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…
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 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…
January to December 1996 Overseas Investment Commission Decisions Commentary and Index prepared by CAFCA Contents January 1996 decisions New law comes into effect Hansol of…
December 1995 decisions National Australia Bank takes control of BNZ Finance Having bought the Bank of New Zealand, the biggest bank in Aotearoa, in 1992,…
November 1995 decisions Kenmare of U.S.A. takes over APV Moffat In a decision initially almost completely suppressed, Moffat Ltd, controlled by the Sullivan family of…
October 1995 decisions Kraft products and assets sold to Heinz/Watties From one transnational to another … Kraft General Foods New Zealand Ltd, a subsidiary of…
September 1995 decisions TransAlta takes control of EnergyDirect TransAlta Energy Corporation of Canada subsidiary TEC Utilities Ltd gained approval this month to take a further…
August 1995 decisions Telecom shareholding in Sky approved despite dominance concerns The highly contentious proposal by Telecom Corporation of New Zealand to purchase its U.S.…
July 1995 decisions This month reports the largest number of OIC decisions since we started analysing them in December 1989: 63, including eight deletions. However,…
June 1995 decisions O’Reilly’s Independent Newspapers takes over Wilson and Horton Biggest story this month is the sale of the last remaining major newspaper owner…