New Zealand

Crafar farms just the start for Chinese
- Waikato Times
- 01 June 2011
The chairman of New Zealand's largest dairy company has issued a warning over foreign ownership of Kiwi land.
N.Zealand PM warns on xenophobia against China
- AFP
- 30 May 2011
New Zealanders could not afford to be "totally xenophobic" towards Chinese investment because it has brought jobs and capital into the country, Prime Minister John Key said Monday.
Uruguay farm saga deserves yellow card
- NZ Herald
- 27 May 2011
NZS may not have successfully introduced our farming practices to Uruguay but it managed to introduce New Zealanders' strategy of acquiring highly leveraged farm land with the intention of making a large, non-taxable capital profit on disposal.
What price NZ? Land bid tests limits
- NZ Herald
- 27 May 2011
Last week, bids closed for an 83% stake in Fonterra's biggest supplier, Dairy Holdings, which oversees 72 South Island farms. Bidders reportedly include Chinese dairy giant Bright Dairy, a pastoral fund owned by Australian investment bank Macquarie Group, British private equity firm Terra Firma. US private equity firm Carlyle Group and the Harvard Endowment Fund.
China's sovereign wealth fund ready to spend $6b in NZ
- NZ Herald
- 26 May 2011
China's enormous sovereign wealth fund, the China Investment Corporation, may have set aside up to 1.5% or about $6 billion of its massive foreign exchange reserves to invest in New Zealand assets, including potentially dairy farms.
Southland sees surge in overseas sales
- Rural News
- 17 May 2011
More Southland land has been sold to overseas investors in the past year than at any other time during the past six years.
Fonterra sets sights on Brazil
- NZ Herald
- 13 May 2011
Dairy exporter Fonterra is expanding in South America with plans for a pilot dairy farm in Brazil.
Fonterra in Brazil land purchase
- NZ Herald
- 12 May 2011
The New Zealand dairy giant has signed a deal to buy an 850 hectare farm in the Brazilian state of Goias.
How the land lies
- Knight Frank
- 27 April 2011
Agricultural land is once again attracting global investors but the sector is far from risk free.
High global food prices make NZ vulnerable to land grab
- Scoop
- 26 April 2011
With commodity prices at record highs, New Zealand must protect its global advantage by keeping New Zealand land for New Zealand citizens, permanent residents and companies, Green Party Co-leader Dr Russel Norman said today.
Compañía China tras tambos neocelandeses
- El País
- 19 April 2011
La compañía de inversiones de China, Shanghai Pengxin Group, tiene pensado invertir US$ 158 millones en la compra de establecimientos lecheros en Nueva Zelanda (las estancias de Crafar).
NZ under threat from massive land grab
- Green Party
- 15 April 2011
Selling the Crafar farms to an overseas consortium cannot possibly be in New Zealand’s economic interests, says Green Party Co-leader.