Updating directors' details on the Overseas Register
Keeping names, appointments, resignations and addresses up to date
Whether your company is incorporated in Australia or another country, you must keep directors’ details including appointments, resignations or changes of address up to date in the Overseas Register. If your company is incorporated in Australia, you only need to update the details there.
If your company is incorporated in Australia
Companies incorporated with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) only need to update directors' details with them. You do not need to update our Overseas Register as well.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), and the New Zealand Companies Office exchange information electronically. If you update directors' details on the ASIC register, the New Zealand register is updated automatically.
If your company is incorporated in a country other than Australia
To update the director details for an overseas company you must have:
- a RealMe® login
- an online account with us
- confirmed your authority with us.
Adding directors or updating their details online
Follow these steps to add a new director or update details for an existing one.
- Log in and search for the company using the company name, company number or New Zealand Business Number (NZBN).
- From the search results, select the company that has changed its directors’ details.
- Select the 'Directors' tab.
- Add a new director or update details of an existing director, including their:
- full legal name
- residential address
- email address
- phone numbers — landline, mobile and fax numbers
- date of appointment — for new directors only.
You can also remove any directors that have left the company.
Other guides in
Managing an overseas company in New Zealand
- Registering your company to do business in New Zealand
- How overseas companies set up as a NZ business
- How to transfer your company's incorporation to NZ
- Financial reporting for overseas companies
- Financial reporting for New Zealand companies registered in Australia
- Annual returns for overseas companies
- Updating addresses of overseas companies
- Changing the name of an overseas company
- Updating the constitution of an overseas company
- How to remove a company from the Overseas Register