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• Register: Exemptions from farm land advertising requirements

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

• Investing in forestry and forestry rights (before 16 August 2022)

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

• 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

• 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

• Other consequential benefits

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

  • Overseas investment

• Oversight or participation by New Zealanders

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

  • Overseas investment

• Advance a significant government policy

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

• 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

• Assessment of benefit to New Zealand applications

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

  • Overseas investment

• Exemption from farm land advertising requirements

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

• Overseas investment fees and penalties framework

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

  • Overseas investment

• How to pay overseas investment fees and penalties

  Find out how to pay your overseas investment fee or penalty.
  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

• Standalone investor test

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

  • Overseas investment

• Register: Exemptions from definition of non-New Zealand government investor

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

• Notify us of a transaction made under a standing consent

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

  • Overseas investment

• Investing in fishing quota

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

• Our enforcement tools

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

  • Overseas investment

• Our strategic priorities

  Find out about our priorities for investigating and enforcing the overseas investment rules.
  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

• Farm land advertising

  Find out about the requirements for advertising farm land before selling to an overseas person.
  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