Summer services update
Information Summer services update

Our offices and services will have reduced availability over the holiday period.  Read more about our holiday hours and services availability.

Organisations and websites that relate to overseas investment.

New Zealand government services

Commerce Commission

Considers applications for authorisation in relation to anti-competitive behaviour and mergers.

Department of Conservation

Information about land held for conservation purposes.

Immigration New Zealand

Information on residence class visas.

The New Zealand Now website has a tool to help overseas people work out whether they are eligible to buy a home and live in it.

New Zealand Now 

Ministry for Primary Industries

Provides advice and manages regulation around biosecurity, food safety, forestry, fisheries management and animal welfare.

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Provides information about the OECD's guidelines to help multinational enterprises operate in harmony with the policies and societal expectations of the countries in which they conduct business.

New Zealand Companies Office

For registering an overseas company in New Zealand and certificate of incorporation.

Herenga ā Nuku Aotearoa, the Outdoor Access Commission

Administers the Walking Access Mapping System that provides a view of the legal boundaries of public land, public walking access and administrative boundaries in New Zealand.

Walking Access Mapping System

Stats NZ

Provides labour force surveys, foreign direct investment component of the balance of payments statistics.

The Treasury

Provides policy advice relating to the Overseas Investment Act 2005 and associated regulations. Toitū Te Whenua is responsible for delivering this overseas investment regulatory regime.

Other organisations

Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga

Record of registered historic places.

Survey and Spatial New Zealand

Information about licensed cadastral surveyors in New Zealand.

New Zealand Law Society

Provides information about engaging a lawyer in New Zealand.

Local Government New Zealand

Territorial authorities may hold additional information to that found in district plans and planning maps.

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