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• Pānui - April 2022

  This month’s Pānui discusses the High Court judgment which upheld an earlier decision to grant CDL Land New Zealand Limited consent to buy land near Havelock North for residential development, and includes our recent decision summaries.
  News

  • Overseas investment

• Pānui - March 2022

  In this edition of Pānui you will find information on the conclusion of an investigation involving the purchase of sensitive land without consent, build-to-rent guidelines, our quarterly consents data and recent decision summaries.
  News

  • Overseas investment

• Overseas Investment Assessment Report relating to EDR-H New Zealand Limited

  The Overseas Investment Assessment Report relating to EDR-H New Zealand Limited’s acquisition of approximately 51.9706 hectares of land at Cromwell, Central Otago.
  Resource

  • Overseas investment

• Pānui – March 2023

  Pānui is our regular newsletter for overseas investment news.
  News

  • Overseas investment

• Visual, interactive overseas investment information now available

  Information about overseas investment can now be found on our website in an interactive, visual format.
  News

  • Overseas investment

• Overseas Investment Assessment Report

  Request for an Overseas Investment Variation Assessment Report for an application by CDL Land New Zealand Limited to vary the conditions of its consent.
  Resource

  • Overseas investment

• Applications to purchase 147 Valley Road, Whakatane

  Requesting any correspondence, decisions, or outcomes related to any applications to purchase 147 Valley Road, Whakatane.
  Resource

  • Overseas investment

• Overseas Investment investigations of Earnslaw One and Juken NZ

  The requestor was provided with information relating to the investigations into Juken NZ, but information on investigations into Earnslaw One under section 6(c) of the OIA, as the investigation is not concluded.
  Resource

  • Overseas investment

• Information on an Overseas Investment application by Fisher Funds Management Ltd

  The response provides a copy of the application and supporting documentation by Fisher Funds Management Limited.
  Resource

  • Overseas investment

• Overseas investment assessment report for application by Colin David Rath

  The Official Information Act response provides the Overseas Investment Office’s Assessment Report relating to Colin David Rath’s application for consent under the Overseas Investment Act 2005 to acquire 28.74 hectares at 244-246 Georges Road, Waipara,…
  Resource

  • Overseas investment

• Joval Wine Group (NZ) Limited application for consent to acquire sensitive land in Central Otago

  Request was for a copy of the overseas investment assessment report for case number 202200645 (Joval Wine Group (NZ) Limited).
  Resource

  • Overseas investment

• Overseas Investment assessment report for Organic Solutions Limited

  Requesting copies of the recommendations/reports prepared by Overseas Investment for the following decisions: 202200246, 202100803, 202200141, 202100774, 202000515 and 202000875.
  Resource

  • Overseas investment

• Overseas investment assessment report for Horizon Flowers NZ Limited

  Requesting copies of the recommendations/reports prepared by Overseas Investment for the following decisions: 202200246, 202100803, 202200141, 202100774, 202000515 and 202000875.
  Resource

  • Overseas investment

• Trinity Green penalised $97,500 for breaching the Overseas Investment Act

  Trinity Green Estate Partnership, formerly controlled and funded by an overseas person, has been ordered to pay $97,500 in civil penalties by the High Court for buying 8.5 hectares of sensitive land (being non-urban land greater than 5ha) i
  News

  • Overseas investment

• Documentation relating to a Corisol New Zealand application (Case 202200568)

  Request was for recommendations and reports sent to Ministers for an application by Corisol New Zealand, relating to a farmland to forestry conversion under the Overseas Investment Act 2005 benefit to New Zealand test.
  Resource

  • Overseas investment

• Overseas Investment Act 2005 consent for Sealord Group Limited to acquire Independent Fisheries Limited

  The Overseas Investment Assessment Report in relation to the consent granted under the Overseas Investment Act 2005 for Sealord Group Limited to acquire Independent Fisheries Limited.
  Resource

  • Overseas investment

• OIO Reform update 5 - July 2021

  Welcome to our latest OIO Reform Update. The update is for people wanting more detailed information about upcoming legislative changes, new or revised technical guidance and Overseas Investment Office (OIO) process improvements.
  News

  • Overseas investment

• $110,000 fine for breaching overseas investment sensitive land rules

  The Auckland High Court has ordered defendant Ms Zhang to pay a civil penalty of $110,000 and $15,000 in costs for failing to get consent under the Overseas Investment Act to buy sensitive land.
  News

  • Overseas investment

• OIO Reform update 2 - April 2021

  Welcome to our second OIO Reform Update. The Update is for Pānui subscribers wanting more detailed information about upcoming legislative changes, new or revised technical guidance and OIO process improvements.
  News

  • Overseas investment

• Pānui - March 2021

  March has seen the Office pass two significant milestones. These were the introduction of the new investor test and the overseas investment fees review consultation. In this edition of Pānui:
  News

  • Overseas investment

• Pānui - Special edition February 2021

  Welcome to a special issue of Pānui about the new investor test for consent applications that comes into force on 22 March 2021. In this edition of Pānui: Investor test changes and transition period
  News

  • Overseas investment

• New ministerial directives

  Information about the ministerial directives introduced in 2017, including the ‘rural land’ and ‘forest land’ directives, and the effect they have had on the assessment of applications.
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  • Overseas investment

• Overseas investment case studies

  Case studies that illustrate how the Overseas Investment Office regulates access to New Zealand’s land and property, and how it assesses whether overseas investment applications benefit the country.
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  • Overseas investment

• Investigations involving associates to conceal beneficial ownership of property, and disposals of property

  Response to media query about investigations involving associates to conceal beneficial ownership of property, and information on instances where the OIO has made overseas persons dispose of property.
  Resource

  • Overseas investment

• Negative impacts of bulk water extraction

  Find out about addressing negative impacts of bulk water extraction in an application under the benefit to New Zealand test.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Continued or enhanced public access

  Find out about making a claim under the continued or enhanced public access factor.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Overseas Investment year in review and quarterly dashboards

  The two overseas investment dashboards summarise key performance statistics, accompanied by two more targeted forestry annexes that provide data and insight across the previous financial year and the first quarter.
  Resource

  • Overseas investment

• Investor test

  Find out about the investor test, who is assessed, and whether you can apply to meet it in preparation for a future consent application.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Overseas investment tests

  Find out about the tests that may apply to your application.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Contact

  Contact the Overseas Investment Office with queries or feedback, subscribe to regular updates, or report a suspected breach of the Overseas Investment Act.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Exemptions in the Regulations

  Find out about the transactions exempted from the need for consent.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Variations to consent or conditions

  You can vary your consent or conditions or apply to get conditions revoked.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment