Monday, 20 July 2020 11:10

Where’s Winston?

Written by  The Hound

OPINION: Your old mate wonders why there has not been a whole lot of gnashing of teeth and wailing from the xenophobes – more commonly known as failing political party NZ First – about a Canadian pension fund buying a major stake in New Zealand’s biggest corporate dairy farmer, Dairy Holdings.

According to company records, Sooke Investments, a subsidiary of giant Quebec public service pension fund manager PSP Investments, bought 24.9% of South Island-based company, following the exit of an investor – owned by JD & RD Wallace Ltd and former National Government Minster John Luxton.

Dairy Holdings other major shareholders remain two NZ farming families – Colin and Dale Armer and Murray and Margaret Turley. The Ashburton-based company is Fonterra’s biggest shareholder.

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