Greens minister has approved 99 per cent of foreign applications to buy sensitive land.

Foreign buyers also bought 2 per cent of homes across New Zealand as a whole.

Landowners have grown frustrated by default payments at the resort.

Animal activists delighted the plans for the farm has been scrapped.

Matt Lauer purchased the lease for $13 million last year.

An exclusive waterfront property is back on the market after a foreign buyer withdrew bid.

Lauer land deal was a very good one for New Zealand, says former minister Mark Mitchell

One of Britain's richest men has dropped plans for expanding his business into NZ.

Jericho farm sale to a Kiwi is the result of OIO rule changes, says Minister

The largest deal was the sale of just over 33,550ha of rural land

UDC lifts annual net profit by 5 per cent $61.6 million.

Company was waiting on regulatory sign-off before declaring takeover unconditional.

A US investor could lose his stake in Trinity Hill winery after pleading guilty to fraud.

Billionaire New Zealand citizen Peter Thiel has been reported to be President Trump's potential ambassador to Germany.

Silver Fern Farms and Shanghai Maling have agreed in principle to extend the deadline for their joint venture.

Labour leader Andrew Little says he will not apologise to John Shewan for making false claims about the tax expert.

Labour MP David Cunliffe has called review of "good character" test for foreign investors in New Zealand a 'whitewash' after it is given all-clear.

Time is running out for the proposed tie-up between Silver Fern Farms and a major Chinese investor.

COMMENT: Are overseas investors currying favour with the Investment Office to ensure the approval of large land purchasers? Barry Soper looks at some recent examples.

Argentine investors who were approved to buy a farm in NZ were allegedly investigated for a pollution incident which led to fatalities, claims Labour MP David Cunliffe.

The Government says it is hiking the fees for foreign investment applications to help the Overseas Investment Office keep a closer eye on investors.

Two Argentine investors could be forced to sell a $6 million New Zealand farm if they are found to have misled the Overseas Investment Office.

The Overseas Investment Office is taking a harder line in rejecting applications that need more work.

Ngarango Otainui lies in Auckland's Manukau Harbour and is only 5km from the airport.

A five-year investigation into the sale of Motukawaiti Island has failed to turn up enough evidence for the OIO to launch a prosecution.

If an investment fund started buying up NZ dairy farms and dairy factories and wanted to staff them with workers imported from low wage countries this should ring alarm bells, writes Peter Lyons.

The Overseas Investment Office gave consent for Carrington Holiday Park Jade, owned by Guo Jie Gui, to buy the 2.5ha Whatuwhiwhi Holiday Park from its New Zealand owners.

Chinese interests snap up two islands linked to the mainland for $41.5m. They plan to use them for a $130.6m six-star luxury resort and native reserve.