New Zealand

Germany dominates NZ dairy farmland sales
- Agra Europe
- 16 August 2011
Despite all the attention on Chinese bids for New Zealand dairy farms, it is in fact Germany that is fast expanding its investments in this sector.
Rich-lister leads bid to keep farms from Chinese
- NZ Herald
- 16 August 2011
One of New Zealand's richest men has emerged as a white knight investor with a $105 million bid for big dairy farms that could otherwise be sold to China.
China ready to fight for its pound of flesh
- NZ Herald
- 10 August 2011
Two issues are bound to feature in New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser's talks in Beijing next week: New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra’s market power in the China domestic market and Chinese investment intentions within New Zealand.
Chinese say farmland investments not to be feared
- 3 News
- 04 August 2011
The Chinese Embassy in Wellington wheeled out a government spokesman today in a rare move, to tell New Zealanders they have nothing to fear from Chinese farmland investments.
Italian firm buys high country stations
- Otago Daily Times
- 31 July 2011
The Italian-based Reda Holding SpA owns 16,660 ha in the Waitaki Valley
NZ missed out on global land grab, NZIER says
- Scoop
- 11 July 2011
New Zealand’s relative isolation and high-priced property means the nation has missed out on a global grab for land, especially farms, despite rising public disquiet about such sales, the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research says.
A explosão da soja e do algodão baiano
- Midia News
- 02 July 2011
No início de abril, uma delegação baiana desembarcou na China - aproveitando a visita da presidente Dilma Rousseff à Ásia - para dar encaminhamento a este e a outros investimentos estrangeiros.
New Zealand agency hits the road selling to Asia and Europe
- OPP
- 17 June 2011
New Zealand-based agency Bayleys is putting together a portfolio of overseas property opportunities, including farms, to take on a roadshow to South East Asia, Europe and Britain.
How the land lies
- Knight Frank
- 02 June 2011
Investors are thinking big when it comes to farmland purchases, reports Andrew Shirley in Knight Frank's Wealth Report 2011
Crafar farms just the start for Chinese
- Waikato Times
- 01 June 2011
The chairman of New Zealand's largest dairy company has issued a warning over foreign ownership of Kiwi land.
N.Zealand PM warns on xenophobia against China
- AFP
- 30 May 2011
New Zealanders could not afford to be "totally xenophobic" towards Chinese investment because it has brought jobs and capital into the country, Prime Minister John Key said Monday.
Uruguay farm saga deserves yellow card
- NZ Herald
- 27 May 2011
NZS may not have successfully introduced our farming practices to Uruguay but it managed to introduce New Zealanders' strategy of acquiring highly leveraged farm land with the intention of making a large, non-taxable capital profit on disposal.