January 2008 decisions Antipodean acquires Henderson, Auckland land as part of Spotlight purchase Contact buys Tauhara, Taupo, Landcorp land for geothermal development Crescent Capital Partners…
2008
Analysed decisions of the Overseas Investment Office for 2008.
February 2008 decisions Citigroup has approval to acquire Nikko Cordial Corporation for $723m Macquarie Bank’s Retirement Care (NZ) approved to acquire Qualcare CVC Asia Pacific…
March 2008 decisions Goldman Sachs JB Were buy further 36% of Vision Senior Living, making 55% … 1 … with view to development of retirement…
April 2008 decisions Sale of 40% of Auckland International Airport to Canada Pension Fund refused Retrospective approval: Tourism Holdings buys leasehold from Hamilton City ……
May 2008 decisions Controversial Russian purchase of controlling interest in New Zealand Dairies Toll buys United Carriers group of road freight companies AMP buys remaining…
June 2008 decisions Origin Energy buys Swift Energy’s assets for $110m, including TAWN gas fields US “Grave Dancer” may take 100% of Sanctuary Residences retirement…
July 2008 decisions Cheung Kong of Hong Kong buys Vector’s Wellington electricity network Hewlett-Packard buys EDS Rubicon allowed to acquire remainder of Tenon (former Fletcher…
August 2008 decisions Andersons Bay Dunedin decision largely suppressed CSR to buy Ross Roofing Dixie Cummings of Australia expands into Aotearoa with Auckland joint…
September 2008 decisions Souter takes over Howick and Eastern Buses Ltd Citigroup sells Hirequip Ltd to Tasman Capital … … and FleetPartners to three private…
October 2008 decisions Note Application to buy Taihape land by U.K. pension fund refused Castle Harlan buy Alleasing Trust for $122 million from Allco Private…
> Foreign Investment > 2008 Decisions Foreign investment in Aotearoa/New Zealand Overseas Investment Office – November 2008 Decisions U.K. Government gets approval to acquire assets…
> Foreign Investment > 2008 Decisions Foreign investment in Aotearoa/New Zealand Overseas Investment Office – December 2008 Decisions Hong Kong application to take over New…