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Verify New Zealand companies via API
Know Your Customer Limited verifies New Zealand companies live from the New Zealand Companies Office, returning company data, controlling parties, shareholders and beneficial owners, and registry documents, with AML screening and ongoing monitoring. Free sandbox available.
What the API returns for New Zealand
When you create a KYB case for a New Zealand company, Know Your Customer Limited retrieves data live from the New Zealand Companies Office. A single integration returns the company record, the controlling parties and individuals, the shareholders and beneficial owners, and the registry documents, with AML screening on the entity and its associated individuals built into the same case.
New Zealand data and document availability
What the API makes available for New Zealand companies:
| Category | Available |
|---|---|
| Company data | Entity Name, Entity Type, Registration Date, Entity Status, Registration Number, Address, Other Identifiers, Trade Names, Previous Names, Activity Type |
| Controlling entities & individuals | Name, Address, Role, Appointed On |
| Shareholders & beneficial owners | Name, Address, Share count, Role |
| Documents | Retrieved by default: Registry Extract Available on demand: Annual Return, Particulars of Shareholding, Particulars of Director, Director Consent, Notice Of Issue Of Shares, Consent Of Shareholder, Application To Incorporate A Company, Certificate of Incorporation, Change of Company Name, New Company Incorporation, Update Shares, Amalgamation Certificate, Adoption of a Constitution |
AML, sanctions, and PEP screening on the entity and its associated individuals, and ongoing live monitoring with change alerts, are available for New Zealand as part of the same case.
How to verify a New Zealand company via API
The following example shows the complete flow: authenticate, search the New Zealand registry, create a KYB case, and retrieve company data and the ownership org-chart. All calls go to the sandbox base URL for testing.
The sandbox at https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev is free. Request access to get your client credentials.
# 1. Authenticate (OAuth2 client credentials)
curl -X POST https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/connect/token \
-d "grant_type=client_credentials" \
-d "client_id=YOUR_CLIENT_ID" \
-d "client_secret=YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET" \
-d "scope=PublicApi"
# 2. Search the New Zealand registry
curl -X POST https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies/search \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"name":"New Zealand National Bank","codeiso31662":"NZ"}'
# 3. Create a KYB case
curl -X POST https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"rawname":"New Zealand National Bank","codeiso31662":"NZ"}'
# 4. Retrieve company data and status
curl https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies/CASE_ID \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
# 5. Get the beneficial ownership org-chart
curl https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev/v2/Companies/CASE_ID/org-chart \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
Replace YOUR_CLIENT_ID and YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET with your sandbox credentials, and CASE_ID with the caseCommonId returned in step 3.
Frequently asked questions about the New Zealand KYB API
What company data can I verify in New Zealand?
For a New Zealand company, the API returns the company record read live from the New Zealand Companies Office: the entity name, type, status, registration number, address, and registration date, along with the controlling parties, the shareholders and beneficial owners, and the available registry documents. See the table above for the full New Zealand availability.
Does the API return beneficial ownership (UBO) data for New Zealand companies?
The API resolves the controlling parties, shareholders, and beneficial owners for New Zealand companies and exposes them as a recursive ownership org-chart (GET /v2/Companies/{caseCommonId}/org-chart), tracing control through holding companies to the individual beneficial owners. The depth available depends on what the New Zealand Companies Office discloses. See the UBO API.
Can I retrieve official registry documents for New Zealand companies?
Yes. The default document set for New Zealand includes Registry Extract, retrieved by default, with additional documents available on demand (Annual Return, Particulars of Shareholding, Particulars of Director, Director Consent, Notice Of Issue Of Shares, Consent Of Shareholder, and more). List and download them with the documents endpoint (GET /v2/Companies/{caseCommonId}/documents).
Is there a free sandbox for testing New Zealand company verification?
Yes. The Know Your Customer sandbox at https://api.knowyourcustomer.dev is a free, high-fidelity test environment. Request free sandbox access to start testing.
The Know Your Customer Limited API covers 147 jurisdictions worldwide, including New Zealand. One integration, one set of credentials, one response schema across all markets. Browse all covered jurisdictions.
Related coverage: Christmas Island • Cocos (Keeling) Islands • Cook Islands • Fiji • French Polynesia • Marshall Islands.
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