Overview

The Government has decided that the reforms of the Overseas Investment Act will come into effect on Friday, 6 March 2026.

The reforms include:

• consolidating the national interest, benefit to New Zealand, and investor tests into a single test for all assets other than farmland, fishing quota, and residential land.
• allowing certain investor visa holders to apply for consent to buy or build a house worth more than $5 million, and
• revising the Act’s purpose statement to explicitly acknowledge the role of overseas investment in increasing economic opportunity.

Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) will implement a streamlined primary consent pathway for investments under the new test, along with new and updated conditions of consent. 

Speakers: Janine Tan, REINZ Senior Legal Advisor (Facilitator) and Pedro Morgan, Overseas Investment Lead, Land Information New Zealand (Presenter) 

Please note that this is a pre-recorded webinar and not a live session.

Hear about the new rules and what you need to know about them as a real estate professional:

Watch the recording of this live webinar presented by Pedro Morgan from Land Information New Zealand’s Overseas Investment Team in collaboration with REINZ. Learn about the new rules, eligibility requirements, and how you can help ensure property transactions proceed smoothly for all parties involved. Pedro also covered other ways that property can be sold to a recent migrant or overseas investors, including the “One Home to Live In” rules for new migrants and sales of land for residential housing developments. 

If you have any questions on overseas investment, you are welcome to submit them to [email protected].

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