December 1996 decisions This month is notable for the volume of deleted information. Twenty-eight of the 39 decisions had deletions, mostly the consideration for the…
1996
Analysed decisions of the Overseas Investment Commission for 1996.
November 1996 decisions O’Reilly buys another radio network: NZ Radio Network buys Prospect We reported in April 1996 that the privatised Radio New Zealand commercial…
October 1996 decisions INL gets approval to buy all of Sky Network In a remarkable decision originally almost completely suppressed and released only in April…
September 1996 decisions First refusal for six years: “lifestyle” land acquisition declined This month we see the first application to the OIC that has been…
August 1996 decisions Drug company mergers and residential subdivisions are favourites this month. But first … Works Corp privatised to Paul Y-ITC (Hong Kong) and…
July 1996 decisions Blue Star takes Whitcoulls In an otherwise quiet month, by far the biggest news is the purchase by Blue Star Group Ltd…
June 1996 decisions TransAlta of Canada completes takeover of Wellington’s electricity supply TransAlta Energy Corporation (TEC), a subsidiary of TransAlta Corporation of Canada has approval…
May 1996 decisions Westpac takes over Trust Bank The biggest story this month is the take-over of Trust Bank New Zealand Ltd by Westpac Banking…
April 1996 decisions Radio New Zealand commercial network sold to O’Reilly The commercial stations of Radio New Zealand, which were set up for privatisation as…
March 1996 decisions GWR of the UK buys Independent Broadcasting Group from Brierleys GWR Group Plc, a listed company of the U.K., and its subsidiary,…
February 1996 decisions This is the first full month under the criteria of the Overseas Investment Amendment Act passed last year. Unsurprisingly, although the new…
January 1996 decisions New law comes into effect Note that the new regulations under the Overseas Investment Amendment Act 1995 came into effect on 15…