Foreign investment in Aotearoa/New Zealand
2010
Overseas Investment Office – Decisions
Commentary and Index prepared by CAFCA
(Note: the OIO decisions quoted here can be viewed here.)
Contents
January 2010 decisions
Pass The Parcel – Two Degrees Mobile; Aussies Consolidate Control Of Technology Leasing Business; Wealthy Singaporean Needs 2,000 Ha To Reside Here; US Investor Buys Gravitas And Waimea Estate Vineyards; Summary Statistics January 2010
February 2010 decisions
Kraft Takeover Of Cadbury; 35% Of Matariki Forest Goes To Phaunos; SkyCity Cinema Becomes Aussie-Owned; US Company Takes Over Flock Hill Station Lease; Other February Decisions; Summary Statistics February 2010
March 2010 decisions
What Next, another Smart move?; Economic chills force Iceland to sell off Versacold; Australian private equity increases shareholding in Seniors Money Intl; Now the Germans want our dairy farms; Queenstowns’ Jacks Point properties ownership criteria tightened; US Evangelist to set up in New Zealand
April 2010 decisions
Aussie private equity fund consolidates holding in Summerset; Aussie takes control of ING property fund; Tegels chickens are still home to roost, as tenants; Bunnings to establish another warehouse; Other April Decisions
May 2010 decisions
German banking behemoth snaps up Craigs Investment Partners; NAB tries to nab AXA; So how Prudent is this deal?; Another aperitif for AMP, this time it’s Aperef; Devonport Naval Base has a “new” leaseholder; Auckland International Airport buys half of Queenstown International Airport; Carlyle Group gains control of Airwork Holdings; Other May Decisions
June 2010 decisions
US company buys Electropar; And Motion Industries is purchased by the Aussies; Other June Decisions
July 2010 decisions
AMP Property Trust Restructures; Ownership Of Hirequip Also Restructured; Private Equity Groups Have Pathological Interest In Healthscope; A Confidential Overseas Share Shuffle; Another Overseas Share Shuffle, This Time It’s Supermarket Properties; And Another Overseas Share Shuffle, This Time It’s Wharekauhau Lodge; Newmont Mining Prepares To Open A Third Mine; Australians To Help Chatham Islands Harness Wind Power; Germans Buy Te Kohi Station And Ikanui; Other July Decisions
August 2010 decisions
Aussies Buy Glen Arlie And Stoneleigh Forests; And Americans Take Control Of Athlone Forest; Olam Takes Control Of PGG Wrightson’s Uruguay Operation; Japanese Buy Cedenco (In Receivership); Carlyle Group Takes Control Of Healthscope; Wattyl Gets New American Owners; RBS Left With The Scraps Of ABN AMRO; Americans Take Control Of Wyuna Station, Glenorchy; Other August Decisions
September 2010 decisions
Japanese Purchaser Declined (Again); Sky City Increases Shareholding In ChCh Casino To 50%; Lion Breweries Buys Back Newmarket Site; Chinese Grab Controlling Stake In Synlait Milk; Harvard University Snaps Up Big Sky Dairy Farm; Grey Lynn Countdown Property Sold To Singapore Investors; A New Sawmill For Milburn?; Dumgoyne Station Added To Swiss Portfolio; Other September Decisions
October 2010 decisions
Aussies Buy Buller Coal Project; Mangakahia Forest Ownership Changes Hands Again; Danes Plan To Build Milk Powder Plant In Arapuni, But…; Russian Takes Control Of Waiwera Water; Other October Decisions
November 2010 decisions
Canadians Consolidate Holding In Powerco; Canadians Buy Aussie-Owned AWB; Ngai Tahu Sells Rakanui Station To An American Energy Trader; Other November Decisions
December 2010 decisions
Chinese-Owned Natural Dairy Attempt To Buy Crafar Farms Declined; But Germans Having More Success In Buying Up Our Dairy Farms; More Dairy Farms Bought By Germans; Porters Heights Skifield In Land Swap With DOC; Shopping Mall Conglomerate Restructures Ahead Of Public Float; Commonwealth Bank Of Australia Buys LynnMall Shopping Centre; Singaporeans Buy Australasia’s Largest Sugar Refiner; Bay Audiology Owners Now “Hear” From The Italians; Bayer Is A Buyer Of Bomac Industries; Americans Take Control Of Clemenger; French Make A Killing On Sale Of Vineyards To NZ Breweries; Uncle Sam Pours More $ Into AIG; Americans Eyeing Up Kawerau Geothermal Power Generation; Michael Hill Simplifies His Investment, So…; Other December Decisions
Numbers of deleted or released decisions before appeal
| Jan 2010 | Feb 2010 | Mar 2010 | Apr 2010 | May 2010 | Jun 2010 | Jul 2010 | Aug 2010 | Sep 2010 | Oct 2010 | Nov 2010 | Dec 2010 | Total 2010 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deletions | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 21 |
| Applications Refused | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Decisions released | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 27 | 123 |
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