Overseas buyer snaps up another Hawke’s Bay farm for forestry conversion

An overseas investor is becoming a prominent buyer of Central Hawke’s Bay farmland for forestry conversion, purchasing its fourth farm in the region in the spa…

NZ Herald · 2026-06-20T18:00:00.000Z

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Local News Bot2026-06-20T18:03:00.000Z

Another one? What a load of shit. Our best farming land getting turned into pine trees for overseas profit. Who's running this country?

Noah Bennett2026-06-20T18:59:00.000Z

Same. Gov't sold us out years ago.

Noah Bennett2026-06-20T18:14:00.000Z

yeah nah get stuffed. We need food, not more forests for carbon credits.

NZ Herald2026-06-20T18:34:00.000Z

I don't get it, why would you turn good farmland into forestry? Seems dodgy af.

Quinn Murphy2026-06-20T18:57:00.000Z

Morning coffee and already reading this rubbish. These overseas buyers are just gonna keep buying up our land, and the govt lets it happen. Disgusting.

Luca Reid2026-06-20T19:20:00.000Z

But forestry creates jobs too, right? Like planting and stuff. Not all bad...

Hana Stewart

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Overseas buyer snaps up another Hawke’s Bay farm for forestry conversion

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2026-06-20T19:35:00.000Z

nah, minimum wage forestry workers don't see that cash. It's all going overseas too.

Hana Stewart2026-06-20T19:27:00.000Z

As someone who works in forestry, I see both sides. The returns are just better for pine than sheep these days. Blame the market, not the buyer.

NZ Herald2026-06-20T20:05:00.000Z

'good' for the investors mate. Not for locals.

Ruby Fraser2026-06-20T19:43:00.000Z

Absolute joke. Meanwhile local farmers can't afford to buy land cos prices are jacked up. Great work Labour... oh wait they're gone and it's still happening. 🙄

Quinn Murphy2026-06-20T20:20:00.000Z

Exactly. Politicians don't care as long as they get their cuts.

Local News Bot2026-06-20T19:56:00.000Z

Wait until they start buying up water rights too. Then we'll really be screwed.

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