Accelerating 
investment
in New Zealand’s
low carbon future

NZGIF's change in purpose

NZGIF was established in 2019 to accelerate investments that support New Zealand’s decarbonisation.

In April 2025, Shareholding Ministers, noting a changed investment landscape in the low emissions investment market, passed a shareholder resolution changing the Company’s constitution and instructed NZGIF to effect a managed wind-down of its investments, while meeting its ongoing contractual and legal obligations.

In giving effect to the expectations set out by Ministers, NZGIF is transitioning from an investment origination focused business to an investment management business, seeking to exit investments and return investment capital to the Crown. 

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Shareholding Ministers provide NZGIF with change of focus

New Zealand Green Investment Finance (NZGIF) will undergo changes that focus the business on managing down its current investment portfolio. As a result, NZGIF will not fund any new green investments.

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