Becoming a contractor

Deciding what type of contract work

Check out your skills
We all have many skills. It is important to identify the skills you have and what areas you may wish to address with further training
Select a job summary
This list of job summaries contains information about what type of skills, knowledge and entry requirements you might need for a particular job. This includes information about conditions, salary ranges,...

Find out about different legal structures
Information from IRD regarding the different legal structures you can choose to operated under.
Find tax information for people in business
If you are in business or planning to start a business in New Zealand you can find out about your tax obligations. You can find information for businesses on key tax topics like employee payroll, income...
Register your company and file company documents
If you are starting up in business in New Zealand or if you already have a registered company, you can file company documents (like your annual return) online using the Companies Office website. You...

Find information on balancing your work and your life
Maintaining a work-life balance, juggling paid work, unpaid work and leisure time is one of the most challenging issues for tomorrow´s workers and their employers. The Future of Work programme brings...
New Zealand: "A great place to live and work"
Welcome to the work-life balance website. This site is designed to provide some basic information about New Zealand's work-life balance project.
Find out about health and safety law
You can find information on the legislation administered by Occupational Safety and Health Service (OSH). In particular, there is information on the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Dangerous...
Find out about occupational health and diseases
You can find resources on the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) website about occupational health and occupational disease.
Learn how to prevent injuries at home, work and leisure
If you want to improve safety and reduce the incidence of injuries, you can get information and advice from ACC about injury prevention for: - workplaces and industries - home - sports - schools and...

Find and compare qualifications
You are able to find and compare qualifications in New Zealand on the KiwiQuals website. All qualifications shown on KiwiQuals are on the New Zealand Register of Quality Assured Qualifications, Te Āhurutanga. You...
Find information on skills, training and the future of work
Skills, education, training and literacy (the ability to understand and make use of information) are becoming more important in the workplace. The skills that employers are looking for have changed;...
Find out about Industry Training in the workplace
Industry Training is designed to give New Zealand's workforce the skills and knowledge needed for our industry to gain a competitive edge. Industry Training concentrates on workplace learning that raises...
Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand is a national provider of open and distance learning at tertiary level, teaching over 30,000 students each year. Currently The Open Polytechnic offers over 130 programmes...
eLearn - New Zealand's Tertiary eLearning Portal
eLearn, New Zealand's tertiary e-learning web portal, combines the news and resources of a number of individuals, organisations and government to provide e-learning information and services in NZ.

Where do I find out how to tender for local council contracts and which contracts are available?
Most public spending for capital works, new equipment and systems and services goes through a public tendering process.

Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand is a national provider of open and distance learning at tertiary level, teaching over 30,000 students each year. Currently The Open Polytechnic offers over 130 programmes...
The Correspondence School
The Correspondence School was established in 1922 to provide distance education in New Zealand. The School is governed by a Board of Trustees. It is funded by the Ministry of Education. The School offers...
Employment Relations Service
Employment Relations is one of the Service units of the Department of Labour. We promote and support fair and productive employment relationships. Our mission is: "Excellent employment relations, a...
Occupational Safety and Health Service
The Occupational Safety and Health Service (OSH) works to prevent injuries, illness and accidents in the workplace by guiding employers and others to actively manage safety and health in their workplaces,...
Accident Compensation Corporation
Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) provides work-related injury cover for all New Zealand citizens, residents and temporary visitors to New Zealand. We are the sole provider of all work-related...