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• Investing in land if you are planning to live in New Zealand

  Find out about investing in sensitive land when you are intending to live in New Zealand indefinitely.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Comply with the conditions of your consent

  Find out what information you need to provide to show you have met the conditions of your consent.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Find out if you need to notify us of your transaction

  If you are an overseas person investing in a New Zealand business that is considered strategically important, find out whether you need to notify us about the transaction.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Overseas investment fees and penalties schedule

  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.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• COVID-19 enforcement policy

  Find out how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the way we enforce compliance with the overseas investment rules.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Investing in apartments

  Find out about investing in apartments in New Zealand, and whether you need consent to do so.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Investing in significant business assets (SBA)

  Find out about investing in New Zealand securities, assets or businesses, or establishing a business valued at over $100 million.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Investing in residential land to develop

  Find out about the pathways for investing in and developing residential land.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Enforcement action taken

  Find out about the enforcement action taken by the Overseas Investment Office since 2015.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Our compliance approach

  Find out about the way we check that investors are meeting their obligations.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Seek expert advice

  New Zealand’s overseas investment regime is a specialist area of law. Overseas investors should seek local expert legal and land advice before investing in New Zealand.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• How to make a claim for benefits to New Zealand

  Find out how to structure benefit claims.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Contact the Overseas Investment Office

  Find out how to contact us.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Protection of historic heritage

  Find out about making a claim under the protection of historic heritage factor.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Economic benefits

  Find out about making a claim under the economic benefits factor.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Benefits to the natural environment

  Find out about making a claim under the benefits to the natural environment factor.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Farm land benefit test

  Find out about the farm land benefit test and when and how it is applied.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Overseas investment fees and penalties framework

  Find out how the Overseas Investment Office fee schedule is structured.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Investing in fishing quota

  Find out about investing in New Zealand’s fishing quota.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Meeting the investor test

  Find out what the investor test is, who needs to meet it and how it is assessed.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Selling to an overseas person

  Find out what is involved if you are selling a sensitive New Zealand asset to an overseas person.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Prepare a statutory declaration

  How to prepare a statutory declaration as part of your application to the Overseas Investment Office.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• How to apply for consent to acquire significant business assets

  Find information and resources to help you apply for consent online
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Vendor Information Form

  Find out if you need to provide a Vendor Information Form when selling to an overseas person.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Fresh or seawater areas

  Find out about fresh or seawater areas and your responsibilities.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• National interest assessment

  Find out how the government assesses certain overseas investments to ensure New Zealand’s national interest is protected.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment

• Assessment timeframes

  Find out how long it will take us to assess your application and the factors that may slow this down.
  Guidance

  • Overseas investment