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

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

Tell us about a proposed transaction under the national security and public order notification regime.

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

A farm to forestry conversion describes the practice of planting trees on farm land that was previously used for agriculture or pastoral farming, for example sheep, beef or dairy farming.

Find out the process we follow when we decline an application for consent to invest in New Zealand.

This page provides a register of transitional exemption certificates for large residential developments.

This page provides a register of exemption certificates for large residential developments.

Find out more about investing in sensitive land to provide a benefit to New Zealand.

Find out about the tools and powers we can use when responding to breaches of the overseas investment rules.

Find out about making a claim under the other consequential benefits factor.

This page provides a register of exemptions from the definition of non-New Zealand government investor.

Find out how we use land types and area thresholds to determine whether land is sensitive.

Find out about selling sensitive New Zealand assets overseas and whether you need consent to do so.

Find out how we define ‘ordinarily resident in New Zealand’.

Find out about the level of ownership or control interest that determines whether consent is required to invest in New Zealand.

Find out about the need to apply for consent if you are a New Zealand citizen or are ordinarily resident in New Zealand, and are investing on behalf of an overseas person. These rules are called the ‘associate provisions’.

What information may be shared or publicly released, and what information may be withheld by the Overseas Investment Office.

Registers of exemption certificates for large residential development, transitional exemption certificates for large residential development, discretionary exemptions, and exemptions from the definition of non-New Zealand government investor.

Find out if you can apply for consent retrospectively if you have made an investment without getting consent first.

You and your advisors can meet with us before you submit your application for consent.

Tell us if you think someone has broken the overseas investment rules.

Find out about buying or building a home in New Zealand to live in, and whether you will need consent to do so.

Sign up to Pānui and change alerts to receive regular news and updates from our overseas investment team.

Find out about claiming a benefit under the oversight or participation by New Zealanders factor.

Find out about making a claim under the significant government policy factor

Find out how applications are assessed under the benefit to New Zealand test.

Find out how much it costs to apply for consent, a variation, or an exemption. This information also sets out administrative penalties for late filing of documents and for retrospective consent.

Find out about how you can apply to meet the investor test to prepare for future transactions.

Find out how to notify us of a transaction made under a residential or forestry standing consent.

Find out about our work investigating possible breaches of the overseas investment rules.

Find out when an exemption from the requirements for consent may be available.