Sideswipe: September 25: China stocks up

Yoda the headline writer.

China has bought 5 per cent of the Ukraine's land to farm, as demand for food grows. The deal is initially for 100,000ha - an area about the size of Hong Kong - and increasingly to 3 million hectares (the size of Belgium) over the next 50 years. The land will be used mainly for growing crops and raising pigs. The deal, estimated as worth $2.6 billion, is an unprecedented foreign investment for Ukraine's agricultural industry. China already has about 2 million hectares of overseas farmland. (Source: South China Morning Post)

Alien investors

Twitter diva @CateOwen asks her followers: "And who owns all the homes in Auckland?! Who is actually pushing the prices up?"

Answer 1:

"I know a couple who have retired to Central Otago who own over 200 homes in Auckland."

Answer 2:

"Investors - my landlord owns about 50. Owned by a trust, of course."

Answer 3:

"I'm not saying its aliens but ... Aliens."

"We spied this Britz van in Kalgoorlie last month," writes Dean Camp of Cockle Bay. "Why bother to use the hand brake when a convenient lamp-post will do!"

Fashion:

These days

anarchy costs US$375

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Mandy Jones-Harvey grabbed these raisin pinwheels for the kids lunches: "Apparently there were some raisins harmed in the making of these pinwheels."

Picture this #2: The official 'fun vs effort' graph of pets...

Picture this #3: The incredible trees of Slope Point, the southernmost point of the South Island...

Video:

Star Drunk, a film performed and made by people under the influence...

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