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• Pānui - October 2021

  We're getting ready for the final Overseas Investment Act law reform changes while staying on top of steady business-as-usual consent applications. In the October edition of Pānui:
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  • Overseas investment

• Overseas Investment Office fee changes from today

  A new fees framework for applications to the Overseas Investment Office starts today.
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  • Overseas investment

• Pānui - August 2021

  Our fees are changing on 13 September. Find out more about the fees changes and other Overseas Investment Office activity in our latest edition of Pānui. In the August edition of Pānui:
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  • Overseas investment

• OIO Reform update 4 - June 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.
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  • Overseas investment

• Pānui - April 2021

  It’s been a busy first few weeks settling back into the Overseas Investment Office (OIO) at Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ). In this edition of Pānui:
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  • Overseas investment

• First penalty against an overseas investor leasing land without consent

  The Auckland High Court has ordered an overseas investor to pay a penalty of $49,000 and $15,000 in costs for failing to get consent from the Overseas Investment Office (OIO) before entering a long-term lease.
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  • Overseas investment

• Overseas investors to pay $1.38 million for breaking rules

  The High Court in Auckland this week ordered overseas investors to pay penalties totalling $1.38 million and legal costs for breaching the Overseas Investment Act.
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  • Overseas investment

• OIO Reform update 1 - March 2021

  Welcome to this first issue of the OIO Reform Update. In this edition of the OIO Reform update:
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  • Overseas investment

• AlphaTheta Corporation to acquire up to 100% of the shares in Serato Audio Research Limited

  This Official Information Act response provides documentation and external correspondence from the Overseas Investment Office, relating to the application from AlphaTheta Corporation for consent under the Overseas Investment Act 2005.
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  • Overseas investment

• Details of forestry standing consents granted since August 2022

  This OIA response provides Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ)’s advice and final conditions for the four forestry standing consents granted under Schedule 4(3) of the Overseas Investment Act 2005 since August 2022.
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  • Overseas investment

• Ohana LP – Overseas Investment Notice of Decision (Application 201320001)

  The Notice of Decision notified the Applicant that consent had been granted in 2013 and included a list of the consent conditions imposed by Ministers.
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  • Overseas investment

• Pānui - November 2021

  As November wraps up, we’ve welcomed in changes to the regime that will streamline and modernise processes for our consent applicants and their advisors. In this issue:
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  • Overseas investment

• Queenstown Hotel Investments Limited Overseas Investment application and assessment reports

  This OIA response provides Queenstown Hotel Investments Limited application and Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand’s (LINZ) assessment of an application for consent to acquire a freehold interest in approximately 8,443 square metres of land at…
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  • Overseas investment

• Agency consultation responses for forestry benefit decisions

  Advice received from Ministry for the Environment, Ministry for Primary Industries and The Treasury for forestry benefit decisions under the Overseas Investment Act 2005.
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  • Overseas investment

• Corisol New Zealand Limited overseas investment consent public access report and correspondence

  Corisol New Zealand Limited acquired a freehold interest in approximately 18,251,786 hectares of land for production forestry subject to a forestry right. Consent was conditional upon consulting with the forestry right holder to enhance public access and…
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  • Overseas investment

• Land types and areas

  Find out how we use land types and area thresholds to determine whether land is sensitive.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Selling sensitive New Zealand assets overseas

  Find out about selling sensitive New Zealand assets overseas and whether you need consent to do so.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Ordinarily resident in New Zealand

  Find out how we define ‘ordinarily resident in New Zealand’.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Ownership or control

  Find out about the level of ownership or control interest that determines whether consent is required to invest in New Zealand.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Investing on behalf of an overseas person

  Find out about the need to apply for consent if you are a New Zealand citizen or are ordinarily resident in New Zealand, and are investing on behalf of an overseas person. These rules are called the ‘associate provisions’.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Privacy, confidentiality, and sharing of information

  What information may be shared or publicly released, and what information may be withheld by the Overseas Investment Office.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• The OIO’s assessment report to ministers on the application by Mercury Agriculture Ltd Partnership to purchase land in South Canterbury

  This application, under the Overseas Investment Act 2005, is for Mercury Agriculture Limited Partnership to acquire a further 43.4% interest in Rangitata Dairies Ltd Partnership and Rangitata GP Ltd, bringing its interest in each of these entities to 68.3…
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  • Overseas investment

• Buying residential property to live in

  Find out about buying or building a home in New Zealand to live in, and whether you will need consent to do so.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Holcim (New Zealand) Limited overseas investment consent Application, Investment Plan, Assessment Report

  Application, Investment Plan, Assessment Report for application for consent from Holcim (New Zealand) Limited.
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  • Overseas investment

• Farm to Forestry Conversions under the Overseas Investment Act 2005

  Request was for the assessment reports for 10 specific applications for farm to forestry conversions under the Overseas Investment Act 2005.
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  • Overseas investment

• High Court orders civil penalties totalling $130,000 for purchase of sensitive land without consent

  A Korean citizen and his lawyer have been ordered to pay $130,000 in civil penalties, in addition to criminal fines handed down in 2020, after the pair attempted to obstruct the Overseas Investment Office investigation.
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  • Overseas investment

• Pānui - May 2022

  This edition of Pānui includes our top tips for smooth sailing when it comes to fresh or seawater areas, invite you to attend our webinar about the types of real estate transactions that require our consent, and list our recent decision sum
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  • Overseas investment

• EnviroWaste Services Ltd’s compliance with ecological and walking access conditions

  The OIA response provides information on EnviroWaste Services Ltd’s compliance with the ecological and walking access conditions.
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  • Overseas investment

• Sale of Gisborne farms to Ingka Investments and details of land approved in the last three years

  This OIA response provides a link to the Overseas Investment Assessment Report relating to Ingka Investments’ application for consent under the Overseas Investment Act 2005 to acquire the Huiarua Station and Matanui Station near Gisborne and the details…
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  • Overseas investment

• Land tenure and farmland advertising for renewable energy projects under the Overseas Investment Act 2005

  The response provides information about Toitū Te Whenua's view on land tenure and farmland advertising for renewable energy projects.
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  • Overseas investment

• Getting to the root of farm to forestry conversions

  When it comes to overseas investors converting farmland to forestry, complex foreign investment rules can make it hard to see the forest for the trees.
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  • Overseas investment

• Overseas investment pathways data

  On this page, data can be sorted to show which investment pathway was used to make a decision, along with related information such as the total investment, total land area, and the average time it takes to assess by investment pathway.
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