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Older, urban Kiwis against foreign ownership - survey
The company at the centre of a large scale bid to buy 16 NZ dairy farms has commissioned a survey on Kiwi attitudes towards foreign investment.
<i>Richard Fyers:</i> Overseas buyers a blessing to struggling farms
Contrary to public opinion, there is no queue of foreigners to buy farmland in New Zealand.
US university buys $28m dairy farm
Harvard University's endowment fund has been given approval to buy a $28m Otago dairy farm.
New plans for South Island cubicle cow farms
Three companies are trying again to secure land use rights for large-scale dairy farming in the Omarama and Ohau regions.
The fat of the land
A trans fat found in NZ dairy products is derived from palm kernel feed being given to NZ cows, new research suggests.
Investment rules full of holes: critics
Critics say the Govt's planned rule changes on the sale of farmland to foreign investors are too vague, weak and prone to political pressure.
'Extra flexibility' for foreign investment
The Government has tightened foreign investment rules around the potential sale of big chunks of farmland to overseas buyers.