Applicant
Ellis Campbell (NZ) Limited
Case number(s)
202200564
Decision date
Type
Decision
Decision

Consent granted 

Section 12(1)(a) Overseas Investment Act 2005

Decision Maker Toitū Te Whenua LINZ
Decision Date 17 January 2023 
Pathway(s) Special forestry (One-off purchase) 
Investment An overseas investment in sensitive land, being the Applicant’s acquisition of a freehold interest in approximately 113.2890 hectares of land at Wairau Valley, Marlborough.
Asset Value $882,000 
Applicant

Ellis Campbell (NZ) Limited  
United Kingdom (100%)

Vendor

Silva Aeldesta Limited  
New Zealand (100%) 

Background

The Applicant has applied for consent under the special test relating to forestry activities set out in section 16A(4) of the Act.

The land being acquired is already a commercial forest known as the Silva Aeldesta Forest.

The land use is 107.5 hectares of forestry, and 5.789 hectares is taken up by roads and tracks, skid sites, and unproductive land in scrub.

The Applicant intends to continue to operate the land as a commercial forest, and replant the crop of trees following harvest.

More information

Claire McKendry  
Gascoigne Wicks 
PO Box 2 
Blenheim