Two firefighters have been injured - one of them seriously - battling a large fire at a poultry farm near New Plymouth.

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.

Contrary to public opinion, there is no queue of foreigners to buy farmland in New Zealand.

Harvard University's endowment fund has been given approval to buy a $28m Otago dairy farm.

Three companies are trying again to secure land use rights for large-scale dairy farming in the Omarama and Ohau regions.

Kevin McGarry lost both legs after being trapped under a burning motorbike when he crashed into an electric fence.

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.