Government figures on foreign-owned farmland wrong, says CTU economist
Council of Trade Unions warns government's assessment of New Zealand's foreign-owned farmland may be less than a quarter of the real figure.
Jamie Ball Tue, 05 Nov 2013
The government’s assessment of foreign-owned New Zealand farmland may be less than a quarter of the real figure, an economist says.
Finance Minister Bill English this week said less than 2% of the country's farmland is foreign-owned, while Prime Minister John Key has previously said the