System upgrade will affect some searches
The Companies Office is updating its Charitable Trust Register platform. As a result, their online services for charitable trust boards will be unavailable from 9pm Wednesday 18 March 2026. This also means you cannot search the NZBN Register for charitable trust boards or update a trust board’s details.
We expect normal service to resume by midday Monday 23 March 2026.
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