Kia ora koutou
It’s almost summer and the end of the year is fast approaching! With people heading off on holiday, December’s Pānui and overseas investment decision summaries will be published early, on Thursday 18 December. January’s Pānui will be published at the end of the month as usual, on 29 January 2026.
A reminder that the New Zealand government shutdown period means that assessment days under the Overseas Investment Act stop between 25 December and 15 January.
We recommend getting in touch with the team if you have an application requiring a decision during the summer holiday period, or if your application will require a national interest assessment.
Read on for a refresher on Residential Land Statements, our updated digital dashboards – a useful source for data and trends relating to overseas investment in New Zealand – and for October’s decision summaries.
Ngā mihi
Rebecca McAtamney
Head of Regulatory Practice and Delivery
Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand
Are you keeping Residential Land Statements?
Lawyers and conveyancers advising on residential property transactions must obtain and retain Residential Land Statements (RSLs). Clients purchasing residential land must complete the prescribed form and provide it before you lodge a transfer instrument under the Land Transfer Act 2017.
Residential Land Statement form
Under section 51A of the Overseas Investment Act 2005, buyers must state whether they require consent under the Act and, if so, confirm compliance.
Section 51C(1) of the Act prohibits lodging an instrument recording an acquisition of residential land without an RSL. You must also take reasonable steps to retain RSLs for 7 years. Breaches can incur civil penalties of up to $20,000 per offence.
Further guidance: Residential Land Statement: guidance for conveyancers and lawyers
Refreshed digital dashboards
The latest data on approved overseas investment consents is now available on our interactive dashboards.
The visual dashboards present data current up to 30 September 2025, providing a big-picture view of the decision summaries we publicly release each month. The dashboards can be filtered according to such things as decision pathways and regions, and are presented in both graph and map form.
Our overseas investment dashboards
Decision summaries for September 2025
Decision summaries are published the month after a decision is made. The latest decision summaries are listed here, including standing consent notifications.
Benefit to New Zealand
202500424 - Hampshire (NZ) Limited
202500271 - NZ Dairy Holdings Trusco Pty Ltd as trustee for NZ Dairy Holdings Trust.
202500606 - Hampshire (NZ) Limited
Special Forestry
202500517 - Takahe Estate Limited
202500595 - Tasman Pine Forests Limited (Eves Valley Forest)
Significant Business Assets only
202500593 - Finaccess Restauración, S.L.
202500541 - Ecolab Inc.
202500516 - Barrel BidCo Pty Ltd
202500644 - Abbott Nutrition NZ Limited
202500110 - Yinson Renewables Pte. Ltd.
Residential Land Development
202500550 - KW Holdings Limited
Notification under a Standing Consent – Special forestry
202200134-1 - Totara Forestry Services Limited
202200134-2 - Totara Forestry Services Limited
Exemption - Farm land advertising
202500586 - Bright Fern Unit Trust
202500588 - BENZ Norwood SF Ltd, BENZ Greendale SF Ltd & BENZ Highfield SF Ltd
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