February 2001 decisions Allied Domecq of the U.K. gets approval to acquire 100% of Montana but… NRMA of Australia buys State Insurance from Norwich/CGNU of…
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January 2001 decisions Government changes its mind, allows sale of half of Sealords to Nissui of Japan Visy Packaging of Australia buys packaging business from…
January to December 2001 Overseas Investment Commission Decisions Commentary and Index prepared by CAFCA Contents January 2001 decisions Government changes its mind, allows sale of…
December 2000 decisions Credit Suisse buys 27% of Fletcher Forests underwriting rights offer in breakup Telecom enters into investment agreements with TMT Dynasty of Singapore…
November 2000 decisions Stratos of Canada buys out British Telecom from Inmarsat satellite service Tegel Foods buys New Plymouth land to expand poultry processing…
October 2000 decisions One refusal 1 Shell bids for Fletcher Energy 1 Fletcher Residential purchases Waitakere land for subdivision_ 3 AMP acquires Manukau Supa Centa…
September 2000 decisions Montana takes Corbans, then Lion Nathan of Japan takes 28.2% of Montana 1 Major French wine producer Henri Bourgeois buys land in…
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…
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.…
> Views, Analysis and Research The electricity deforms The changes (euphemistically called “reforms”) to the electricity sector in 1998 and following led to privatisation, price…
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…