OIC Transition to Land Information New Zealand (LINZ)

As of Monday 1 August the Overseas Investment Commission Secretariat (OIC) will be working out of the national office of Land Information New Zealand ( LINZ ).

This is part of transition to operating under the Overseas Investment Act 2005 that will eventually see the OIC dissolved and its functions and responsibilities undertaken by the Overseas Investment Office (OIO) of LINZ.

The OIC will continue processing applications on a "business as usual" basis under the existing framework until such time as the legislation comes into effect which is currently expected to be around 25 August. Correspondence/letters should continue to be addressed to the OIC until you are informed that the OIC has been dissolved and the OIO is operating.

As of 1 August 2005 the CEO/Secretary of the OIC will be Annelies McClure who will also be heading the new OIO within LINZ . Annelies has been the Manager, Applications at the OIC since February 2004. She is a graduate of Victoria University of Wellington and in June 1990 was admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor in the High Court of New Zealand. Prior to joining the Commission, Annelies was a senior solicitor with Chapman Tripp Sheffield Young's Wellington office, and practised in the field of general commercial law.

Three existing staff within the OIC are not transferring to LINZ. They are Stephen Dawe (CEO/Secretary), Suzanne Conley (Executive Assistant), Wendy Russ (Filing Clerk) and Chris Miller (Data Analyst).