New Zealand

Key discusses farmland issue in China
- NZ City
- 14 April 2013
Prime Minister John Key has told Chinese officials that foreign ownership of farmland is a sensitive issue in New Zealand.
Chinese land grab 'won't happen'
- Fairfax News
- 07 April 2013
China's ambassador says New Zealand has "over thought" his country's interest in acquiring land here, claiming other major farm purchases are unlikely.
Change of tactic to guard UAE food supply
- The National
- 28 Mar 2013
"The UAE is looking not just at land [acquisitions] but developing the whole supply chain," says Nicholas Lodge, managing partner at Clarity, a consultancy that advises on investments in agricultural industries.
Govt can't produce foreign farmland figure
- NZN
- 13 Mar 2013
In New Zealand, an opposition party is demanding hard figures on how much farmland is owned by foreigners, but the government says it can't produce the figures.
Pension fund buys $100m of land in hunt for safety
- Agrimoney
- 11 Mar 2013
The 16,000-hectare farm which Första AP-fonden bought in Australia in December was one of a clutch of purchases of farmland, worth some $100m, by the pension fund.
Reining in land grabbers or dumbing down the debate?
- GRAIN
- 28 February 2013
Governments in a number of countries are trying to address concerns about land grabbing by closing their borders to foreign investors. Are these restrictions effective? Not really, says GRAIN.
New Zealand to assist UAE in food security issue
- Gulf News
- 24 January 2013
New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs says his country can be a logical partner for resource-rich Gulf countries as a producer of food in places like Africa, where experts say half of the potential agricultural land is under-utilised.
New Zealand pension fund shops for offshore farm investments
- Reuters
- 21 January 2013
New Zealand's state pension fund is looking at buying overseas farmland amid growing demand for food in emerging markets, and it is also interested in assets offered by struggling European banks as well as catastrophe insurance.
Canadian pension fund likes NZ forest growing conditions, access to Asian markets
- Business Desk
- 19 December 2012
Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board is looking to capitalise on favourable growing conditions and access to Asian markets having taken a 30 percent stake in the central North Island's Kaingaroa forestry estate.
New Zealanders fearful about foreign agricultural investment
- Land Commodities
- 10 November 2012
New research indicates that foreign ownership of farmland and other rural real estate in New Zealand may be closer to 10%, significantly higher than a recent conflicting estimate of 1.5%.
Olam stands out in a near-empty field
- AFR
- 23 October 2012
The new Australian head of Singapore-listed agribusiness Olam International wants to build more partnerships with institutional investors to open up investment in the agricultural sector.
Foreigners may hold tenth of our land, says unionist
- NZ Herald
- 23 October 2012
Foreigners own far more New Zealand farmland than officially estimated and could hold a tenth of our country's productive agricultural real estate, says Bill Rosenberg of the Council for Trade Unions.