The Official Information Act response provides copies of assessment reports for six overseas investment applications involving forestry decided in October and November 2023.
The OIA response provides information on the following applications for investments:
- Pan Pac Forest Products Limited’s acquisition of a freehold interest in approximately 601.8447 hectares of land located at Rock Station, 3137 and 3169 State Highway 5, RD 2, Te Pohue, Napier (Case number 202300156)
- Ingka Investments Forest Assets NZ Limited & Ingka Investments Management NZ Limited’s acquisition of a freehold interest in two adjoining freehold Taranaki properties comprising approximately 1,646ha located at Douglas North Road (Case number 202300304)
- NZ Forestry Partnership LP’s proposed acquisition of a freehold interest in approximately 700ha of land in Otago (Case number 202300336)
- ERI Timber New Zealand S.á.r.l.’s proposed acquisition of a freehold interest in approximately 500 hectares of land in Hawke's Bay (Case number 202300379)
- Salm-Salm Timber Luxembourg S.à.r.l.’s proposed acquisition of a freehold interest in approximately 1100 hectares of Land in Hawke’s Bay (Case number 202300284)
- ERI Timber New Zealand S.á.r.l.’s proposed acquisition of a freehold interest in approximately 1,313 ha of land in the Hawke’s Bay region (Case number 202300219)