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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.