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i.e. was the transaction entered into prior to 16 Aug 2022
When to complete this form

Use this form if your purchaser is an overseas person seeking a consent to buy the following sensitive New Zealand asset:

  • Significant business assets only

Click here for information about selling to overseas investors

Information about this form

  • The purchaser (referred to as "the applicant") or their representative will ask you to compete this form. We won't have received their application until we receive this form, as we use it in our assessment process.
  • The information requested in this form can be given by you, or by one of your representatives, such as a solicitor. Our preference is that the person with the best knowledge of the matter provides the information.
  • We may be in further contact with you to clarify or seek further information.
  • In some cases, we may need to refer to the information you've provided in our communications with the applicant, even though you may not have shared it with them. If we need to refer to your information, we will do so with care and having regard to the confidentiality of the information concerned.
  • We're unable to provide you with information provided to us by applicants, or update you on the status or progress of our assessment of their application. The applicant is best placed to give you status updates.
  • For a complete list of what you'll need to tell and send us, see the Information required for vendor information form
  • Select Menu > Log in above so you can save your form and come back to it later.


When to complete this form

Use this form if your purchaser is an overseas person seeking a consent to buy a sensitive New Zealand asset via the Intention to Reside (Residency-based application) pathway

Click here for information about selling to overseas investors

Information about this form

  • The purchaser (referred to as "the applicant") or their representative will ask you to compete this form. We won't have received their application until we receive this form, as we use it in our assessment process.
  • The information requested in this form can be given by you, or by one of your representatives, such as a solicitor. Our preference is that the person with the best knowledge of the matter provides the information.
  • We may be in further contact with you to clarify or seek further information.
  • In some cases, we may need to refer to the information you've provided in our communications with the applicant, even though you may not have shared it with them. If we need to refer to your information, we will do so with care and having regard to the confidentiality of the information concerned.
  • We're unable to provide you with information provided to us by applicants, or update you on the status or progress of our assessment of their application. The applicant is best placed to give you status updates.
  • For a complete list of what you'll need to tell and send us, see the Information required for vendor information form
  • Select Menu > Log in above so you can save your form and come back to it later.


When to complete this form

Use this form if your purchaser is an overseas person seeking a consent to buy the following sensitive New Zealand assets:

  • Sensitive Land, or
  • Sensitive Land & Significant business assets, or
  • Special Forestry

Click here for information about selling to overseas investors

Information about this form

  • The purchaser (referred to as "the applicant") or their representative will ask you to compete this form. We won't have received their application until we receive this form, as we use it in our assessment process.
  • The information requested in this form can be given by you, or by one of your representatives, such as a solicitor. Our preference is that the person with the best knowledge of the matter provides the information.
  • We may be in further contact with you to clarify or seek further information.
  • In some cases, we may need to refer to the information you've provided in our communications with the applicant, even though you may not have shared it with them. If we need to refer to your information, we will do so with care and having regard to the confidentiality of the information concerned.
  • We're unable to provide you with information provided to us by applicants, or update you on the status or progress of our assessment of their application. The applicant is best placed to give you status updates.
  • For a complete list of what you'll need to tell and send us, see the Information required for vendor information form
  • Select Menu > Log in above so you can save your form and come back to it later.


The Act requires that farm land, or interests in farm land, are offered on the open market to people in New Zealand before they are sold to an overseas person, unless an exemption is sought by the applicant or a standing exemption applies.

Vendors should advertise farm land comprehensively and before entering into an agreement for sale and purchase with an overseas person. This will help ensure that the market is tested for New Zealand interest and that advertising complies with the requirements – 'do it once and do it right'.

You can read more about farm land advertising here, or, read about the farm land advertising exemption criterion here.

If the information required in this form is not provided, or only partially provided, it will cause delays to the assessment process. If you are unable to answer anything in the form because it is not relevant or does not apply in your situation, please say so on the form. We suggest you contact us at an early stage to discuss concerns or queries about the level of information required.

Please also be aware that we have a statutory power to require any person to provide us with information for the purpose of considering an application. It is an offence to not comply with our request. Further, it is also an offence under the Act to knowingly or recklessly make a false or misleading statement or material omission in any document or information provided to us.

If you are providing us with information which you wish to remain confidential please tell us in the form which part(s) of the information you consider should remain confidential, and explain the reason(s) for this.

The Official Information Act 1982 applies to any information that you provide to us. It is possible that our obligations under that Act require us to release the information that you provide notwithstanding your notification and identification of confidentiality. If we receive a request for information you have provided, we will consult with you prior to any release.