Applicant
Silver Fern International Travel and Trade Limited
Case number(s)
201410007
Decision date
Type
Decision
DecisionConsent granted
Section 12(a) Overseas Investment Act 2005
Decision date20 May 2014
InvestmentAn overseas investment in sensitive land, being the Applicant's acquisition of a freehold interest in approximately 9.7331 hectares of land at Lots 4 & 5 Elysium Way, Slope Hill Road, Queenstown.
Consideration$1,400,000
ApplicantSilver Fern International Travel and Trade Limited
Jun Chang, China, People's Republic of (80%)
Rong Fu, China, People's Republic of (10%)
Meidong Su, China, People's Republic of (5%)
Xin Wang, China, People's Republic of (5%)
VendorDonald William Andrew, Kathleen Mary Andrew and the Andrew Family Trust (Trustees Kathleen Mary Andrew and Roger Norman Macassey)
New Zealand (100%)
Background

The Applicant is acquiring the land in order to establish an accommodation business and associated activities.

The overseas investment transaction has satisfied the criteria in section 16 of the Overseas Investment Act 2005. The 'substantial and identifiable benefit to New Zealand' criteria were satisfied by particular reference to the following factors:

Overseas Investment Act 2005
17(2)(a)(i) – Jobs
17(2)(a)(iii) – Increased export receipts
17(2)(a)(iv) – Enhanced domestic services
17(2)(a)(v) – Additional investment for development purposes

More informationElliot Goldman
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