National not likely to relax land sale to foreigners
- Radio New Zealand
- 27 July 2010
The New Zealand Government has signalled it is unlikely to change overseas investment rules to make it easier for land to be sold to foreigners.
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Australia, NZ fear foreign buy-up of farmland
- Radio Australia
- 27 July 2010
New Zealand's Green Party has drafted a bill seeking to stop overseas buyers snapping up large tracts of NZ land. Australian farmers also fear they may have trouble coping with future food and water demands if foreign interests snap up too many of the nation's agricultural resources.
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Overseas Investment (Restriction on Foreign Ownership of Land) Amendment Bill
- Green Party NZ
- 26 July 2010
This Bill is designed to retain ownership and control of sensitive land within New Zealand.
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Takeover bid may struggle after 50.1pc, says broker
- NZ Herald
- 22 July 2010
If the offer is successful, Singapore's Olam will either hold 100 per cent or between 50.1 per cent and 90 per cent of NZ Farming Systems Uruguay
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Harawira wants to outlaw foreign ownership
- NBR
- 14 July 2010
Maori party maverick MP Hone Harawira wants to ban the sale of New Zealand land to foreigners.
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New Zealand sleeps while land sells
- Frontline
- 13 July 2010
Most other countries have much tighter controls over foreign investment than New Zealand.
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For better or worse: foreign ownership
- NZ Herald
- 10 July 2010
At least 24 countries have been given approval to invest in New Zealand's agricultural sector, covering 154,855ha and a wide range of sectors from sheep farming to viticulture
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Chinese bid sparks foreign ownership debate
- Otago Daily Times
- 07 July 2010
Calls for an overhaul of rules governing foreign ownership of farm land increased in New Zealand yesterday, coinciding with the Chinese-backed company lodging an application to buy 16 North Island dairy farms with the Overseas Investment Office.
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Natural Dairy lodges OIO application
- NZPA
- 06 July 2010
Hong Kong-based Natural Dairy says it has relodged its application with the Overseas Investment Office (OIO) to buy the Crafar portfolio of farms, and expects approval in the next few months.
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Crafar bid by Landcorp endorsed by PM
- Radio New Zealand
- 06 July 2010
Prime Minister John Key is endorsing Landcorp's bid for the 16 Crafar family farms that are in receivership.
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PM admits 'concern' about sale of Crafar farms
- Dominion Post
- 03 July 2010
Prime Minister John Key does not believe the sale of "very large tracts of land" to foreign investors would be in the long-term interests of New Zealand.
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MP questions Landcorp's Crafar bid
- TVNZ
- 25 June 2010
New Zealand's state-owned farm company Landcorp dismisses as conspiracy theory the notion that its bid for the Crafar farms is political interference
