Information considered in granting consent for land purchase
Grace Haden made this Official Information request to Land Information New Zealand
The request was successful.
From: Grace Haden
Dear Land Information New Zealand,
Urgent OIA request.
Urgency due to the new purchase which is to be made for Lochinvar.
1. The Crafar farm purchase was considered with view of Milk New Zealand Hong Kong registering in New Zealand prior to making the purchase . However second company was formed with the same name but with an unidentifiable shareholder ( which may or may not be the BV company Milk NZ investments) What consideration and due diligence was conducted with respect to milk New Zealand Investment the alleged share holder of the subsequently formed NZ registered milk New Zealand Holdings. Please provide all documents which show the existence of Milk NZ investment and confirms shareholding of that company.
2. The companies registration of Milk New Zealand Holding Limited is deficient in that the directors home address as legally required but is not listed and there is no visible evidence that the shareholder Milk New Zealand Investment exists and if so where it is registerd. Has Linz OIO considered this potentially unsafe company registration due to it not specifically identifying the Registered office of Milk NZ investment as the law requires. ( it is a link in the chain which is broken )
3. In the due diligence of the purchase of Syfield farms was evidence obtained to prove the entire genealogy of SFL the purchaser of the farms. please provide that evidence showing where each company was registered, when it was registered who the shareholders and directors are.
4. A document has been located on Reuters link.reuters.com/fuv22w which shows the side branches to the company structures . A company called Roland animal husbandry appears to be set to acquire the companies which hold the farms . What dangers were considered in your due diligence which would mitigate the companies and the land assets together being sold of to another entity .
5 What safe guards and conditions exist in the sale agreement which prevents the property being on sold un screened unknown persons.
6. was the on sale of the land considered at all .
7. what are the implications of the sale as detailed int he Reuters report link.reuters.com/fuv22w
Yours faithfully,
Grace Haden
From: Customer Support
Land Information New Zealand
Good Afternoon Grace,
Thank you for your enquiry, I have forwarded this to a member of the
Ministerial Team and she will respond to you directly.
Kind regards
Heather
Customer Support
0800 665 463
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From: Peter R Hill
Land Information New Zealand
Dear Grace
I refer to your Official Information Act request of 12 August 2014 for
information on the ownership structure of Milk New Zealand Holding
Limited/ Shanghai Pengxin Group Co Limited.
In terms of your request attached is a link to this Office's memorandum to
Ministers in relation to the application by Shanghai Pengxin Group Co
Limited to acquire Synlait Farms which will provide you with information
on the ownership structure.
([1]http://linz.govt.nz/sites/default/files/...).
Any on sale of Synlait Farms either directly or through the sale of the
shares in the existing owning entity to an overseas entity would require a
further application for consent under the Overseas Investment Act 2005 to
be made to the Overseas Investment Office.
Yours sincerely
Pete Hill
Research and Support Officer
Overseas Investment Office
E [2][email address] | DDI +64 4 460 2784 | M +64 27 235 8389
Wellington Office, Level 7, Radio New Zealand House, 155 The Terrace
PO Box 5501, Wellington 6145, New Zealand | T 04 460 0110
W [3]www.linz.govt.nz | [4]www.landonline.govt.nz | [5]data.linz.govt.nz
[6]http://www.linz.govt.nz/sites/default/fi...
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From: Grace Haden
Dear Peter R Hill,
Thank you for your response I am aware of this document and received a copy of the BVI documents relating to Milk New Zealand Investment Limited.
the issue is that when a chain of companies pass through a non transparent medium the cannot be any certainty as to the directorship please refer to my post http://www.anticorruption.co.nz/2014/09/...
There are three companies in this genealogy which were not expected to be present when the crafar farm sale was considered . Milk New Zealand holding HK was to be the purchaser and it was not , three more companies were created to affect the purchase one a very non transparent company which was not portrayed on our companies register as a British Virgin Island company until we raised the issue of lack of existence on the NZ register.
Does this mean that directions of the OIO can be ignored ?
Yours sincerely,
Grace Haden
From: Peter R Hill
Land Information New Zealand
Dear Grace
Please refer to the attached in response to your email of 10 September 2014.
Yours sincerely
Pete Hill
Research and Support Officer
Overseas Investment Office
E [email address] | DDI +64 4 460 2784 | M +64 27 235 8389
Wellington Office, Level 7, Radio New Zealand House, 155 The Terrace
PO Box 5501, Wellington 6145, New Zealand | T 04 460 0110
W www.linz.govt.nz | www.landonline.govt.nz | data.linz.govt.nz
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From: Grace Haden
Dear Peter R Hill,
Thank you for your response
By way of OIA please advise where I can find a copy of this application for variation and the decision of the OIO on that application including copies of all due diligence done on the new structure.
Yours sincerely,
Grace Haden
From: Peter R Hill
Land Information New Zealand
Dear Grace
This process is already underway as a result of the Office of the Minister for Land Information transferring your request to them of 10 September 2014.
Yours sincerely
Pete Hill
Research and Support Officer
Overseas Investment Office
E [email address] | DDI +64 4 460 2784 | M +64 27 235 8389
Wellington Office, Level 7, Radio New Zealand House, 155 The Terrace
PO Box 5501, Wellington 6145, New Zealand | T 04 460 0110
W www.linz.govt.nz | www.landonline.govt.nz | data.linz.govt.nz
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From: Peter R Hill
Land Information New Zealand
Dear Grace
Please refer to the attached in response to your email of 10 September 2014 to the Honourable Michael Woodhouse and your email of 26 September 2014 to this office.
Regards
Pete Hill
Research and Support Officer
Overseas Investment Office
E [email address] | DDI +64 4 460 2784 | M +64 27 235 8389
Wellington Office, Level 7, Radio New Zealand House, 155 The Terrace
PO Box 5501, Wellington 6145, New Zealand | T 04 460 0110
W www.linz.govt.nz | www.landonline.govt.nz | data.linz.govt.nz
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