Foreign investment in Aotearoa/New Zealand
2012
Overseas Investment Office – Decisions
Commentary and Index prepared by CAFCA
(Note: the OIO decisions quoted here can be viewed here.)
Contents
January 2012 decisions
Creditors Take Control Of Metroglass; Japanese-Owned Cerebos To Buy Comvita?; Other January Decisions
February 2012 decisions
IAG Grabs AMI In Post-Earthquake Insurance Shakeup; Storage King Gets New South African Owner; Other February Decisions
March 2012 decisions
Germans Nab Control Of Turners and Growers; Rangiora MDF Plant Gets Another Japanese Owner; And Nelson’s Euroglass Becomes Part Of An Aussie Joint Venture; Canadians To Develop Sidewinder Oil Discovery; Other March Decisions
April 2012 decisions
Crafar Farms Sold To Another Chinese Bidder; James Cameron Adds To His Wairarapa Farms; Aperio Gets New Aussi Owners; UK/Austrian Partnership Grabs 200 Hectares In Taranaki; Go-Bus To Expand – Or Is It Now Gone-Bus?; Aussies Sell Two Auckland Hotels; Japanese Buy Terrace Downs Resort; Other April Decisions
May 2012 decisions
Foley Increases Shareholding In Wharekaukau Estate; New Aussie Shareholders For National Can; Aussie-Owned Retirement Village Planned For Hobsonville; Other May Decisions
June 2012 decisions
Serco Gets Land For New Wiri Prison; Aussies Sell Spotless To Americans; More Than 9,000 Hectares Get New Overseas Owners; Oakwood Retirement Village Buys Bowling Club To Expand; Swiss Buys Mohau Station; AMP Sells Down Interest In Government Buildings; Other June Decisions
July 2012 decisions
Vision Senior Living And Private Life Care merge; Germans Buy 1,000 Hectare Farm Near Taihape; Bathurst Consolidates Its Land Holdings In Southland; Other July Decisions
August 2012 decisions
Canadian Controlled Viterra Changes Hands; New Wind Farm For Taharoa; Chinese Grab Prime Gulf Harbour Development; Koreans Buy 3,000 Hectare Forest In Marlborough; Metlifecare Plans New Retirement Village For Albany; New Japanese Owner For The Mangapapa Petit Hotel; American Consolidates Significant Canterbury Land Holdings; Singaporeans Buy The Hilton Hotel At Princes Wharf; Foley Takes Control Of The NZ Wine Company; Aussies To Establish Hokitika Treetop Walk; James Cameron Continues To Expand His Wairarapa Empire; More Prime Southland Land Sold To Overseas Interests; Other August Decisions
September 2012 decisions
Vodafone Buys TelstraClear; Sealord Swaps Quota For Shares; Americans Snap Up Apex Rental Cars; Tiong Family Grabs 1,331 Hectares In Waihopai Valley; While Austrian Grabs 1,148 Hectares Near Napier; And Canadian Grabs 443 Hectares Of Three Ridges Forest; Australian-Owned Downer Sells Geothermal Driller To Oman; American Plans Another Exclusive Golf Course: This Time Mangawhai Heads; Other September Decisions
October 2012 decisions
Iconic Fisher & Paykel Swallowed Up By Haier; Fulton Hogan Offloads 3,000 Hectares Of forest; Heineken Buys DB Breweries; Olam Goes To 100% Of NZ Farming Systems Uruguay; Other October Decisions
November 2012 decisions
Woolworths Restructures Its Property Holdings; Juken Northern Plantations Gets New Japanese Owner; Goodman Restructures Highbrook Business Park; Pepper Refinances Itself; Nib Nabs Tower Medical Insurance; GEA Buys Milfos; Other November Decisions
December 2012 decisions
Dow Looking To Develop GE Crops In Canterbury?; Hart Sells Eight Dairy Farms To The Swedes; Tag Oil Continues To Expand Its Presence In New Zealand; Japanese Sell Summit Wool Spinners To Godfrey Hirst; Other December Decisions
Numbers of deleted or released decisions before appeal
| Jan 2012 | Feb 2012 | Mar 2012 | Apr 2012 | May 2012 | Jun 2012 | Jul 2012 | Aug 2012 | Sep 2012 | Oct 2012 | Nov 2012 | Dec 2012 | Total 2012 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deletions | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 36 |
| Applications Refused | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Decisions released | 5* | 4 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 16^ | 7 | 9 | 7 | 113 |
* This excludes a decision approving grant of consent for Milk New Zealand Holding Limited to acquire the Crafar Farms. This consent was set aside by the High Court on 15 February 2012 with a direction that Ministers reconsider their decision.
^ This includes one approval for acquisition of fishing quota involving Sealord Group Ltd and Westfleet Seafoods Ltd.
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