Forms for incorporated societies

Forms for registering a society and keeping its details up to date

All the tasks required to register your incorporated society or keep its details up to date can now be done online. There is, however, one paper form you'll need to upload when incorporating a society.

You can also submit the necessary requests and documents manually (by post or email), if you prefer. The forms you'll need can be downloaded here, or on our guide pages.

Starting an incorporated society

You’ll need the following forms when starting an incorporated society. To submit your completed forms, please follow the instructions on the guide pages for each service.

Use this form when applying manually to incorporate a society (returning it to us by post).

Whether applying online or manually, you'll need to submit this form with the required signatures of members and witnesses.

Keeping incorporated society details up to date

You’ll need the following forms to keep details of your incorporated society up to date on the register. To submit your completed forms, please follow the instructions on our guide pages.

Use this form when you are changing your society's rules, or name.

Use this form if you're a society that would like to update your existing incorporation tiwihikete (certificate) to include macrons in your registered name.

Use this form to let us know when there are changes to your address and contact details.

Use this form to accompany your annual financial statements.

Use this form when you need more time to prepare your financial statements.

Use this form when applying to have an incorporated society wound up and removed from the register.

Use this form when applying to have an incorporated society restored to the register.