I didn't know Lauer had lots of land in New Zealand. How did he afford this?

Lauer purchased the 16,000-acre Hunter Valley Station property on New Zealand’s South Island in February 2017 for $9 million. Shortly after the allegations came out against him, the country’s Overseas Investment Office sought additional information about the allegations against the disgraced host, saying that it required foreign investors to be “of good character.” Six months later, the OIO determined it had “insufficient evidence to take proceedings against Mr. Lauer.”