Does this lack of noise from the Greens – who are only too quick to jump up and down about other overseas companies buying New Zealand farms – due to the fact that Craigmore Sustainables. Forbes Elworthy, was listed as one of the party’s major donors at the last election?
THE HOUND is intrigued by the deafening silence from the Green Party over recent news that London-based company Craigmore Sustainables has been granted Overseas Investment Office approval to acquire up to 95% of the securities of five New Zealand farms.
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