Investing from New Zealand: the five steps

  1. Get your documents ready. Passport, proof of address and the rest.
  2. Choose your exchange. ZiG on the ZSE or US dollars on the VFEX. Compare them.
  3. Open an account with a platform or broker that accepts clients living abroad.
  4. Send NZD home to fund it. Options from New Zealand: WorldRemit, Wise.
  5. Buy, then track your dividends from your phone.

Tax on foreign dividends: see Inland Revenue.

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