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title: Foreign investment essential for New Zealand
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# [Foreign investment essential for New Zealand](https://www.nzier.org.nz/publications/foreign-investment-essential-for-new-zealand)

 Written by [Admin](https://www.nzier.org.nz/publications/author/admin) | April 8, 2016

*A report for ExportNZ.*

In this paper, we look at the nature and drivers of FDI in New Zealand, the main costs and benefits according to the literature, and use two brief case studies to illustrate these issues.

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