Hire contractors in New Zealand
Hiring contractors in New Zealand? Rippling can help you onboard and pay New Zealand contractors in a single system. In just a few clicks, you can localize onboarding, provision IT and app access, and run payroll for your contractors in New Zealand—while staying compliant with local laws.
Avg Time to Hiring
Less than 5 minutes
Currency
NZD
Time Zone
GMT+12 (Wellington)
at a glance
Hiring contractors in New Zealand can be a rollercoaster
Hiring New Zealand contractors can be overwhelming if you aren’t familiar with the employment laws. You have to classify contractors correctly, determine whether you need to deduct taxes on their behalf, and keep records of the person or company you’re paying in accordance with the Inland Revenue Department. Fortunately, Rippling simplifies the process so you can grow your global team quickly and compliantly.
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Worry-free Compliance
Avoid misclassifying contractors in New Zealand
Rippling can help you avoid costly misclassification mistakes. Worried that your New Zealand contractors are misclassified? Try our free classification assessment to find out.
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Support your New Zealand contractors right out of the box with Rippling
Simplified Onboarding
Onboard contractors in New Zealand in 90 seconds
Rippling makes it incredibly easy to set up your New Zealand contractors. Adapt everything—from contractor data fields and documents to currencies—based on their work location, comply with local laws using built-in consulting agreement templates, and provision app access with a few clicks.
Global Workforce Management
Seamlessly transition contractors to employees
As your business grows, your workforce needs change. You can easily transition a contractor to an employee in minutes while preserving any historical data. Hire and pay via Rippling EOR, or pay them through your own entity with Rippling Global Payroll.
APP & IT MANAGEMENT
Set up and manage your New Zealand contractors’ IT needs
Give contractors access to apps like Google Workspace and Slack with a few clicks—and remove it just as easily at the end of their contracts. You can increase security by enforcing multi-factor authentication and even set up workflows to automatically alert you of any suspicious login activity.
Contractor Compensation
Easily pay New Zealand contractors in NZD
Set payments in USD or their local currency, and easily pay all contractors in a single pay run, no matter where they are located. And if you need to pay someone off-cycle for a late invoice or add in a reimbursement? Rippling can take care of that.