Amendment to the Overseas Investment Regulations 2005 to Give Greater Protection to New Zealand's Major Strategic Assets

The Government has amended regulation 28 of the Overseas Investment Regulations 2005 by adding the following:

"(h) whether the overseas investment will, or is likely to, assist New Zealand to maintain New Zealand control of strategically important infrastructure on sensitive land."

The Overseas Investment Amendment Regulations 2008 (pdf 175KB) came into force on 4 March 2008.

For more information, see the Minister of Finance Dr Michael Cullen's media statement: Strategic assets to be protected in national interest