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Edward Pinckney

Edward Pinckney

Change is a certain component of the future of New Zealand agriculture, the opportunity is to make it a positive experience that applauds and embraces innovation and encourages personal stewardship while minimising regulation.

Richard O'Sullivan

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into rural land is a topic that most New Zealanders have an opinion on and in the past two decades has become an increasingly controversial and emotive topic. Our economy is driven from production using our land and water resources, this is seen as our competitive advantage – so the ownership of these resources is continually under the spotlight, regularly reported on and is a frequent political issue. New Zealand also needs to broadly recognise the direct links FDI has with supplying our nation with much needed capital, continued and new access to offshore markets, innovation, and technology. Contentiousness around FDI has been centred around the sell down of our land assets (and by default our competitive advantage), with less consideration given to the immediate and downstream benefits.

Grant Payton

The report titled: Beyond the borders of Nelson – The opportunity for growth of the New Zealand hop industry sets out to establish the following key aims: To investigate the key dynamics influencing the New Zealand hop industry and understand the key drivers encouraging growth within the sector To understand the key growing requirements for … Read more

Jamie Cunninghame

Foreign Ownership of New Zealand farm land is an ever evolving topic that is of interest to a large number of us and a discussion that many people are uneasy to have or have a strong feeling either way. People fear for loss of ownership of our great land and consider the implications it will … Read more

Fraser, Clare

The great debate refers to the on-going angst New Zealanders are feeling over foreign ownership of some of our most prized possessions – rural land. This contentious issue requires an honest view about what foreign ownership of our pastoral land really looks like, using reliable figures and removing emotion from the issues; is the only … Read more

McIntosh Chris

The following report attempts to investigate Boards of Trustees’ perceptions and ability to facilitate effective school mergers. Specific focus will be placed on: • determining whether Boards are effective in facilitating school mergers and to identify barriers (if any) in achieving acceptable and sustainable educational outcomes in terms of student achievement; and • identifying various … Read more

Eggleton Robin, G

Many New Zealand sheep and beef farmers are operating marginally viable farms. These people often justify remaining. In farming by quoting that farming is not so much for the money but the lifestyle. When the financial situation of theses farms is explored it concludes that after taking reasonable returns in real terms the farm is … Read more

Robertson, Fiona

Market Forces have made changes to the social fabric of rural society. These can be seen most markedly in the changes in the demographic picture of low income rural populations and the changing economic profile of rural women. However under the present economic model investment in rural communities is seen only in terms of financial … Read more

Taylor Roger, G

The project involves a comparison of land purchase options for expansion of a Northland Dairy Unit. Taylor Roger, G

Hammond Colin, C

In the 1990’s the Diary Industry entered into an area of rapid change, and legislative reviews that altered the relationship between the NZ Dairy Board and the Dairy Companies. Bay Milk Products (BMP) endeavoured to manage Industry change in a positive and constructive manner, but soon realised that with only minority industry support it had … Read more