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Foreign buyers grabbed over

360,000 hectares of freehold farm or

forestry land last year and 103,000

ha of leasehold land, a big increase

on the previous years. In 2015 the

Overseas Investment Office (OIO)

allowed only 75,000 ha of free-

hold and just 5,000 ha of leasehold

land to go to foreign ownership.

The big increase has outdoor rec-

reation circles shaking their heads

in disbelief. Wairarapa’s Bill Ben-

field co-chairman of the Council

of Outdoor Recreation Associa-

tions said the increase reflected a

lax attitude by government and

its Overseas Investment Office.

“The OIO should be called the

Overseas Buyer’s Office.“ he said.

“It virtually rubber-stamps ev-

ery application, irrespective

of the consequences. One of

the major consequences is the

blocking of long-time access

via New Zealand family farms.”

He said in the Wairarapa, foreigners

like Hollywood film maker James

Cameron had bought and then

erected high, ‘no access’ fences.

“It’s a bit unfair to target James Cam-

eron as it’s happening everywhere.

That traditional access for fishing

or hunting has suddenly gone.”

NZ First stepped into the debate

with Winston Peters question-

ing the benefits to New Zealand.

“The question much be asked –

where is the gain for New Zealand?”

A recent sale approved by the

Overseas Investment Office

proclaimed that the buyer was

a ‘key player in a key industry’. He

went unnamed until sleuths re-

vealed him to be an American TV

broadcaster who likes fly fishing.

“What exactly will be his ‘key’ contri-

bution and what key industry was

that? Too many foreign buyers are

here in pursuit of their own interests.”

Winston Peters said NZ First’s

priority was for New Zealand-

ers to farm and look after the

land for generations to come.

“The National-led government is

so pro-overseas ownership they

voted against NZ First’s Bill to set

up a register of foreign ownership.”

Clearly the National Party did

not want to know what the

level of overseas buying was.

“And they most certain-

ly don’t want the public to

know,” said Winston Peters.

Bill Benfield recalled the words

of the late John Henderson who

was president of the NZ Deer-

stalkers Association who in 1972

warned against foreign ownership.

In 1972 in a Victoria University lec-

ture, John Henderson said “There

is nothing more dangerous or

damaging to a small egalitar-

ian society such as New Zealand’s

than the injection of a handful

of foreigners possessing private

wealth that our social system

does not and should not permit.”

“Protection from such damag-

ing influences as John Henderson

spoke against can be assured in

the long term only by proper gov-

ernment action and legal safe-

guards,” said Bill Benfield. “The

OIO and

government have

failed miserably and alarmingly

judged on the latest 2016 figures.”

Rising Country Sales threatens angler access

by John McNab

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An Irish Family Tradition

Paddy had long heard the stories of

an amazing family tradition. It seems

that his father, grandfather and great-

grandfather had all been able to walk

on water on their 18th birthday.
On that special day, they’d each

walked across the lake to the pub on

the far side for their first legal drink.

So when Paddy’s, 18th birthday came

‘round, he and his pal Mick, took a

boat out to the middle of the lake,

Paddy, stepped out of the boat... and

nearly drowned!

Mick just barely managed to pull him

to safety.

Furious and confused, Paddy, went
to see his grandmother. ‘Grandma,’

he asked, “It’s my 18th birthday, so

why can’t I walk ‘cross the lake like my

father, his father, and his father before

him?” Granny looked deeply into

Paddy’s, troubled brown eyes and said,

“Because your father, your grandfa-

ther and your great grandfather were

all born in December, when the lake is

frozen, and you were born in August,

ya dip sh*t.