Dutch wealth fund picks off Hawke's Bay apple orchard

Dutch wealth fund picks off Hawke's Bay apple orchard
John Bostock has 25 years' experience growing organic apples. (Image: Facebook/Bostock NZ)
John Anthony
The Netherlands’ oldest independent wealth manager has bought a 62-ha organic apple orchard from veteran Hawke’s Bay grower John Bostock.A statement from Van Lanschot Kempen said its Kempen SDG Farmland Fund had the opportunity to expand its investments in Oceania with the purchase of organic Gold Water Orchard after Bostock offered part of his property for sale.RegenerativeThe Kempen fund, with assets under management worth €457.4 million (NZ$821.6m), invests globally in farmland and focuses on promoting regenerative agricultu...

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