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    Confidence overseas investors will take up opportunities provided by visa changes

    Confidence overseas investors will take up opportunities provided by visa changes


    The Active Investment Plus visas system is being replaced with two simplified categories - Growth, which requires at least five million dollars invested, and Balanced which requires 10.

    Auckland Business Chamber Chief Executive Simon Bridges says there are options in New Zealand, compared to some other areas which see more capital than investment possibilities.

    He adds for example, rich Americans and Germans have a stronger culture of investment and giving things a whirl.

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     Today's News

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    Living & Travel:
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    Entertainment:
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    Politics:
    Auckland's mayor says he welcomes any law change to forcibly move homeless people out of the city centre 8:27

    Environment:
    People are reported to be at the scene of a house fire this morning in Hamilton East 8:27

    Soccer:
    The Central Coast Mariners have joined Auckland FC at the top of the A-League table with a 1-nil win over the Perth Glory 8:17

    Entertainment:
    Macaulay Culkin has stepped back into his Kevin McCallister role for a new Christmas advertising campaign with a message about family and ageing 8:07

    Law and Order:
    More than 50 people have been injured in explosions at a mosque in Indonesia's capital 8:07

    Entertainment:
    Patti Smith has revealed how she discovered the man who raised her was not her biological father 7:37

    Rugby:
    Ardie Savea has no doubts a new-look All Blacks loose forward trio will click quickly in tomorrow morning's test against Scotland 7:27


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