ancient egyptian engravings depicting bulls on a mastab wall

Sacred god turns cash cow

About 8,000 years ago in Egypt (before the Pyramids) the rains that had perennially nurtured the land reduced to a trickle. The arid landscape that we are familiar with today throughout North Africa and the…Read more

Strategic ownership of New Zealand productive land is a big issue

Strategic agri-sector stewardship is essential

In an earlier post I highlighted the likely scramble for raw materials over next decade by a small group of upstream and downstream global and national oligopolies to control the pool of agri-commodities. This brings into…Read more

Global population growth will be the defining issue this century

World population underpins agri-sector values

The decision, in late September 2011, by rating agencies Fitch and Standard & Poor’s to downgrade New Zealand credit risk from AA+ to AA took many market commentators by surprise. Their prognosis of the prospects…Read more

AAA rating? Who knows? Certainly not the rating agencies!

Who gives a Fitch!

Late last week rating agencies Fitch and Standard & Poor’s downgraded New Zealand credit risk from AA+ to AA. So what does this mean? Most people won’t notice a lot of difference. Theoretically the downgrade…Read more

Christchurch has a long way to go before property investment confidence will return

Bob Jones is right but…

There is a lot of truth in the recent (somewhat ‘in your face’) comments by Bob Jones regarding the future of Christchurch. For those of us who have ‘hands-on’ experience in the development sector it was…Read more

Future Christchurch

Shortly after the 4 September 2010 magnitude 7.1 quake I penned some thoughts regarding what has historically suppressed inner city revitalisation in Christchurch and what was needed to gain some traction. In short, Christchurch needs population…Read more

History repeats

After the 4 September 2010 magnitude 7.1 Christchurch earthquake I posted a blog outlining some thoughts on how the City could respond – in particular by using the event as a platform for CBD revitalisation initiatives. The…Read more

Government sale of assets needs to combine strategic control with superior return on investment - otherwise what's the point

State asset sales – a proactive move

Finally the government has signaled an initiative that, at least in a small way, can make a positive difference to our economy. There is no need for the state to wholly own any asset where…Read more

Affordable housing

One of the my earliest posts was a counter argument to media coverage attributing blame for the supposed high cost of New Zealand homes to the Resource Management Act. Yesterday the regular Demographia Housing Study was…Read more

Equal ownership and access rights to this for all citizens?

The foreshore and seabed debate

What’s the issue? Essentially what has to date been the de facto common property right of every New Zealand citizen. That is…the nation’s territorial coastal beaches and sea, harbours and tidal estuaries, together with the airspace above and the…Read more

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Terra Vita is the blog of property specialist Nigel Mayson. Nigel’s career spans over 30 years and has been primarily focused on the provision of property advisory and development services to corporate, public sector and private clients in both urban and rural contexts in New Zealand and Australia. In addition to his property work, Nigel has economic development experience as Executive Director of a Crown economic development agency and working with emerging SMEs in the IT and niche manufacturing sectors. He has a masters degree in business administration, is a qualified property valuer, a licensed real estate agent, author of the property marketing book ‘Truth Lies and Real Estate’ and…a very occasional blogger on property and economic issues.

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Sacred god turns cash cow

Strategic agri-sector stewardship is essential

World population underpins agri-sector values

Who gives a Fitch!

Bob Jones is right but…

Future Christchurch

History repeats

State asset sales – a proactive move

Affordable housing

The foreshore and seabed debate

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