13 Nov 2018

Sage accused of 'rubber-stamping' land sales to foreigners

From Morning Report, 7:30 am on 13 November 2018

The Green Party MP and Land Information Minister Eugenie Sage is being accused of rubber-stamping the sale of sensitive land to foreigners - despite promising that would stop. New figures show, in her first nine months in office, the Minister has approved nearly every application, with almost 60,000 hectares passing into foreign hands. Here's RNZ political reporter Craig McCulloch.