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• Enforcement

  Find out about our enforcement approach, our strategic priorities, and the enforcement action we have taken. You can also report a suspected breach of the Overseas Investment Act.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Identifying sensitive land

  Find out how to identify sensitive land.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Benefit to New Zealand test

  Find out about when the benefit to New Zealand test applies, and the different benefits.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Apply for consent, variation or exemption

  Resources to help you prepare and apply for consent to acquire sensitive New Zealand assets. You may need to tell us about a proposed transaction even if you don't need consent.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Register: Discretionary exemptions

  This page provides a register of discretionary exemptions.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Exemptions in the Regulations

  Find out about the transactions exempted from the need for consent.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Variations to consent or conditions

  You can vary your consent or conditions or apply to get conditions revoked.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Negative impacts of bulk water extraction

  Find out about addressing negative impacts of bulk water extraction in an application under the benefit to New Zealand test.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Continued or enhanced public access

  Find out about making a claim under the continued or enhanced public access factor.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Investor test

  Find out about the investor test, who is assessed, and whether you can apply to meet it in preparation for a future consent application.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Overseas investment tests

  Find out about the tests that may apply to your application.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Contact

  Contact the Overseas Investment Office with queries or feedback, subscribe to regular updates, or report a suspected breach of the Overseas Investment Act.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• How we assess your application

  Find out about the process we follow to assess applications for consent to invest in New Zealand.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Fees and penalties

  Find out how much it costs to apply for consent, variation or exemption, and what penalties may be charged.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Register: Exemptions from farm land advertising requirements

  This page provides a register of exemptions from farm land advertising requirements
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Who needs consent to invest

  Find out if you need to apply for consent before investing in sensitive land, significant business assets or fishing quota in New Zealand.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Farm land

  Find out what farm land is, and how it might affect your application for consent.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Overseas investment glossary

  Find out more about specific terms and phrases used in overseas investment content.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Make a submission

  Find out how you can make a submission on another person’s application for consent to invest in sensitive New Zealand assets.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Tips for speeding up our application process

  If you’re planning to apply for an overseas investment consent, we suggest you check out these tips which will make it easier for us to assess your application.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Notify us of your transaction

  Tell us about a proposed transaction under the national security and public order notification regime, or the temporary emergency notification regime.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Application forms and information sheets

  Use these forms and information sheets to prepare and submit your application.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Overseas investment factsheets

  Download references, guides and information sheets that explain the regulation of overseas investment into New Zealand.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Buying lease-back units in hotels or lodges

  Find out about buying lease-back units in hotels or lodges as an investment in New Zealand.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Investing in forestry and forestry rights

  Find out about investing in forestry rights or buying or leasing land to be used for forestry.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Exemption certificates for large residential developments

  If you are an apartment developer you can get an exemption certificate that allows an overseas person to buy an apartment as an investment without consent, before construction is complete.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Relevant overseas person and individuals with control

  Find out how we identify the ‘relevant overseas person’ and the ‘individuals with control’.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Exemption from definition of non-New Zealand government investor

  Find out about the discretion to grant an exemption for an entity or entities from the definition of non-New Zealand government investor.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Tax information

  Find out if you need to provide tax information with your application for consent and what use is made of this data.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Ways to invest

  The range of investment pathways, from investing in apartments, through to investing in large-scale residential development and forestry.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Sensitive land certificate

  What a sensitive land certificate is and how to get one.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Exemption from farm land advertising requirements

  When you can apply for an exemption from farm land advertising requirements.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment