Complaint to Ombudsman
A Fernside dairy farmer, Mr M. J. Foster, will ask the Ombudsman to investigate his complaint about the purchase of a Loburn farm by a farm advisory officer of the Ministry of Agriculture.
Mr Foster has said he had intended to buy a 50 hectare property, and had consulted a farm advisory officer, Mr R. F. Y. Kent, at Rangiora about the purchase, and about a budget for the farm.
Mr Foster believes that Mr Kent had an advantage in bidding for the property as a result of their consultation. Mr Foster has had a letter from the Ministry saying the matter would be investigated by the New Zealand Institute of Agricultural Science.
"1 tnmK i nave no choice but to go to the Ombudsman at this stage,” said Mr Foster, who is not happy with the Ministry’s answer.
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Press, 26 November 1981, Page 3
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