The Sir Michael Fay-backed consortium is not giving up on trying to halt the sale of the Crafar farms to Chinese buyers. 

Creating just eight new jobs is hardly a worthwhile to the economy, says a group opposed to the sale of the Crafar farms to Chinese buyers.

UPDATED: Ngati Rereahu protesters pitch themselves as a bulwark against the Shanghai Pengxin bid. 

Fay-led consortium says it will inject more than $18 million into the 16 dairy farms over the first three milking seasons, lifting production 30%

UPDATED: Crafar farm bidders Shanghai Pengxin "surprised" by High Court ruling setting aside the consent for the sale that was granted by Land Information Minister Maurice Williamson and Associate Finance Minister Jonathan Coleman.