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3 News Reid Research Poll - Foreign Ownership
Early August 2014
Q1: Do you think there should be stricter controls placed on foreign ownership of New Zealand land and housing ?
Entire Sample: Yes 77% No 20% Don't Know 3%
National Voters: Yes 65% No 31% Don't Know 4%
Q2: Should the Government approve the sale of Lochinver Station to Shanghai Pengxin ?
Entire Sample: Yes 25% No 68% Don't Know 7%
National Voters: Yes 38% No 53% Don't Know 9%
Herald-DigiPoll - Farm Sales to Foreigners
August 2014
EEntire Sample
Ban Altogether "Nearly a Third"
Approve only when it brings a significant advantage over a
New Zealand Buyer (such as jobs) "a majority of voters"
No Restrictions 13%
Fairfax-Ipsos Poll August 2014
Q1: Should the Government make it harder for foreign investors
to buy large amounts of productive farmland ?"
Entire Sample: Yes 74% No 24% Don't Know 2%
Q2: Has too much productive farmland already been sold
into foreign ownership ?"
Entire Sample: Yes 53% No 41% Don't Know 7%
Q3: Do you think New Zealand's economy benefits from
more foreign investment ?"
Entire Sample: Yes 64% No 31% Don't Know 5%
Colmar Brunton Mid May 2014
Immigration / Housing / Foreign Ownership
Q1: Do you think the Government should place more controls on
Immigration to reduce pressure on the housing market ?
Entire Sample: Yes 57% No 33% Don't Know 11%
High Yes: Household Annual Income Under 70k 64%
Maori 75%
High No: Household Annual Income Over 70k 40%
Non-New Zealand Europeans 50%
Q2: Do you think New Zealand should have a register
of foreign ownership on property ?
Entire Sample: Yes 68% No 22% Don't Know 10%
No statistically significant sub-group differences
Herald-DigiPoll December 2013
Private Member's Bill from Labour MP and Former Leader Phil Goff to Limit Rural Land Sales to Foreigners
The Bill is Sound and should be supported 55%
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One News Colmar Brunton Poll Late July 2013
Do you think measures should be put in place to prevent
foreigners buying property in New Zealand ?
Yes 62% No 32% Don't Know 6%
High No: High Income Households (over 100k) 41%
National Supporters 43%
One News Colmar Brunton Poll May 2013
Do you think the Government is doing enough to keep housing
affordable in New Zealand ?
Entire Sample: Yes 30% No 62% Unsure 9%
High Yes: Age 55+ 35% National Voters 47%
High No: Labour Voters 85% Green Voters 86%
UMR Research March 2012
Q1: Are you aware of the proposal to sell 16 agricultural properties,
the Crafar farms, in the Central North Island to an overseas company ?
Entire Sample: Yes 87% No 12% Unsure 1%
Q2: The Chinese company Shanghai Pengxin wants to buy the Crafar
farms, do you support or oppose selling the farms to this Chinese
company ?
Entire Sample: Support 21% Oppose 71% Unsure 8%
Q3: Do you Agree, or Disagree, with this statement: 'I don't care what
the nationality of the company is, I don't want the farms to be sold to a
foreign buyer' ?
Entire Sample: Agree 70% Disagree 26% Unsure 4%
UMR Research November 2011
Foreign ownership of farms and agricultural land
A Bad Thing 82% A Good Thing 10% Unsure 8%
Main reasons given for not selling to foreign companies
- Keep control of our primary resource
- So that Kiwis benefit from exports, not foreigners
Opposition to companies from specified Countries being allowed to
buy agricultural land
Chinese companies 81% US companies 76%
British companies 67% Australian companies 54%
Research New Zealand September 2010
Do you believe overseas-owned businesses should be able to buy or
invest in New Zealand farms or farmland ?
Yes No Don't Know
Entire Sample: 41 53 5
Male: 47 46 6
Female: 36 59 5
Age: 15-34: 53 44 2
35-54: 40 53 6
55+: 29 64 8
Ethnicity:
NZ Euro/Pakeha: 41 54 5
Maori/Pasifika: 39 57 4
Other: 50 41 10
Location: Upper NI: 44 50 6
Lower/Central NI: 44 51 5
SI: 36 59 5
Income: Under 40k: 37 57 6
40-70k: 37 60 4
Over 70k: 53 42 5
Farming: Involved: 40 54 6
Not Involved: 42 53 5
3 News Reid Research Poll August 2010
Land Sales to Foreigners
Tighten Rules: 76%
Leave it as it is: 14%
Relax Rules: 8%
