Directors
Every company must have at least one director.
A person cannot be a director of a company if they are:
- under 18 years of age
- an undischarged bankrupt
- otherwise prohibited from directing, promoting, participating in the management of a company under any statutory provisions. Read more...
Director details
For each director you need to provide their full legal name and residential address. You also need to advise whether they are a New Zealand resident.
Residential address
The director's residential address recorded here must be a physical address (street address) of where they reside and cannot be a postal address such as a PO Box, Private Bag or DX address.
Email and phone numbers
There are fields to collect the director's email address, phone, mobile and fax numbers - but this is optional.
We recommend providing an email address as the Registrar may use this to verify a director's identity and for some communications regarding the company.
IRD number
If you chose to register for tax you also need to provide the IRD number of each New Zealand resident director.
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Notes
Address verification (PAF)
The system will check the address used to ensure it matches an address recorded on the NZ Post database. If the address you want to enter is not yet included in that database you will have the option of entering it manually.
Banned directors (Disqualified directors)
- There are some restrictions regarding who can be a director of a company.
- For example, a person who is a banned director, banned manager or undischarged bankrupt is unable to be a director of a company. Our system automatically checks this when you submit the director details. A warning will appear on screen alerting you if a director you have listed is banned or is an undischarged bankrupt.
- Where the person being appointed as a director has a similar name to a banned director this may trigger an alert and you will need to confirm that they are not the prohibited person in order to continue.
Next step
Click on the Shareholders button to continue.
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