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New Zealand allows fired NBC host Matt Lauer to keep his farm

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Nicholas Ford, Reuters

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/sports/11/29/matt-lauer-2017-112917.jpg"/><figcaption>Matt Lauer pauses during a break while filming NBC&#x27;s &quot;Today&quot; show at Rockefeller Center in New York, in this 2013 photo. Lucas Jackson, Reuters/file photo</figcaption></figure></div>SYDNEY - The New Zealand government ruled on Friday that former U.S. &quot;Today Show&quot; co-host Matt Lauer can keep his farm in the country, saying there was currently &quot;insufficient evidence&quot; he had failed required character tests for overseas investors.NBC News fired Lauer last November after a female colleague accused him of inappropriate sexual behavior.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/11/29/17/nbc-news-fired-today-show-co-host-matt-lauer-for-sexual-misconduct">NBC News fired &#x27;Today&#x27; Show co-host Matt Lauer for sexual misconduct</a></li>	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/11/30/17/matt-lauer-apologizes-after-today-firing-as-more-women-come-forward">Matt Lauer apologizes after &#x27;Today&#x27; firing as more women come forward</a></li></ul>That raised questions in New Zealand about whether Lauer would be able to retain an 11,000-hectare sheep and cattle farm he bought with his wife in February 2017, given the country&#x27;s strict foreign investment laws require investors to &quot;remain of good character.&quot;New Zealand&#x27;s Overseas Investment Office (OIO), which has the power to enforce the sale of property if any conditions are breached, said it had &quot;insufficient evidence at this time to take proceedings against Mr Lauer for breach of the condition.&quot;Lisa Barrett, deputy chief executive of policy and overseas investment, noted that Lauer has not been charged with or convicted of any offence.&quot;However, the OIO will continue to actively monitor the matter should further information come to light,&quot; Barrett said in a statement.Ken Lindner, Lauer&#x27;s agent in Los Angeles, was not immediately available for comment.Lauer recently issued a statement, included in the OIO&#x27;s decision, denying any allegations of &quot;coercive, aggressive or abusive actions&quot;, while acknowledging he &quot;acted inappropriately as a husband, father and principal at NBC.&quot;Foreign ownership of land has generated a public backlash in New Zealand in recent years, with the center-left ruling coalition government introducing tougher standards for sale of farmland to foreigners.

SYDNEY - The New Zealand government ruled on Friday that former U.S. "Today Show" co-host Matt Lauer can keep his farm in the country, saying there was currently "insufficient evidence" he had failed required character tests for overseas investors.

SYDNEY - The New Zealand government ruled on Friday that former U.S. "Today Show" co-host Matt Lauer can keep his farm in the country, saying there was currently "insufficient evidence" he had failed required character tests for overseas investors.

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New Zealand allows fired NBC host Matt Lauer to keep his farm

Nicholas Ford,

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Published Jun 08, 2018 12:06 PM PHT

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