August 2000 decisions One application refused – low budget fishing lodge near Napier The Schrock Cole Partnership, owned 50/50 by Leonard Schrock and Jane Cole…
Decisions of the Overseas Investment Commission and Overseas Investment Office
The approval of the Overseas Investment Office (OIO; before 25 August 2005, the Overseas Investment Commission (OIC)) is required for most overseas investment into Aotearoa/New Zealand that involves land and fishing, and most other investment valued at $100 million or more. In fact, it acts as a rubber stamp, approving almost all applications.
July 2000 decisions One refusal One application was refused this month. Harry McMahon Wirth of the U.S.A. was refused approval to acquire land on…
June 2000 decisions Two refusals Two applications were refused this month. In both cases a factor for the refusal was that they were not contributing…
May 2000 decisions Buyouts of Brierley Investments interest in Sealords refused_ 1 National waters down fisheries protection 1 Brierley announces it wants to sell 2…
April 2000 decisions This is one of the quietest months on record – only nine decisions, of which one was suppressed almost in its entirety.…
March 2000 decisions Natural Gas Corporation buys TransAlta New Zealand In an extraordinary turn of events, Natural Gas Corporation Holdings Ltd (NGC), which is 80.17%…
February 2000 decisions Alliant of the U.S.A. tries to consolidate control of TrustPower Alliant International New Zealand Ltd, a subsidiary of Interstate Energy Corporation of…
January 2000 decisions The January decisions are unusual in that no less than two(!) applications were refused in the month, both involving land purchases. One…
January to December 2000 Overseas Investment Commission Decisions Commentary and Index prepared by CAFCA Contents January 2000 decisions Two refusals SunGuard Data Systems of the…
December 1999 decisions The number of decisions made by the OIC this month is an exceptional low: just eight. The only other time the number…
November 1999 decisions Singapore interest makes Auckland International Airport an overseas company Singapore Changi Airport Enterprise Pte Ltd, owned by the Government of Singapore, has…
October 1999 decisions Sonic Healthcare of Australia buys out SGS from SGS Medlab Sonic Healthcare Ltd of Australia, has approval to acquire SGS Medlab New…
September 1999 decisions Tommy Suharto sells Lilybank Station to mate in Singapore for one dollar Mr L.Y.A. Poh of Singapore has approval to acquire Buckcorp…
August 1999 decisions Fletcher becomes overseas company – buys land at Papamoa and Albany In two OIC decisions more remarkable for their existence than their…
July 1999 decisions CHL New Zealand Ltd of the U.S.A. takes over Lane Walker Rudkin CHL New Zealand Ltd, owned 90% by David Teece, 5%…