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Farmland Whatever happened sales to to Grace Heke? foreigners irk Kiwis A poll suggests most voters want it made harder for overseas buyers to buy farms

Michael Fox New Zealand’s productive farmland was ● ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● ● owned by foreign investors. An overwhelming majority of Kiwis ‘‘Under National, investment in sensi- want the Government to clamp down on tive land receives more government the sale of farmland to foreign investors. scrutiny and more stringent conditions The latest Stuff.co.nz/Ipsos poll than any other form of foreign invest- suggests three quarters of voters say it ment. That is why we have seen the rate should be made harder for foreign of approvals for sensitive land sales more investors to buy large tracts of farmland, than halve since National took office.’’ while just under a quarter say it should The spokeswoman said the Govern- not. ment tightened the rules in 2010 – some- But opinion was more evenly divided thing Labour disputes, saying not a over whether too much farmland had single sale has been blocked since – and already passed into foreign ownership, would continue to assess whether further with 52 per cent agreeing and 41 per cent change was necessary. disagreeing. State of grace: Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell is now a mother of four living However, a majority of people in Australia. Twenty years ago she stunned film audiences with her questioned for the poll also thought raw portrayal of troubled teen Grace Heke in Once Were Warriors. foreign investment benefited New Zea- land’s economy. Opposition parties have hurled them- selves into the debate, warning that vast tracts of land – as much as 1 million hectares – have been sold off under National, which has not blocked a farm Nikki Macdonald point to show me that there was more to ● ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● ● sale since a change to Overseas Invest- life than just staying in your home town ment Office guidelines in 2010. After almost two decades in obscurity, the and ending up going nowhere.’’ But the Government has defended the girl who broke a nation’s heart as Grace Since she had her first child at 18, sales, and the controversy has failed to David Parker Heke is to reappear on New Zealand however, motherhood has come first. make a dent in its popularity – National screens. But this time she’ll be playing The film also made Kerr-Bell public is on 55.1 per cent in our latest poll, to Meanwhile, the poll showed Canter- herself – a 36-year-old mother of four property, with random strangers stopping Labour’s 22.5 per cent. bury is more Green than New Zealand as living in Cairns, Australia. to give her a hug. In some cases she The poll of 1000 eligible voters shows a whole. Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell was 15 and an wondered if they had actually seen the 74 per cent want to make it harder for Of 108 Cantabrians surveyed, 21.2 per acting novice when she gave an award- film. foreign investors to buy large tracts of cent said they would give their party vote winning performance as the Heke family’s ‘‘People would ask me ‘Are you going farmland, compared with 23.6 per cent to the Greens if an election was held troubled teen Gracie, in seminal 1994 to be in the second one?’ I’m like ‘No, my opposed. today. movie Once Were Warriors. character died’. How can you not Labour voters were more likely to By comparison, 9.20 per cent of 253 A new film Once Were Warriors: Where remember that? That was so sad.’’ favour restrictions, at 84.5 per cent, with Aucklanders surveyed, 16.40 per cent of are they now?, tracks down and reunites Even 20 years on and living in National voters 64 per cent in favour. 83 Wellingtonians surveyed, and 10.40 the cast of the movie that propelled New Queensland, she occasionally gets Labour’s economic development per cent of 98 people from elsewhere in Zealand cinema on to the world stage and stopped in the street. spokesman, David Parker, said New Zea- the South Island surveyed said they transformed the lives of many involved. you could make it. I thought ‘Whoa, I don’t Cast reunion: A new Now working in real estate, Kerr-Bell landers distinguished between foreign would vote for the Green Party. The documentary, directed by cast know who is going to watch this,’’’ documentary tracks down the regrets not investigating other ways to investment, which helped create jobs, Nationally, the Greens received 11.3 member-turned-filmmaker Julian Arahanga said. actors who played Jake ‘the Muss’ remain in the screen industry, such as and the sale of land. per cent support and Canterbury may be Arahanga, touches on the toll wrought on For the young Kerr-Bell the experience Heke’s family in the film. writing or directing. ‘‘They know that there’s no great turning Green at the expense of Labour, the actors by Warriors’ gruelling was life-changing. Her portrayal of rape She’s too dedicated a mother to return economic sacrifice made by not selling which has been declining in popularity emotional warfare. and suicide earned her a Best Supporting to acting while her children are young – land to overseas people, they have this in the region since the May 2013 Stuff/ It also reveals that the blockbuster was Actress award and several subsequent four drama queens at home is quite unease [about] . . . selling something that Ipsos poll. nearly thwarted by a chorus of doubt, acting roles. Although it cost her her enough. But watch this space. we can’t get back.’’ At that point, Labour received the including fears that soap opera star School Certificate year, it opened her eyes Read more ‘‘Maybe in my 50s, when they’re older ● ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● ● Labour would almost completely support of 40.3 per cent of the 121 Canter- Temuera Morrison could never be a to life’s possibilities. ❯❯❯❯ Once were the cast of and more independent. I could be like restrict the sale of rural land if elected. bury voters surveyed. convincing Jake the Muss. ‘‘I was a teenager and I was either Warriors, A16 Helen Mirren. I wouldn’t rule anything A spokeswoman for Prime Minister In the latest poll, 14.2 per cent of ‘‘When I read the script I didn’t think going to go up or down. It came at that out.’’ John Key said the Government’s ‘‘best Cantabrians surveyed said they would estimates’’ were that only 1-2 per cent of tick red.

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