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New Zealand will enjoy benefits from the approval for Shanghai Maling Aquarius to acquire a 50% ownership stake in Silver Fern Farms.

Silver Fern Farms chairman Rob Hewett says it fully supports the 50:50 partnership with Shanghai Maling.

Drama and dirty fighting are nothing new in the New Zealand meat sector.

The Silver Fern Farms/Shanghai Maling joint venture proposal is getting nastier the longer it drags out.

Silver Fern Farms and Shanghai Maling have agreed in principle and subject to respective board approvals to a revised date of September 30, 2016.

Silver Fern Farms has set the date of August 12 to hold the shareholder requisitioned meeting in Dunedin.

Silver Fern Farms and Shanghai Maling say they are contining to work towards completion of the $261m investment and partnership.

Silver Fern Farms plans to upgrade its coldstore facilities at its Pareora site, in South Canterbury, and close its leased Canterbury Coldstore.

Silver Fern Farms' board has called on a group of minority shareholders to withdraw their call for a special meeting.

An eclectic consortium of political, industry and business interests are seeking to overturn Silver Fern Farms' (SFF) partnership with Chinese investor Shanghai Maling.