The company at the centre of a large scale bid to buy 16 NZ dairy farms has commissioned a survey on Kiwi attitudes towards foreign investment.

Harvard University's endowment fund has been given approval to buy a $28m Otago dairy farm.

The Government has tightened foreign investment rules around the potential sale of big chunks of farmland to overseas buyers.

A Chinese bid to buy 20 NZ farms will be rejected or severely restricted after an Overseas Investment Office review, the Herald understands.

The Crafar farming family has lost its appeal against convictions and sentences for dirty dairying practices on a Waikato dairy farm.

14-09-2010 05:26:00