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On 1 January 2024, the significant business assets threshold for Australian investors will be updated.

In this edition of Pānui, we outline changes to application patterns, cover pre-application meetings and look ahead to our next Ngā Hui Whakamārama seminar.

Pānui is our regular newsletter for overseas investment news and updates.

Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board announces recent decisions for official place names and invites public submissions on the proposal to officially name Mitiwai Stream.

Pānui is our regular newsletter for overseas investment news and updates.

Pānui is our regular newsletter for overseas investment news and updates.

People can now make submissions on the Overseas Investment (National Interest Test and Other Matters) Amendment Bill, with public submissions open until 23 July 2025.

This week we’ve released three new guidance documents on: investments in the grocery sector, the definition of “associate”, and how the alternative monetary threshold regime works.

In this edition, we provide you with a brief update about proposed changes to the Overseas Investment Act to allow overseas-based investors with a New Zealand investor residence visa to buy or build a house here

In this edition of Pānui you will find information on the build-to-rent pathway guidance which has been developed with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. We also share some observations from the first three-months since amendments to the Act went live on 24 November 2021.

Hōngongoi (July) is always a time of review for government agencies as our financial year ends. As the overseas investment regulator, we are no different, and what a year it has been.

In the month of Haratua (May), we refreshed and reorganised our overseas investment webpages and reached significant milestones in the reform of overseas investment legislation.

This month's overseas investment newsletter contains new and updated guidance, details about the upcoming Ngā Hui Whakamārama session, and recent decision summaries.