Applicant
PPP Operations (NZ) Limited and Oji Fibre Solutions (NZ) Limited
Case number(s)
202300241
Decision date
Type
Decision
DecisionConsent granted
Section 12(1)(a) Overseas Investment Act 2005
Decision makerThe Minister for Land Information and the Associate Minister of Finance
Decision date20 September 2023
Pathway(s)Sensitive land – Benefit test
InvestmentAcquisition of a freehold interest in approximately 111 hectares of land located at Onepu Springs Road, Tamarangi Drive, Kawerau; and a leasehold interest in approximately 62 hectares of land located at Fletcher Avenue, Kawerau.
Consideration$10,855,287
ApplicantPPP Operations (NZ) Limited and Oji Fibre Solutions (NZ) Limited
Japan (75.9%)
United States of America (10.9%)
United Kingdom (8.3%)
Various (4.9%)
VendorNorske Skog Tasman Limited
Norway (100%)
Background

The Applicants are ultimately owned by Oji Holdings Corporation which is one of the world's largest manufacturers of paper and packaging products.

The investment involves infrastructure that was once part of an integrated pulp and paper mill complex in Kawerau, known locally as the Tasman Mill. The Applicants are acquiring the interests in the land so they can use and maintain this infrastructure and continue to operate their existing pulp mill.

The main benefits to New Zealand are likely to be economic as the Applicant will be able to continue to operate the mill, retain jobs, and avoid the expense of constructing new infrastructure.

Consent was granted as the Applicants have met the investor test criterion and the benefit likely to occur as a result of the Investment will result in benefit to New Zealand.

More informationTessa Baker
Chapman Tripp (Auckland)
PO Box 2206
Auckland 1140

See the attached Response letter linked below, which was published in response to an Official Information Act request:

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