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The organizations that help companies export from and invest in New Zealand, grouped by what you need. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
1. Where to start
NZTE, Invest NZ and Customs: the guide’s first stops, of the 15 organizations below.
Each card says what it can help with:Get adviceFind financeMeet requirementsResearch markets
- Get advice
National trade promotion agency
NZTE
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
Gives New Zealand businesses export advice, market research, capital guidance and co-funding such as the International Growth Fund.
Visit NZTE (opens in a new tab)Source: NZTE, export support services (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
- Get advice
Investment promotion agency
Invest NZ
Invest New Zealand
Connects overseas investors with New Zealand businesses and research institutions, and advises ministers on barriers to overseas investment.
- Meet requirements
Customs and border authority
Customs
New Zealand Customs Service
Clears exports, issues client codes, approves self-declaring exporters and runs the Secure Exports Scheme and Trade Single Window.
Visit Customs (opens in a new tab)Source: New Zealand Customs, start exporting, updated August 2025 (opens in a new tab) · as of August 11, 2025
2. Export development and market information
5 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Get advice
National trade promotion agency
NZTE
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
Gives New Zealand businesses export advice, market research, capital guidance and co-funding such as the International Growth Fund.
Visit NZTE (opens in a new tab)Source: NZTE, export support services (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
- Get advice
Foreign affairs and trade ministry
MFAT
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Negotiates trade agreements, works on trade barriers abroad, and gives exporters its Tariff Finder and a guide to using the agreements.
Visit MFAT (opens in a new tab)Source: MFAT, how MFAT helps exporters (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
- Research markets
National statistics office
Stats NZ
Publishes official price, trade and economic statistics that expanding companies use to size markets and costs.
Visit Stats NZ (opens in a new tab)Source: Stats NZ, Consumers price index, September 2026 quarter (opens in a new tab) · as of October 22, 2026
- Research markets
Global trade organization
WTO
World Trade Organization
Multilateral body
Publishes New Zealand's member information and the Secretariat's Trade Policy Review of its trade rules.
Visit WTO (opens in a new tab)Source: WTO, New Zealand member information (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
- Find finance
Export credit agency
NZEC
New Zealand Export Credit
Helps exporters manage the risk of new trading relationships and find extra working capital.
Visit NZEC (opens in a new tab)Source: MFAT, trade response to the Iran conflict, March 2026 (opens in a new tab) · as of March 13, 2026
3. Investment and business setup
4 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Get advice
Investment promotion agency
Invest NZ
Invest New Zealand
Connects overseas investors with New Zealand businesses and research institutions, and advises ministers on barriers to overseas investment.
- Meet requirements
Company registry
Companies Office
New Zealand Companies Office
Registers New Zealand and overseas companies and sets the rules on who can be a director.
Visit Companies Office (opens in a new tab)Source: Companies Office, who can be a director (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
- Meet requirements
Overseas investment regulator
OIO
Overseas Investment Office
Assesses applications from overseas people to invest in sensitive land, large business assets, forestry, residential land and fishing quota.
Visit OIO (opens in a new tab)Source: Govt.nz, Overseas Investment Office (opens in a new tab) · as of July 8, 2021
- Get advice
Business support portal
Business.govt.nz
Explains the steps to export and to start a business, and lists Regional Business Partners that give local advice.
Visit Business.govt.nz (opens in a new tab)Source: Business.govt.nz, exporting process and support (opens in a new tab) · as of February 23, 2026
4. Customs and tax
2 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Meet requirements
Customs and border authority
Customs
New Zealand Customs Service
Clears exports, issues client codes, approves self-declaring exporters and runs the Secure Exports Scheme and Trade Single Window.
Visit Customs (opens in a new tab)Source: New Zealand Customs, start exporting, updated August 2025 (opens in a new tab) · as of August 11, 2025
- Meet requirements
Tax authority
IRD
Inland Revenue
Issues IRD numbers and explains GST, including zero-rating for goods you export.
Visit IRD (opens in a new tab)Source: Inland Revenue, zero-rated supplies, updated June 2026 (opens in a new tab) · as of June 22, 2026
5. Standards and sector requirements
2 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Meet requirements
Food and farming regulator
MPI
Ministry for Primary Industries
Sets and enforces export rules for food and primary products and registers exporters of animal products.
Visit MPI (opens in a new tab)Source: Business.govt.nz, exporting process and support (opens in a new tab) · as of February 23, 2026
- Meet requirements
National standards body
Standards NZ
Standards New Zealand
Publishes and sells New Zealand and international standards that exporters check against buyers' requirements.
Visit Standards NZ (opens in a new tab)Source: Standards New Zealand, home page (opens in a new tab) · as of October 31, 2026
6. Chambers and industry associations
2 organizations. Each card links to the organization’s own site.
- Get advice
Chamber of commerce network
NZ Chambers
New Zealand Chambers of Commerce
Issues Certificates of New Zealand Origin as one of three authorized issuing bodies.
Visit NZ Chambers (opens in a new tab)Source: New Zealand Customs, start exporting, updated August 2025 (opens in a new tab) · as of August 11, 2025
- Get advice
Exporters' membership association
ExportNZ
Offers exporters advice and networking, as Business.govt.nz describes it.
Visit ExportNZ (opens in a new tab)Source: Business.govt.nz, exporting process and support (opens in a new tab) · as of February 23, 2026
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Promote:New Zealand is an independent guide by Promote:Global, not an official government portal. The organizations named here are independent public and membership bodies, not Promote:Global partners, and every link goes to their own site.
Facts read from public sources, with an editorial cut-off of October 31, 2026. Nothing here is investment, legal, tax or sanctions advice. Check current status with the organization before you rely on it.