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Offline xring

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Crafer Farms sale
« on: January 27, 2012, 12:30:22 PM »
I see on Xtra this morning that the National led Government has approved the sale of the Crafer Farms to the Chinese.

I hope all those who voted for this Government are satisfied ...... or will you only be satisfied once they have sold the whole country to overseas interests?
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Offline KiwiDTM

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Re: Crafer Farms sale
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2012, 12:55:35 PM »
Quote from: xring on January 27, 2012, 12:30:22 PM
I see on Xtra this morning that the National led Government has approved the sale of the Crafer Farms to the Chinese.

I hope all those who voted for this Government are satisfied ...... or will you only be satisfied once they have sold the whole country to overseas interests?

Ummm, very satisfied, its not the government selling these farms, its a sale by private owners. Why shouldn't it be approved. Is your beef that we should sell to countries other than the Chinese, or that private asset holders shouldn't be allowed to sell to whoever they like.

Its a global economy now, and we pretty much don't "own" anything anymore given the mountain of debt (private and public) created by consumer spending and the bloated welfare system.
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Re: Crafer Farms sale
« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2012, 01:04:53 PM »
As long as we make the new owners pay there tax and follow our country's economic and environmental laws (if there are any :P).
Then I'm with DTM.
 It would be hypocritical if the government didn't approve it. Its a legal sale to the highest bidder by the sounds.
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Re: Crafer Farms sale
« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2012, 01:31:20 PM »
Don't have a problem with it, it failed miserably in Kiwi hands so maybe the Chinese will make a good go of it.
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Re: Crafer Farms sale
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2012, 01:37:53 PM »
beginning of the end,we'll never get them back....that land those farms are on are now "gone" for good...still in NZ but never to be owned by Kiwis ever again
  those farms are just the toe hold the Chinese needed,they have many mouths to feed...... i have no problem with us trying to make money,but @ what cost...time will tell

mmmm,i feel like a milkshake  :P
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Offline KiwiDTM

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Re: Crafer Farms sale
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2012, 01:42:11 PM »
Quote from: slowburn on January 27, 2012, 01:37:53 PM
...still in NZ ....

That's the Key isn't it, since the land's not going anywhere, if it all turns to Custard we can just take it back a la Fiji style :P
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Re: Crafer Farms sale
« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2012, 02:01:57 PM »
ha ha ha ha
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Re: Crafer Farms sale
« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2012, 02:43:25 PM »
Beginning of the end....... I think we are well into it slowburn.
 Your Maori aren't you so you know all about the beginning :)
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Re: Crafer Farms sale
« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2012, 02:43:50 PM »
hard to argue with selling for the best price but it is a sensitive subject.

the govt should've bought it and leased it indefinitely to the chinese.

or allowed it in exchange for the same percentage of the country in china... ;)
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Re: Crafer Farms sale
« Reply #9 on: January 27, 2012, 04:45:25 PM »
The age of patriotism is dead. We can't stop countries we owe millions of dollars to buying our assets if they are privately up for sale.


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Re: Crafer Farms sale
« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2012, 04:58:03 PM »
If it means cheaper milk for NZer's then im all for it (so long as there is no melamine added of course)

if it turns out all the product and profits are going offshore and no further investment is made in the country, or in the aim of decreasing the cost of milk, not happy!
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Re: Crafer Farms sale
« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2012, 06:14:58 PM »
So, as stated on One news 360,000 ha of land have been approved by the OIC in the last 2 years, of which 800ha (yes thats only 0.2 of a percent) were to the Chinese. Seems clear that the banging on by the media and others about this (and not all the other approvals) is driven by xenophobia, or in Michael Fays case that he's pissed off he missed out on taking a cut on the way through.

Winnie Peters must be stirring this up in the background  ;)
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Re: Crafer Farms sale
« Reply #12 on: January 27, 2012, 07:06:14 PM »
I don't have a problem with it either, I'm with BB and KiwiDTM here

Quote from: Turbo on January 27, 2012, 02:43:50 PM
the govt should've bought it and leased it indefinitely to the chinese.

Yeah, then next time someone has an "important" piece of property for sale, they can just get a Chinese mate to put in a ridiculously high offer, then lobby the govt to pay the same price to stop NZ property ownership going offshore  ::)
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Re: Crafer Farms sale
« Reply #13 on: January 27, 2012, 08:13:48 PM »
Quote from: xring on January 27, 2012, 12:30:22 PM
I see on Xtra this morning that the National led Government has approved the sale of the Crafer Farms to the Chinese.

I hope all those who voted for this Government are satisfied ...... or will you only be satisfied once they have sold the whole country to overseas interests?

Apparently according to close up tonight the sale HAD to go through because of legislation that the Labour government put through.... 

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Re: Crafer Farms sale
« Reply #14 on: January 27, 2012, 08:17:30 PM »
Freedom and democracy. :)
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