New kiwifruit orchard bought to fund Mormon church 购买新的猕猴桃园以资助摩门教
The investment arm of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has purchased a new kiwifruit orchard in Bay of Plenty.耶稣基督后期圣徒教会的投资部门在丰盛湾购买了一个新的猕猴桃园。
▲Zespri RubyRed plant
The investment was set to fund the work of its owner, the United States-based church known commonly as the Mormon Church.这笔投资将为其所有者——总部位于美国的摩门教的工作提供资金。
Utah-based agricultural investor, Farmland Reserve acquired the Three Roads property near Edgecumbe, with local firm Craigmore Sustainables set to manage it.
The deal went through the Overseas Investment Office in August, resulting from a multi-year relationship between the two firms.总部位于犹他州的农业投资者Farmland Reserve收购了Edgecumbe附近的Three Roads物业，当地公司Craigmore Sustainables将对其进行管理。
该交易于8月通过了海外投资办公室，这是两家公司多年合作关系的结果。
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Farmland Reserve’s first NZ investment
Farmland Reserve was a commercial, for-profit entity where its profits help fund the church’s religious, humanitarian and charitable work.
Employing thousands globally, it invested in farms and orchards in 29 of 50 US states and 10 countries across the Americas, Europe and most recently Australasia.
新西兰首次投资农田保护区
农田保护区是一个商业营利实体，其利润帮助资助教会的宗教、人道主义和慈善工作。
该公司在全球雇佣了数千名员工，在美国50个州中的29个州以及美洲、欧洲和最近的澳大利亚的10个国家投资了农场和果园。
▲A picture of pollinating kiwi fruit
However, the church held hundreds of millions of dollars in assets like property across the country.
He said it was grateful to fill the need for capital in New Zealand, as a “passive and patient” long-term investor, with Craigmore taking the operational lead.
“I think this need that Craigmore brought to us is showing that there is a capital need in New Zealand to support this very growing industry, because it’s very, very expensive to develop even one hectare of kiwifruit is costly and so most entities can’t do it.
“So we were excited to be able to come in and to fill that need, particularly given I believe some of the destruction that occurred after that Cyclone [Gabrielle] and several years ago, and that really created kind of a capital gap.”
He said Farmland Reserve was not planning to set up as a charity in New Zealand.
它在澳大利亚拥有的农田种植开心果、土豆、洋葱、小麦和大豆等作物。
总裁兼首席执行官Doug Rose表示，全球猕猴桃消费量持续增长，新西兰拥有理想的猕猴桃种植条件。
他说：“一段时间以来，我们从远处欣赏了多么美妙的作物啊。”。
“我不知道地球上还有比新西兰更美丽的国家，拥有更美丽的人民和文化。”
罗斯表示，这是Farmland Reserve在新西兰的首次投资。
然而，该教会在全国各地拥有数亿美元的财产等资产。
他说，作为一家“被动和耐心”的长期投资者，Craigmore在运营方面处于领先地位，能够满足新西兰对资本的需求，公司对此表示感谢。
“我认为Craigmore给我们带来的这种需求表明，新西兰需要资金来支持这个发展迅速的行业，因为开发一公顷猕猴桃的成本非常高，所以大多数实体都做不到。
“因此，我们很高兴能够加入并满足这一需求，特别是考虑到我相信加布里埃尔飓风之后和几年前发生的一些破坏，这确实造成了某种资本缺口。”
他说，农田保护区不打算在新西兰设立慈善机构。
▲在猕猴桃果园参观的客人
Craigmore will manage the new orchard
Around half of the “partially-developed” 45-hectare property was planted in SunGold, and orchard manager Craigmore Sustainables planned to plant a further 17 hectares in the variety.
Chief executive, Che Charteris said it was essential to use offshore investment with partners that shared the same values, in face of limited domestic capital.
克雷格莫尔将管理新果园
“部分开发”的45公顷土地中约有一半种植在SunGold，果园经理Craigmore Sustainables计划再种植17公顷。
首席执行官Che Charteris表示，面对有限的国内资本，与价值观相同的合作伙伴进行离岸投资至关重要。
▲清晨开始采猕猴桃花蕾
“So it will be in the end about 37.5 to 38 hectares of SunGold kiwifruit orchard under canopy with good frost protection, good irrigation and hopefully some very good crops for the year to come.”
Charteris said kiwifruit orchard development was expenditure-heavy and could cost anywhere between $200,000 – $800,000 a hectare.
He said Farmland Reserve understood the long term nature of the asset and the social community aspects that come with land ownership.
“因此，最终将有约37.5至38公顷的SunGold猕猴桃园，有良好的防冻保护、良好的灌溉，希望来年能有一些非常好的作物。”
查特里斯表示，猕猴桃园的开发支出很大，每公顷的成本可能在20万至80万美元之间。
他说，农田保护区了解资产的长期性质以及土地所有权带来的社会社区方面。
▲SunGold猕猴桃园
“Farmland Reserve are long term in their thinking, so it’s good to have that patient capital, that is willing to to rely on New Zealand expertise.
“It’s a really good example of how New Zealand can utilise the right kind of offshore capital in a way that values local expertise and local influence and control without, limiting ourselves just to domestic capital.”
Charteris said it could be hard to find money to re-invest in farms locally, and relying only on domestic capital would see growth opportunities missed.
“New Zealand unfortunately just has a really small pool of domestic capital.
“As you can see with the latest GDP figures in New Zealand, we’re not really going anywhere at the moment. But the rural sector is humming.
“The scale of the opportunity for rural New Zealand is so great that we need to find ways of working with the right kind of offshore capital to nail these sorts of opportunities.”
Charteris said Craigmore was set up to attract “better equity capital” into the country to harness opportunities, create jobs locally and boost regional economies.
Craigmore managed more than 38,000 hectares of farmland in horticulture, dairy farms and forestry across Aotearoa.
“在他们看来，农田储备是长期的，所以有耐心的资本是件好事，愿意依靠新西兰的专业知识。
“这是一个很好的例子，说明新西兰如何以重视当地专业知识和当地影响力和控制的方式利用正确的离岸资本，而不局限于国内资本。”
查特里斯表示，可能很难找到资金在当地重新投资农场，只依靠国内资本将错失增长机会。
“不幸的是，新西兰的国内资本池非常小。
“正如你从新西兰最新的国内生产总值数据中看到的那样，我们目前并没有真正去任何地方。但农村部门正在蓬勃发展。
“新西兰农村的机会规模如此之大，我们需要找到与合适的离岸资本合作的方法来抓住这些机会。”
Charteris表示，Craigmore的成立是为了吸引“更好的股权资本”进入该国，以利用机会，在当地创造就业机会，促进区域经济发展。
Craigmore在奥特亚罗瓦州管理着38000多公顷的园艺、奶牛场和林业农田。
▲猕猴桃花粉活力检测
The Church’s NZ footprint
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Trust Board was a registered charity to provide religious services across dozens of sites scattered throughout New Zealand.
Charity register documents showed the Church made a surplus of $23.3 million in the year to 31 December last year, and owned $517.4m in property, plants and equipment and $10m in investment property.
StatsNZ census data showed more than 54,000 people identified as members of the church in 2023.
教会在新西兰的足迹
耶稣基督后期圣徒教会信托委员会是一个注册慈善机构，在新西兰各地的数十个地点提供宗教服务。
慈善登记文件显示，截至去年12月31日，教会的盈余为2330万美元，拥有5.174亿美元的不动产、厂房和设备以及1000万美元的投资性房地产。
新西兰统计局的人口普查数据显示，2023年有超过54000人被确认为教会成员。
▲SunGold猕猴桃园
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