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Defence Force buys 99ha farm for expansion of Ohakea airbase

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Ohakea airbase is being expanded, with the New Zealand Defence Force buying a 99ha farm. Photo / File

Ohakea airbase is being expanded, with the New Zealand Defence Force buying a 99ha farm. Photo / File

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The New Zealand Defence Force has spent millions buying a Manawatū farm to expand its Ohakea airbase.

The $6.4 million purchase price for the 99ha farm was about three times the average per hectare sale price of farmland in the area.

Groundwater near the farm on the airbase's southern boundary has recorded high levels of firefighting foam chemical contamination in NZDF investigations.

The problems with per and poly-fluoroalkyl (PFAS) chemicals had nothing to do with it, the NZDF said in a statement.

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"The purchase was not PFAS-related."

It needed the extra space for when new P-8 Poseidon patrol aircraft begin operating, it said.

"Ohakea Airbase is currently undergoing considerable redevelopment and growth.

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"The property was purchased due to its strategic interest to Defence as it directly adjoins the base."

RNZ had asked the NZDF if it had bought any land at Ohakea or elsewhere because of PFAS contamination.

"There is no specific property acquisition budget in place at Ohakea and information relating to other potential Defence property acquisitions remains in commercial confidence," it said.

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