New Zealand Government
Accident Compensation Corporation - administers NZ’s accident compensation scheme, which provides personal injury cover for all NZ citizens, residents and temporary visitors to NZ.
Companies Office - responsible for the administration of corporate body registers, including the Companies Register. Search company information or incorporate your own company.
> Search the Companies Register for a company
Department of Statistics - collects, compiles, analyses, and publishes with or without comment, statistics on NZ economic, financial, production, environmental, and social matters.
Employment Relations - outlines the main rights and obligations of employers and employees in the workplace.
> Build your own employment contracts
> Confirm the NZ statutory holidays
Inland Revenue Department - collects most of the revenue the NZ Government needs to fund its programmes, and administer a number of social support programmes.
> Depreciation rate finder
> Important tax due dates
> Income Tax Calculator
> PAYE/KiwiSaver calculator
Intellectual Property Office of NZ - responsible for the granting and registration of intellectual property rights, specifically patent, trade mark, design and plant variety rights.
NZ Legislation - provides free public access to up-to-date unofficial versions of NZ legislation.
Work and Income - provides financial assistance and employment services throughout NZ. A contact for people needing job search support, financial assistance and in-work support.
Business
BNET - provides action-oriented intelligence for managerial professionals that's smart, useful, and always right at your fingertips.
Business.govt.nz - brings together free business resources, tools and information to help people start, manage and grow their business.
HomebizBuzz - an independent site serving home business, small business, entrepreneurs and the self-employed in NZ.
National Bank Business Resource Centre - a comprehensive collection of business information, tools and support material to help your business succeed.
NZ Business - a well-established business magazine, covering a range of topics of interest to business owners, operators and managers.
Finance
Interest - resource for interest-rate comparatives in NZ. It is the only truly comprehensive source of all interest rates, and is updated many times each day.
NZ Mint - NZ's only precious metal mint, minting legal tender commemorative coins, gold bullion and medallions.
NZ Stock Exchange - provides real-time, delayed, end of day and historical data to customers generated by trading activity on NZX's markets.
Oanda - provides internet-based forex trading and currency information services to everyone, from individuals to large corporations, from portfolio managers to financial institutions.
Sorted - offers NZ financial planning information and calculators to help get debt, investments and retirement sorted.
Computers
MYOB - provides tailored business solutions, including accounting software, payroll products and real-time business management tools, for your growing business.
Pricespy - comparison shop for computer and electronic parts at NZ retailers.
Xero - an online accounting system designed for small businesses and their advisors.
Health and Wellbeing
The Big Stretch - combines time out in nature with incisive coaching, so you can answer your big questions, focus and move into confident action.
Wellbeing - a magazine covering ways to improve the quality of your life, the lives of those around you and the health of the planet.
News and Blogs
NZ Herald - the latest local NZ news, opinion and reader views.
Stirring the Pot - Bruce Sheppard is a non-politically correct agent provocateur and founder of the NZ Shareholders' Association. An accountant by profession, he is passionate about NZ but has no hesitation in exposing its shortcomings.
Stuff.co.nz - NZ, world, sport, business & entertainment news.