Whose land is it anyway?
In 1999, a New York billionaire was allowed to buy a historic pastoral farm on the Hawkes Bay coast after promising to use it to lure tycoons to invest in New Zealand.
Monday, November 24th 2003, 6:17AM
by The Landlord
Four years on, there's no sign of the lodge planned to house the Long Island resident's rich business acquaintances or the job opportunities "for the Hawkes Bay area". Nor of the promised plantings of zinfandel, a new grape variety which would increase export opportunities.
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