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Learn about our online services

There are a range of online services available for incorporated societies and charitable trusts. To file financial statements or update an organisation's details you will need the registry key.

Online services are not available for:

incorporating new societies and trusts
changing the rules of a society or the rules or trust deed of a trust
removing or restoring a society or trust.

For all of these services you will need to file paper documents. Visit the Forms and fees section to download the forms you need.

Visit the Forms and fees section now to see what fees apply for filing documents or updating your details online.

Learn how to

Logon to use our online services

You do not need to be a registered user to file documents online but it can speed things up if you are filing several documents online. If you have do not have a logon and you see a 'Logon' screen when using one of our online services - simply select Continue to proceed as a casual user.

Search online at www.societies.govt.nz

To search the online register, first access our website at www.societies.govt.nz and then choose which search option to use.

Use your registry key

A registry key provides a secure authentication process for online transactions.

Update organisation details online

This option makes it possible to update other details about your organisation using the registry key. Here you can update the month of your AGM, your organisation's purpose and contact details for your organisation that are on the societies.govt.nz website.