Labour / NZ First Government

[artemis]

.... If I recall correctly was it Labour that stopped foreigners buying residential property? .....

Only some 'foreigners' and only some residential property.

[Balance]

Only some 'foreigners' and only some residential property.

Actually, all foreigners except Aussies and Singaporeans, and all residential properties except leasehold or multi-story apartments - that's my understanding from Bayleys.

[artemis]

Actually, all foreigners except Aussies and Singaporeans, and all residential properties except leasehold or multi-story apartments - that's my understanding from Bayleys.

Depends on the definition of 'foreigners'.

[Joshuatree]

Not forgetting we are still awaiting the investigation by the serious fraud squad into Nationals behaviour.

[Joshuatree]

Thanks for the OIO info Balance. They've basically opened up the floodgates to anyone wanting to buy land as long as they promise to help Shane get his billion trees (maybe even a small donation to the slush fund ?). A lot of it being concerted from productive farmland. Very short sighted. Wasn't it Muldoon who ordered all the vines pulled out in the early days of Marlborough viticulture as he though it was better used for sheep farming (before my time in NZ but do recall hearing that story). What's happening now is of similar stupidity.

Tightened up the OIO, the opposite.

[Balance]

Not forgetting we are still awaiting the investigation by the serious fraud squad into Nationals behaviour.

Yup - and this is what the grubby one said then regarding the National donation controversy - 'spirit of the law.'

And here she is, refusing to say anything because she is in bed with Winston & NZF!

[westerly]

Yup - and this is what the grubby one said then regarding the National donation controversy - 'spirit of the law.'

And here she is, refusing to say anything because she is in bed with Winston & NZF!

Guilty until proven innocent in your view.

Why should she comment ?

Are you Colonel Blimp ?

westerly

[iceman]

Tightened up the OIO, the opposite.

You are correct they have tightened it up in some areas, such as residential housing. I think that is a good thing and in fact would like to see much stricter conditions, such as making residency conditional on living for the first 5 years away from congested cities and have immigrants with skills required in the regions.

But landsales to overseas investors are at record levels and easy to get OIO approval as long as they promise to plant trees. This is a dumb policy

[Balance]

Guilty until proven innocent in your view.

Why should she comment ?

Are you Colonel Blimp ?

westerly

Because she is the PM and should have said the same as she did when she commented on National’s donations controversy.

After all, she stood on a platform for ‘clean and transparent’ government, right?

But I must be naive, right?

Must be hard for the grubby one when she is at Winston’s beckon and call to stay in power.

[justakiwi]

Apparently when you have a change of heart and delete a post, you need to replace it with more than just a