May 1997 decisions Evergreen buys Fletcher’s forests in South Auckland and Coromandel … Evergreen Forests Limited, “approximately 46%“ owned by Xylem Fund I L.P., a…
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.
April 1997 decisions Britomart Group consortium buys historic central Auckland land from Council Auckland’s controversial Britomart project resurfaces with the Britomart Group consortium being given…
March 1997 decisions Bunge and Goodman Fielder both get approval to take over Defiance Two decisions this month reflect an international struggle for the ownership…
February 1997 decisions Brierley buys TNT out of Union Shipping, merges it with Groupe Bollore Brierley Investments Ltd, this month has its first appearance since…
January 1997 decisions Barenbrug of the Netherlands buys Agriseeds Barenbrug Holdings B V of the Netherlands has approval to acquire up to 74% of Agriseeds…
January to December 1997 Overseas Investment Commission Decisions Commentary and Index prepared by CAFCA Contents January 1997 decisions Barenbrug of the Netherlands buys Agriseeds AAPC…
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…
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…