Gareth Morgan: Debt adds extra pressure to sell assets
If foreigners can't use NZ dollars to buy NZ assets why would they be willing to hold New Zealand dollars?
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Foreign ownership vital - economist
A dramatic change in approvals of foreign ownership of farms could impact the wider overseas investment on which the country is dependent, says one economist.
Celebrity interest in farm
A rugged piece of North Island farmland is said to be the battleground between two international rock stars with deep pockets.
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.