Foreign Investment
Foreigners are continuing to invest heavily in NZ - report
Foreigners are continuing to invest heavily in New Zealand, and it's not just in dairy and land. Audio
Australians warned over foreign investiors
Just like here real estate agents in Australia are warning against xenophobia. Audio
NZ First pushes for foreign buyers register
New Zealand First is calling on the Government to follow Australia's lead and set up a foreign buyers register to control the housing market. Audio
Foreign investment crackdown in Australia
The Australian government is investigating nearly 200 cases of foreign investment and is offering a grace period for lawbreakers who turn themselves in. Audio
Australia introduces taxes to target foreign investors
Foreign buyers in the state of Victoria will be slugged with a 3 percent tax on the purchase price of their houses. Audio
China Australia's biggest source of foreign investment
for the first time China has become Australia's biggest source of foreign investment, Sydney correspondent Jim Parker reports. Audio
Targetting of offshore investors to buy property in Auckland
An advertising campaign has been running in Singapore, encouraging investors to buy apartments or houses in auckland, because they will get high rent returns - which it says is around half a weeks… Audio
Jim Parker in Australia
Across the Tasman proposed new government restrictions on foreign investment are creating a backlash from the business community. Audio
Chinese expected to buy up more of New Zealand
Chinese investors are expected to buy even more New Zealand properties this year. Audio
Some foreign investors still attracted by NZ's high interest rates
Even though most foreign investors are currently fleeing New Zealand assets, some are still attracted by relatively high interest rates. Audio
Peters: Foreign investment shouldn't be needed
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says foreign investment wouldn't be needed if the Government hadn't suspended its payments to the Cullen superannuation fund. Audio
Singapore govt buys into Auckland waterfront
Singapore's superannuation fund is investing millions into Auckland's waterfront. Audio
NZ Super Fund terminates AMP as manager of $257.5m of shares
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund says it's teminated AMP Capital as the manager of a 257-and-a-half million dollar share portfolio, effective from last week. Audio
Goodman trust sells 49% of Viaduct properties to Singapore Govt
Goodman Property Trust is selling a 49 percent stake in its properties in Auckland's Viaduct Quarter to the Singapore government's sovereign wealth fund, in a deal worth an initial 153.6-million… Audio
Insight for 1 August: Foreign Investment
Nigel Stirling looks at the issue of foreign investment amid the debate about Chinese companies bidding for NZ dairy farms. Audio