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.
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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
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Jamie Ball
Tue, 05 Nov 2013
Tue, 05 Nov 2013
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Government figures on foreign-owned farmland wrong, says CTU economist
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