Foreign interests from the United States bought the most land for forestry, dairy, farming and wine making. Photos: ODT fileAlmost 180,000 hectares of farming land was purchased or leased by foreign interests between 2010 and 2021. Foreign interests from the United States bought the most land for forestry, dairy, farming and wine making. It's hard to compare New Zealand's level of foreign ownership of agricultural land to other countries as there's no collated, current data. How the data was analysed:The purchases analysed by RNZ represent a snapshot in time of purchases and do not give an indication of overall foreign land ownership.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 11, 2021 19:41 UTC