Pānui - September 2026

Welcome to Pānui for September 2026. We are now entering the pre-election period before the general election on 7 November. Parliament has now risen and will be dissolved on 1 October.

The work of government agencies like LINZ continues as normal through the election period and government formation processes. The majority of overseas investment applications are decided by LINZ officials acting under delegated authority. These processes will continue as normal, and assessment timeframes will continue to apply.

The possible exception to this is the small number of applications where a Ministerial decision is required. Ministers continue to hold decision making authority, however, through the election period Ministerial decisions may take a little longer. We will contact you to discuss timing if that is relevant to your application.

As always, a wide range of information on the overseas investment regime, including on assessment timeframes, is available on this website, and LINZ staff are available to answer questions about applications.
Overseas Investment

We welcome a pre-application discussion where that will assist us in understanding a potential application and help applicants to provide the information required for us to complete our assessments. More information is available at:
Arrange a pre-application meeting

Ngā mihi

Daniel White
Head of Regulatory Practice and Delivery
Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand

Guidelines - Waiver, discount or refund of fees

Earlier this month we issued a special Pānui to let you know that fees have reduced for Primary Consent and National Interest applications.

The Overseas Investment Regulations were also amended to allow for the waiver, discount or refund of fees in certain circumstances. Guidelines have now been published that provide more detail about the circumstances where this may apply.

Fees have been set at a level that is appropriate to recover the costs of administering the overseas investment regime, and individual fees have been set to recover the typical costs of an application of that nature. Accordingly, the power to waive, discount or refund fees will be used sparingly.

You can see the new guidelines at:
Waiver, discount or refund fees

Decision summaries for August 2026

Benefit for New Zealand

202600432 - Hollywoodbets Brand Pty Limited
202600354 - Waste Management NZ Limited
202600407 - Benedict Holdings Limited
202600380 - Stratford Solar P LP

Primary consent pathway – Sensitive land

202600609 - Liszt International Limited as sole trustee of the Liszt Investment Trust

Primary consent pathway – Production forestry

202600564 - Tempest Trust Company Pvt Ltd

Residential land development

202600486 - NZ Healthcare Holdco Limited
202600499 - Tahuna Hill Queenstown Limited Partnership
202600406 - Tasman Mining Limited
202600515 - TAG Trustees 2026-2 Limited

Exemption - Discretionary

202600453 - Withheld under s 9(2)(b)(ii) OIA
See Register: Discretionary exemptions

Exemption - Farm land advertising

202600468 - Alpha Ally One Limited
202600535 - Withheld under s 9(2)(b)(ii) OIA
Register: Exemptions from farm land advertising requirements