🇳🇿 Legislation18 Nov 2025
New Zealand lets company directors hide their home addresses from November 2026
New Zealand's Companies (Address Information) Amendment Act 2025 became law on 18 November 2025 and comes into force on 18 November 2026. Directors can ask the Companies Office to replace their residential address on the public register with an address for service where publishing it is likely to cause physical or mental harm to them or someone living with them. The Companies Office still holds the residential address.
The Act started as a member's bill. It amends the Companies Act 1993, under which directors' residential addresses have been public.
What changed
- A director can ask for their residential address to be suppressed on the public register and replaced with an address for service.
- The test is that publication is likely to cause physical or mental harm to the director or someone living with them.
- The Registrar keeps the residential address for regulators.
- Supporting regulations commence on the same day, 18 November 2026.
Background
The Government's wider Companies Act reforms, announced in August 2024, also propose an address for service for all directors and unique identifiers for directors.