Most New Zealanders are unhappy about overseas investors buying local farmland, according to the poll described in your article about foreign ownership of our farms (Thurs 8).
Most women are opposed to selling farmland to foreigners, it says.
Most men are against the sales.
Most Maori are opposed to the selling of our land.
South Islanders in particular are strongly against the selling of NZ farms to overseas buyers.
Very wealthy New Zealanders went against the views of most of us and said they supported selling our farms to foreigners.
Federated Farmers chairman Don Nicolson said that the results of the poll pleased Federated Farmers.
He praised New Zealanders for having a ‘realistic compass’ when it comes to the investment market.
It clearly looks like we don’t want to sell our farms to foreign buyers.
That’s very encouraging to hear.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
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3 comments:
How do you think they became wealthy?
Whilst I too are not really convinced that we should be selling off to overseas investors, I am mindful that my family, as is every family in New Zealand in some way, have their roots from overseas.
All of us have foreign blood, even the Maori!
How indeed Bioneer!
SouthernRight - it's true that all of our predecessors originated offshore, but asigning ownership to someone who hasn't 'done their time' here seems very risky imho.
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