Who owns nz

The land includes the exclusive Poronui Lodge. Gary Rooney hectares : Waimate rich-lister and owner of Rooney Group, which operates various rural businesses covering irrigation schemes, dairy conversions, and earthmoving. Christian church 14, hectares : Combined land-holdings of all Christian denominations, including the Christian-owned company Trinity Lands Limited, which owns ha of farming and horticulture land, and Gloriavale, which owns about ha through its tax-exempt charity, Christian Church Community Trust.

Henry and Melody Matthews hectares : Own and farm land in south Taranaki, including Makowhai Station, which the Matthews family has farmed for more than a century.

Their farm was among properties and land damaged in the earthquake. RNZ was unable to determine the ultimate owners of the US company.

Doug and Mari Harpur hectares : North American deer farmers and foresters, the Harpurs purchased neighbouring Southland farms Fairlight Station and Cainard Run in the early s.

Juken's forests are in the Wairarapa and near Gisborne, where it owns a mill. Mount Linton Station Limited hectares : Ownership of this Southland farming stations is split between Auckland rich-listers Rolf and Peter Masfen, and the McGregor family, who were the original owners of the land and still actively farm it.

Campbell family hectares : Alistair and Judith and their children co-own Earnscleugh Station in Otago. The station has been in Annabelle's family for a century. NZ Super Fund hectares : Among its many other investments, the government's superannuation fund owns multiple rural properties, concentrated in Southland, Canterbury and Waikato. Fonterra hectares : The dairy co-operative owns nearly parcels of land around New Zealand. Purvis family hectares : Five generations of the Purvis family have owned and farmed Cluden Station, including former All Black Neil Purvis, who died in A fire in destroyed the farm's historic homestead.

He owns Ngatapa Station in Hawke's Bay. Mr Williams bought the station from Rural Equities in The trick is to be able to identify what you wan t. The title and survey records held by LINZ are about ownership or other rights over land, transfers of those rights, and the exact physical nature of land parcels. They do not list permits granted for kinds of use, nor do they detail activities carried out, but they might give you the specific ownership and boundary details that you need to research further.

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