New Zealand Companies Office

An Introduction and an Update

Corporate Registers Forum 2009

• Ministry of Economic Development

• Companies Office Services

• Companies Office Structure

• Companies Office Statistics

• Achievements

• Looking Ahead

Companies Office Structure

• 80 staff (Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch)– Servicing - Processing, Compliance, Legal, E-

Business, Contact Centre, supported by National Enforcement Unit and Corporate Services

• AS/NZS ISO 9001:2000 certified

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Companies Office Services

• Provision of business registry functions

• Enforcement

• Electronic via the internet

• 17 corporate registers maintained

Companies 510,868 as at 28 February 2009

Impact of Recession As at 28 February 2009

• Companies 30,275 [39,111]• Name Reservations 48,103 [60,359]

• PPSR• Registrations 327,467 [427,969 ]• Searches 1,673,218 [1,748,715 ]

2009 achievements

• NZ 1st in World Bank indicators for “starting a business”

• NZ 2nd in World Bank Indicators for “ease of doing business”

• Most helpful NZ government agency for 6th consecutive year

• Companies Office Mobile

• Certificates of Good Standing & Certificate Validation

• Obtain tax & GST number at incorporation

• Information exchange with Australia

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Enterprise 2009

• Time to refresh, systems, thinking, process and legislation

• Enterprise– Enable global changes– Watching briefs– Minimise costs– Meeting customers expectations– Integrated services across government

m.companies.govt.nz

• Access the Companies Office register anytime, anywhere. 

• Companies Office Mobile enables you to view the Companies Office Register from your internet enabled mobile phone or personal digital assistant.

• Search Companies, Directors and Banned Directors

Companies Office Mobile