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Korean doctor and lawyer backdated loan document and lied to OIO
The offending was described as premeditated and deceptive.
The offending was described as premeditated and deceptive.
Government to have power to block foreign sales of key infrastructure, security assets.
The law change has seen the number of overseas buyers collapse.
Westland farmer creditors owed up to $11 million still on warpath in sale countdown.
An investigation has forced the overseas investors to sell the Auckland properties.
Details of 12 Overseas Investment Office decisions are out.
Greens minister has approved 99 per cent of foreign applications to buy sensitive land.
Foreign buyers also bought 2 per cent of homes across New Zealand as a whole.
Landowners have grown frustrated by default payments at the resort.
An exclusive waterfront property is back on the market after a foreign buyer withdrew bid.
Lauer land deal was a very good one for New Zealand, says former minister Mark Mitchell
One of Britain's richest men has dropped plans for expanding his business into NZ.
Jericho farm sale to a Kiwi is the result of OIO rule changes, says Minister
In 2017, the incoming Government issued a new ministerial directive letter to the OIO.
A 50 per cent stake in Dominion Salt Limited has been sold to a Hong Kong firm for $36.9m.
The largest deal was the sale of just over 33,550ha of rural land
Company was waiting on regulatory sign-off before declaring takeover unconditional.
Silver Fern Farms and Shanghai Maling have agreed in principle to extend the deadline for their joint venture.
Labour leader Andrew Little says he will not apologise to John Shewan for making false claims about the tax expert.
Labour MP David Cunliffe has called review of "good character" test for foreign investors in New Zealand a 'whitewash' after it is given all-clear.
Time is running out for the proposed tie-up between Silver Fern Farms and a major Chinese investor.
Director of the Overseas Investment Office, Annliese McClure, has effectively been sidelined by the appointment of a "new short-term deputy chief executive".
COMMENT: Are overseas investors currying favour with the Investment Office to ensure the approval of large land purchasers? Barry Soper looks at some recent examples.
Argentine investors who were approved to buy a farm in NZ were allegedly investigated for a pollution incident which led to fatalities, claims Labour MP David Cunliffe.
The Government says it is hiking the fees for foreign investment applications to help the Overseas Investment Office keep a closer eye on investors.
Two Argentine investors could be forced to sell a $6 million New Zealand farm if they are found to have misled the Overseas Investment Office.
The Overseas Investment Office is taking a harder line in rejecting applications that need more work.
Ngarango Otainui lies in Auckland's Manukau Harbour and is only 5km from the airport.