Kiwifruit woos wealthy foreigners with new fund 猕猴桃推出新基金，吸引富裕外国人
Lucrative SunGold kiwifruit may hold the key to unlocking New Zealand residency for wealthy foreigners through the “golden visa”.利润丰厚的SunGold猕猴桃可能成为富裕外国人通过“黄金签证”获得新西兰居留权的关键。
Lucrative SunGold kiwifruit may hold the key to unlocking New Zealand residency for wealthy foreigners, through what is being dubbed the “golden visa”.
The government eased the requirements earlier this year for the Active Investor Plus visa to “turbocharge economic growth”, according to Immigration Minister Erica Stanford.
Local fund management firm Greener Pastures launched a new fund targeting investors from abroad with at least $4.8 million (US$2.9m) to invest into the kiwifruit sector, with approval by New Zealand Trade and Enterprise.
Dominic Jones, managing director (and also of its parent company Origin Capital Partners) said it managed $225m worth of kiwifruit assets, including around 150 canopy hectares in orchards around Bay of Plenty, by its 250 mostly local investors.
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利润丰厚的SunGold猕猴桃可能是通过所谓的“黄金签证”为富有的外国人解锁新西兰居留权的关键。
移民部长埃里卡·斯坦福表示，政府今年早些时候放宽了积极投资者+签证的要求，以“推动经济增长”。
当地基金管理公司Greener Pastures在新西兰贸易和企业部的批准下，推出了一只新基金，目标是海外投资者，投资额至少为480万美元（290万美元），用于投资猕猴桃行业。
董事总经理Dominic Jones（也是其母公司Origin Capital Partners的董事总经理）表示，该公司管理着价值2.25亿美元的猕猴桃资产，其中包括250名主要是当地投资者在丰盛湾周围果园的约150公顷树冠。
He said the new fund aimed to capitalise on the sector that had seen “enormous growth” and continued to outperform against other agricultural sectors over recent years.
“In simple terms, if [clients] invest $5m into our funds, it’s a pathway for them to securing residency.
“It gives our clients the ability to meet the investment requirements of the Active Investor Plus visa through investing in one of New Zealand’s most successful industries.”
Funds raised by investors, who must be of good health and character, could contribute to ownership of new or existing orchards or shares in marketer Zespri.
Jones said New Zealand had advantages of good kiwifruit-growing conditions, counter-seasonal supply for the Northern Hemisphere and the single-desk Zespri model.
他说，新基金旨在利用近年来“巨大增长”并继续跑赢其他农业部门的行业。
“简单来说，如果（客户）向我们的基金投资500万美元，这是他们获得居留权的途径。
“它使我们的客户能够通过投资新西兰最成功的行业之一来满足积极投资者+签证的投资要求。”
投资者筹集的资金，必须身体健康、性格端正，才能有助于拥有新的或现有的果园或营销公司Zespri的股份。
琼斯说，新西兰有良好的猕猴桃种植条件、北半球的反季节供应和单桌Zespri模式的优势。
“New Zealand is quite easily the best place in the world to grow kiwifruit, so we can produce a lot more per hectare than other countries around the world,” he said.
“AAnd the big advantage for New Zealand kiwifruit is we are supplying those markets when they can’t supply themselves.”
The fund manager considered other lucrative sectors like mānuka honey or Rockit apples, but Jones said market structures or policy settings posed risks compared to kiwifruit.
“We keep coming back to kiwifruit because it’s consistently outperforming a lot of sectors, really.”
The growth category would require investment of at least $4.8m and three weeks spent in New Zealand over three years by applicants.
Whereas a minimum of $9.7m (US$5.8m) investment would be required for the balanced category and at least 105 days spent in New Zealand over five years.
他说：“新西兰很容易成为世界上种植猕猴桃的最佳地点，所以我们每公顷的产量比世界上其他国家高得多。”。
“新西兰猕猴桃的一大优势是，当这些市场无法自给自足时，我们仍在为其供应。”
这位基金经理考虑了其他利润丰厚的行业，如马努卡蜂蜜或落基苹果，但琼斯表示，与猕猴桃相比，市场结构或政策设置带来了风险。
“我们一直在回归猕猴桃，因为它一直表现优于许多行业，真的。”
增长类别要求申请人至少投资480万美元，并在三年内在新西兰度过三周。
而平衡类别至少需要970万美元（580万美元）的投资，五年内在新西兰至少度过105天。
Greener Pastures will have new SunGold orchards coming on stream soon in Bay of Plenty.
Within the next year, the firm expected to have five domestic and international funds in operation, four of which were solely in kiwifruit.
It comes as another investor, My Farms, is raising $35m to add to its $200m Kiwifruit fund.
The offer is to pay for expanding its portfolio of kiwifruit orchards in Northland and Bay of Plenty, and to buy more shares in the Zespri.
Chief executive Andrew Watters said kiwifruit was now the fourth-largest primary sector export after dairy, meat and forestry.
绿色牧场将很快在丰盛湾投入使用新的SunGold果园。
在接下来的一年里，该公司预计将有五只国内和国际基金投入运营，其中四只只只投资于猕猴桃。
与此同时，另一家投资者My Farms正在筹集3500万美元，以增加其2亿美元的Kiwifruit基金。
该报价是为了扩大其在北国和丰盛湾的猕猴桃果园投资组合，并购买更多Zespri的股票。
首席执行官安德鲁·沃特斯表示，猕猴桃现在是仅次于乳制品、肉类和林业的第四大主要出口产品。
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