July 1998 decisions Emerald Capital can buy remaining shares in New Zealand Experience Emerald Capital Ltd, which is 90% owned by the Gardiner Group Ltd…
Decisions
Analysis of the decisions of the Overseas Investment Commission 1994-2004 inclusive and the Overseas Investment Office decisions 2006 onwards as well as the transition year of 2005.
June 1998 decisions Auckland International Airport sold The majority privatisation of Auckland International Airport Ltd, owner of Auckland International Airport, Mangere, Auckland, is approved in…
May 1998 decisions Liberty Oil sets up company Liberty Oil, which has announced with much fanfare that it is entering the petrol retailing market in…
April 1998 decisions Three refusals Winston Peters has clearly been in a declining state of mind this month, as he has refused three applications involving…
March 1998 decisions Suez Lyonnaise Des Eaux of France buys Waste Care from Browning-Ferris SITA S.A., a public company of France, 63% owned by Suez…
February 1998 decisions Hoyts buys out Endeavour Hoyts Corporation Holdings (NZ) Ltd, a subsidiary of Hoyts Cinemas Ltd of Australia, has approval to buy out…
January 1998 decisions High country Makarora Station near Lake Wanaka, sold to U.S. company The sale of the 2,185 hectare Makarora Station, Makarora, near Lake…
January – December 1998 Overseas Investment Commission Decisions Commentary and Index prepared by CAFCA Contents January 1998 decisions High country Makarora Station near Lake Wanaka,…
December 1997 decisions Man, Mackay and CSR join forces in sugar refining E. D. and F. Man New Zealand Ltd (a subsidiary of E. D.…
November 1997 decisions Rabobank buys Wrightson Farmers Finance Cooperatieve Centrale Ralffeisen Boerenleenbank BA, aka Rabobank, “a major banking cooperative based in the Netherlands” has approval…
October 1997 decisions Natural Gas Corporation may acquire remaining 30% of Natural Gas Waikato TThe privatised Natural Gas Corporation New Zealand Ltd, now owned, via…
September 1997 decisions Telecom buys out Ericsson’s cellphone operation Telecom New Zealand, a subsidiary of Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Ltd, has approval to acquire…
August 1997 decisions AUSDOC of Australia buys express freight subsidiaries from Freightways Express Freight Services Ltd, owned by AUSDOC International Pty Ltd of Australia, has…
July 1997 decisions Freightways breaks up: sells CHEP to Brambles and Armourguard to Tyco Freightways Ltd is being broken up by its owner, Tappenden Holdings,…
June 1997 decisions French/U.K. consortium to run Papakura’s water supply In a disturbing first for Aotearoa, a consortium including two of the world’s biggest water…