Crafar Farms poll
March 20, 2012
Fairfax reports a poll by UMR. Key results were:
“Are you aware of the proposal to sell 16 agricultural properties, the Crafar farms, in the central North Island to an overseas company?
Yes: 87 per cent
No: 12 per cent
Unsure: 1 per cent“The Chinese company Shanghai Pengxin wants to buy the Crafar farms; do you support or oppose selling the farms to this Chinese company?”
Support: 21 per cent
Oppose:71 per cent
Unsure: 8 per cent“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’.”Agree: 70 per cent
Disagree: 26 per cent
Unsure: 4 per cent
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