🇳🇿 New Zealand

Overview

AiPrise verifies New Zealand businesses against the New Zealand Companies Register. A business verification returns the company profile, directors and shareholders, and a list of the documents filed with the register, which you can order.

Coverage

Data point	Returned	Note
Company profile	Yes	Legal name, legal form, registration date, registered address, annual return month and last filing date, GST number when held
Directors	Yes	Companies only
Shareholders	Yes	Companies only
Ultimate beneficial owners	No

Document	Returned
Company profile	Yes, on request
Incorporation documents	Yes, on request
Constitution	Yes, on request, when filed
Annual returns	Yes, on request
Financial statements	Yes, on request, when filed
UBO extract	No

The verification lists the documents the company has filed. You then order the ones you need.

Documents, as the register names them

Particulars of Shareholding and Notice of Issue of Shares
Annual Return
Particulars of Director, Director Consent and Directors Certificate
Particulars of Company Address
Adoption of Constitution
New Company Incorporation
Financial Statements
Insolvency documents

Speed

Step	Typical	9 in 10 within
Business verification (company data, directors, shareholders, document list)	11 seconds	27 seconds

These are typical times from production, not a service-level commitment: set timeouts well above them, or use callbacks.

Company types

Company type	Legal forms	Covered	What to expect
Limited company	NZ Limited Company	Yes	Full data: directors, shareholders, documents
Sole trader	Sole Trader	Yes	Profile
Charitable trust	Charitable Trust	Yes	Profile

Sources

Register	What it gives
New Zealand Companies Register	Company profile, directors, shareholders, filed documents

Identifiers

Send the New Zealand Business Number as business_entity_id, with country_code set to NZ.

Identifier	Format	Example
New Zealand Business Number (NZBN)	13 digits	`9429000123456`

You can also search by legal name.

Statuses and legal forms

registration_info.status is empty for New Zealand results. The AiPrise status in registration_info.normalised_status is still set; in production it was Active, or Dormant for a few companies. The normalised status is one of Active, Suspended, Dormant, Dissolved / Struck Off, In Liquidation / Insolvency or Unknown.

Legal forms come back in entity_type, for example NZ Limited Company, Sole Trader and Charitable Trust.

Quirks and gotchas

Country-specific behaviour to know before you integrate.

Quirk	Details
No register status	The raw status is empty. Use `normalised_status`.
Documents are a list first	The verification lists the filed documents. Each document is ordered separately.

Limits

UBOs are not returned.
Directors and shareholders are returned for companies only.