Fonterra's Capital Restructure and Sale & Purchase AgreementsTuesday, April 20, 2010 8:59 AM

I commented on the effect the capital restructure had on sharemilking agreements. I recommended that dividends should be excluded from the payment calculation in order to avoid any dispute in the future; especially on who was entitled to retentions. I also promised more information on how the capital restructure would impact on the sale of [...]

Chinese Dairy Farming in the MacKenzie Basin?Thursday, April 08, 2010 3:19 AM

I have posted a comment on the Government's meddling in the affairs of dairy farming land owners in the MacKenzie Basin. Now we have a publicly listed Hong Kong company acquiring four farms in the North Island with the promise to invest $1.5 billion to purchase a few more and build a factory! It was interesting [...]

Mackenzie Basin dairy discharge consents – government in disgraceTuesday, March 30, 2010 7:27 AM

What an outrage! What a disgrace. The National Government calls on the Resource Management Act to frustrate the legitimate entrepreneurial pursuits of dairy farmers. This is the political party that promised to amend the Act to prevent the very thing that they have now done – frustrate, delay and increase the costs to land owners [...]