The partnership, described as a veritable mini-United Nations -- German, Hong Kong, Swiss, British, Finnish, American and NZ investors – has the green light from the Overseas Investment Office (OIO) to buy the properties. Perhaps NZ First’s deafening silence is down to one of the owner/managers of Craigmore being one Forbes Elworthy – scion of former Federated Farmers president Sir Peter Elworthy – and a generous donor over the years to one of its current political partners… the Greens? You may very well think that, but this old mutt couldn’t possibly comment.
