Applicant
Changda International New Zealand Limited
Case number(s)
201520091
Decision date
Type
Decision
DecisionConsent granted
Section 12(a) Overseas Investment Act 2005
Decision Date9 March 2016
InvestmentAn overseas investment in sensitive land, being the Applicant's acquisition of a freehold interest in 1.0047 hectares of land at 44 Sunnyheights Road, Orewa.
Consideration$2,800,000
ApplicantChangda International New Zealand Limited
China Public (42.0%)
Chuanqing Wang, China, People's Republic of (18.0%)
Pengqiang Xu, China, People's Republic of (12.0%)
Jinxing Xue, China, People's Republic of (10.0%)
Jiuzhou Zhu, China, People's Republic of (6.0%)
Ying Wang, China, People's Republic of (4.0%)
Chuanxiao Wang, China, People's Republic of (2.0%)
Youming Yang, China, People's Republic of (2.0%)
Lijie Qu, China, People's Republic of (2.0%)
Zhigang Xue, China, People's Republic of (2.0%)
VendorNan Zhang
Australia (100%)
Background

The Applicant will use the Land to complement and support its development of residential housing at Sunnyheights Road, Orewa, Auckland. The Applicant intends to subdivide the Land into between 15 to 20 residential lots.

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)(iv) – Added efficiency
17(2)(a)(v) – Additional investment for development purposes

Overseas Investment Regulations 2005
28(b) – Key person in a key industry
28(e) – Previous investments
28(f) – Advance significant Government policy or strategy
28(g) – Enhance the viability of other investments

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