rich-lister leads bid to keep farms from Chinese
    One of New Zealand's richest men has emerged as a white knight investor with a $105 million bid for big dairy farms that could otherwise be sold to China.
    • NZ Herald
    • 16 August 2011
    China ready to fight for its pound of flesh
    Two issues are bound to feature in New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser's talks in Beijing next week: New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra’s market power in the China domestic market and Chinese investment intentions within New Zealand.
    • NZ Herald
    • 10 August 2011
    Chinese say farmland investments not to be feared
    The Chinese Embassy in Wellington wheeled out a government spokesman today in a rare move, to tell New Zealanders they have nothing to fear from Chinese farmland investments.
    • 3 News
    • 04 August 2011
    Italian firm buys high country stations
    The Italian-based Reda Holding SpA owns 16,660 ha in the Waitaki Valley
    • Otago Daily Times
    • 31 July 2011
    NZ missed out on global land grab, NZIER says
    New Zealand’s relative isolation and high-priced property means the nation has missed out on a global grab for land, especially farms, despite rising public disquiet about such sales, the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research says.
    • Scoop
    • 11 July 2011
    A explosão da soja e do algodão baiano
    No início de abril, uma delegação baiana desembarcou na China - aproveitando a visita da presidente Dilma Rousseff à Ásia - para dar encaminhamento a este e a outros investimentos estrangeiros.
    • Midia News
    • 02 July 2011
    New Zealand agency hits the road selling to Asia and Europe
    New Zealand-based agency Bayleys is putting together a portfolio of overseas property opportunities, including farms, to take on a roadshow to South East Asia, Europe and Britain.
    • OPP
    • 17 June 2011
    How the land lies
    Investors are thinking big when it comes to farmland purchases, reports Andrew Shirley in Knight Frank's Wealth Report 2011
    • Knight Frank
    • 02 June 2011

Who's involved?

Whos Involved?

Carbon land deals




  • 05 May 2025 - Washington DC, US
    World Bank Land Conference 2025: Securing Land Tenure and Access for Climate Action: Moving from Awareness to Action
    07 Oct 2025 - Cape Town, South Africa
    Land, Life and Society: International conference on the road to ICARRD+20
  • Languages



    Special content



    Archives


    Latest posts