| der to be a private investigator in New Zealand | | | | denied. |
| you must first apply for a license. If you have | | | | Licenses are only issued in a specific time period |
| any prior issues with the law it is not going to | | | | each year and are generally from April – |
| work in your favor because any member of the | | | | March. Included in this process, is that you must |
| parliament or the police academy, can object to | | | | advertise in a medium such a newspaper that you |
| your application within one month of you applying. | | | | will be applying for a license. The advertisement |
| This eliminates a lot of fraudulent claims of being a | | | | must be approved by the New Zealand Registrar |
| private eye as well as removing any shady | | | | and has to be advertised two times with a |
| characters. | | | | two-week window of not more than 14 days. |
| There is a suitability process that a potential | | | | As with some professions such as welding or an |
| private investigator in New Zealand is subject to | | | | electrician where you can exercise the option to |
| and this is based on a number of qualifications. | | | | work under the supervision of a licensed |
| One of the top qualifications is that based on your | | | | tradesman, the private investigator in New |
| personal character, fitness as well as financial | | | | Zealand does not have that option. Any person |
| position. This is generally seen as a public interest | | | | who wishes to work with, work for, or |
| at this stage due to the very nature of the job. If | | | | independently as a private investigator must seek |
| the applicant has had a previously held license and | | | | approval from the Registrar of Private |
| had it revoked for any reason, the application will | | | | Investigators and Security Guards. |
| be thrown out. | | | | Although this may seem like a lengthy and |
| That goes without saying that if you have any | | | | painstakingly long and tedious process, it is |
| convictions within the past five years of applying | | | | imperative to the government that the private |
| for a license, you will not be granted. Any person | | | | investigator in New Zealand is an honest and |
| applying to be a private investigator in New | | | | upstanding citizen. This should ensure you of the |
| Zealand that has displayed dishonesty in those | | | | quality of work you will receive when hiring a |
| past five years, imprisonment or a questionable | | | | private investigator in New Zealand. |
| background will also lead to your application being | | | | |