Foreign Investment

Foreign investment in Aotearoa/New Zealand

2022

Overseas Investment Office - Decisions

Commentary and Index prepared by CAFCA.

All spelling of geographic and company names is as supplied by the Overseas Investment Office (OIO) unless otherwise it is clear from the context that the source is from elsewhere. Errors are those of the OIO. Information quoted, unless otherwise noted, comes from the Decision Sheets of the Office. Copies of the Decision Sheets can be seen on the Land Information New Zealand website.

N.B. From May 2021 onwards only one decision per month has been analysed. Instead a link to the OIO's website containing the decisions for each month has been provided above. Murray Horton.

Contents

January 2022 decisions

Retrospective application by residential developers declined; Summit buys another Northland forest; Austrian countess gets her third forest; UK landlords buy another NZ forest; Australian company with NZ owners still requires consent;

February 2022 decisions

The Neil Group Ltd/Neil Construction Ltd; Goodman Ltd and Goodman Industrial Trust; CDL Land New Zealand Ltd; I-MED New Zealand Bidco Ltd; BIF IV Alpha Holdings LP; ICG Asia Pacific Fund IV SF (No.1) SCSp; Johannes Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg; Chubb International Investments Ltd; Resolution Life Finance (Bermuda) Ltd; Kauri Forest LP; Burgundy BidCo Ltd;

March 2022 decisions

Kakariki Joint Venture; Metlifecare Ltd; Grand Arc Land Development Ltd; Pan Pac Forest Products Ltd Centuria Capital Ltd and associated entities; Ponga Silva Ltd x 2; Ingka Investments Forest Assets NZ Ltd and Ingka Investments Management NZ Ltd; Pine Plantations Private Ltd; Kauri Forestry LP; Mercury Medical Holdings Ltd; Tasman Pine Forests Ltd; Cerberus Vermögensverwaltung GmbH; Totara Forestry LP;

April 2022 decisions

Rapturous Harmony Ltd; Cloudy Bay Vineyards Ltd; Voyage Digital (NZ) Ltd; Foley Wines Ltd; Wellington City Transport Ltd; Berry New Zealand Bidco; Partners Life Ltd; Apex Fund Services NZ Ltd; Cerberus Vermögensverwaltung GmbH; Forestry Investments Ltd; Ingka Investments Forest Assets NZ Ltd and Ingka Investments Management NZ Ltd; IKEA New Zealand Ltd; Totara Forestry Services Ltd; KKR Aubergine Inc;

May 2022 decisions

Western Developments Ltd Partnership; BW Digital Pte Ltd; Agright New Zealand OpCo 1 Ltd; Ingka Investments Forest Assets NZ Ltd and Ingka Investments Management NZ Ltd; Cartesian Growth Corporation; SunPork Holdings Pty Ltd; McDonalds Restaurants (New Zealand) Ltd; Fletcher Residential Ltd; Aquila Capital Timber Investment Fund S.A. SICAV-SIF; GeoPost SA; The Coca-Cola Company and Coca-Cola Oceania Ltd; Corisol New Zealand Ltd; CEVA Logistics (NZ) Ltd and CEVA Freight (Australia) Pty Ltd; CC Helios Trust Pte Ltd;

June 2022 decisions

Drylandcarbon One Limited Partnership x 4; Totara Forestry Services Limited; Charter Hall Wholesale Management Limited; Enterprise Investments WRI Limited; GNZ Energy Bidco Limited;

July 2022 decisions

Orange Merger Sub 1 & Sub 2 Limited; Ziwi Limited; PEP Smart Metering Limited; Greendom Limited; Kinetic NZ Holdings Limited; Horizon Flowers NZ Limited; Agright New Zealand OpCo 3 Limited; MacLab (NZ) Limited as trustee of the MacLab (NZ) Unit Trust and Biomex Trustees Limited as trustee of the Biomex Trust; Metlifecare Limited; Fletcher Residential Limited x 2; Bupa Retirement Villages Limited; Kempen Capital Management NV and Paheko Orchards Limited Partnership; Fletcher Distribution Limited; Thomas Herman Grothe; Ingka Investments Forest Assets NZ Limited and Ingka Investments Management NZ Limited; Darley-Graze Holding Limited and FinaNuts Holding Pty Ltd; Johannes Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg; Corisol New Zealand Limited;

August 2022 decisions

Reco Pacific Private Limited; Darley-Graze Holding Limited and FinaNuts Holding Pty Limited; Warner Bros. International Television Production New Zealand Limited; Southland Plantation Forest Company of New Zealand Limited; Tui BidCo Limited; Ingka Investments Forest Assets NZ Limited and Ingka Investments Management NZ Limited x 2; Corisol New Zealand Limited; Nestlé New Zealand Limited; BRO Tonganui Limited; Tasman Tourism New Zealand Limited; Greenheart Mangakahia Forest Land Limited; Germinal Holdings New Zealand Limited; Aquila Capital SG Holdco Pte Ltd. and Far North Solar Farm Limited; Tasman Pine Forests Limited; UDC Finance Limited;

September 2022 decisions

Alpha Ally Holdings Limited; T&G Global Limited; HICL Infrastructure PLC and Northleaf Essential Infrastructure Fund Master Partnership; SamCo Holdings Limited and Spark New Zealand Trading Limited; Dwight Scott Haldan and Jerad Patrick Boyd; Alpha Ally Three Limited; SBI Regional Bank Holdings Co. Ltd.; Heilig Assets NZ Limited; EDR-H New Zealand Limited; Lime Timber New Zealand Limited; Kakapo Estate Limited; Glenpark Horticulture Limited;

October 2022 decisions

Dai-ichi Life International Holdings LLC; Vital Healthcare Property Limited; CD&R Madison UK BidCo Ltd; Craigmore Permanent Crop No 12 Limited; Kauri Forestry LP x 2; 104 Dixon Street Limited; ContainerCo (NZL) Limited; Whakatāne Mill Limited; Grand Arc Land Development Limited; ATC New Zealand Limited;

November 2022 decisions

Aquila Capital Holding GmbH & Far North Solar Farm Limited x 4; Fletcher Residential Limited x 2; CD & R Madison UK BidCo Ltd; Neil Group Limited x 5; Germinal Holdings New Zealand Limited; Kauri Forestry LP; Fisher Funds Management Limited; PAGAC Piranha Holding (Singapore) Pte Limited; GRP III Regional Holdings Ltd;

December 2022 decisions

Mitsui & Co Ltd, Nomura Holdings Inc; CDL Land New Zealand Limited; Metlifecare Limited x 2; Fletcher Residential Limited x 2; Ponga Silva Limited; Pine Plantations Private Limited; Ingka Investments Forest Assets NZ Limited and Ingka Investments Management NZ Limited x 3; Waipaoa Horticulture Limited; Johannes Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg; Mars Jade Holdings BV; Craigmore Permanent Crop No 12 Limited; KSF Fund No. One Pty Ltd (as trustee of the Karreman Superannuation Fund No. One) ("KSF Fund") and Karreman Racing Pty Ltd (as trustee of the Karreman Racing Trust) ("Karreman Racing"); Azelis New Zealand Limited;

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Numbers of approved, declined and price deleted Decisions

	Jan 2022	Feb 2022	Mar 2022	Apr 2022	May 2022	Jun 2022	Jul 2022	Aug 2022	Sep 2022	Oct 2022	Nov 2022	Dec 2022	Total 2022
Deletions
Approvals	4												4
Declined

* this is count of the number of consents that don't include price (or other info if withheld)

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