Permitting System
Online permitting system
Our online permitting system lets people apply for, manage, and make changes to permits online. Members of the public can also use it to find information about granted permits and permit applications.
On this page
- Making payments
- About the online permitting system
- How to register to use the online permitting system
- Apply for a new permit
- Manage a current permit
- Do a public search
- Past or expired permits
Making payments
New Zealand banks have introduced a ‘Confirmation of Payee’ service to check if account names and account numbers match before you make a payment.
When you make a new payment to ‘New Zealand Petroleum & Minerals’ via internet banking, you need to enter the ‘Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment’ as the account holder/payee name, rather than ‘New Zealand Petroleum & Minerals’.
Changes around payments to New Zealand Petroleum & Minerals
About the online permitting system
In the online permitting system, permit applicants, permit holders and some authorised contacts can:
- apply for a new permit
- view upcoming obligations on a current permit
- make changes to a permit
- submit an annual summary report
- submit an energy resource levy
- view fees for a permit.
Each permit has some contacts attached to it so that it can be managed by different people in an organisation or company.
What you can do in the online permitting system depends on what type of permit contact you are.
For information about what different contacts have access to in the online permitting system, see the permit contacts page.
Browsers and devices
The online permitting system works best on the Google Chrome internet browser on a desktop computer (rather than on a mobile phone or tablet). It doesn’t work on the Internet Explorer or Safari browsers.
How to register to use the online permitting system
To access permit information and manage permits in the Online Permitting System, you may need to register for permit access:
- if you are a permit participant or contact on existing permits
- if you have not previously registered for the Online Permitting system.
You do not need to register if you are applying for a new permit (and do not have existing permits or applications).
You will also need a RealMe account to access the Online Permitting System.
How to apply for a RealMe account – RealMe.govt.nz
Apply for a new permit
To apply for a permit in the Online Permitting System, you must either:
- be the applicant for the permit, or
- complete and submit an Application authority (APP 10) form.
Application authority (APP 10) [PDF 317KB]
Manage a current permit
To use the online permitting system to manage or make changes to a current permit, you need to be a current permit contact.
If you are a current permit contact but do not have access to make changes to your permit in the online permitting system, complete the Register to manage your permits online form.
If you are not a current permit contact in the system, you will need to get the permit holder to
- complete the Change an application contact, permit administrator, geotechnical contact and/or fee administrator on one or more applications and/or permits (APP 11) form [PDF 418KB]
- email the completed form to nzpam@mbie.govt.nz
We will then contact you with instructions about how to complete your registration.
To do a public search
The online permitting system has a searchable public register of information about all permit applications for new permits and applications to change permits.
You do not need to register or login to do a public search.
For more information on how to do a public search in the online permitting system, see the following page.
Online permitting system – public search
Past or expired permits
Our Online Permitting System provides a public register of information about granted permits and permit applications. It can be used to find information about permits and licences from the 1980s to today.
If you cannot find the permit information you are looking for in the Online Permitting System, contact us and provide as much information as possible about the permit. We may be able to locate historical records held in our archives.
Information that can be useful to find a past or expired permit:
- permit number
- location
- permit holder’s name
- when it was granted
- any other details you have.
Please note that requests for historical permit information may take longer to process if records need to be retrieved from archives.