New Zealand Directors' Fees Report
The New Zealand Directors’ Fees Report covers current trends and practices relating to the payment of directors’ fees within New Zealand private and public organisations. Annual fees and total hours statistics are split by type of organisation, industry, turnover, asset size, number of employees and shareholder funds. Participation is open to all organisations in New Zealand
PARTICIPANTS & SOURCES
PARTICIPANTS
382
BOARDS
2,170
DIRECTORSHIPS
PARTICIPANTS
329
NON-EXECUTIVE
CHAIRS
1,648
NON-EXECUTIVE
DIRECTORS
SOURCES
- Organisations from the Strategic Pay database
- Questionnaires sent to the Strategic Pay mailing list
- Publicly available annual reports and NZX listings
The core of the survey contains schedules detailing quartile amounts of fees for each class of director
Policy and practice results are reported separately
DISTRIBUTION, ANALYSIS & FEATURES
DISTRIBUTION BY REGION
GREATER
AUCKLAND
36%
OTHER NORTH ISLAND
21%
21%
GREATER
WELLINGTON
SOUTH ISLAND
22%
- Greater Auckland: 36%
- Greater Wellington: 21%
- Other North Island: 21%
- South Island: 22%
ANALYSIS & FEATURES
- Schedules of Directors’ Fees
- Summary Information
- Board Policy & Practice Analysis
- Directorship Gender Analysis
PARTICIPATION
If you are interested in participating in the next survey, please get in touch with our Survey Team
TIMING
This survey is published annually, please contact us to participate.
2026 REPORT PRICES
PARTICIPANTS $795
NON-PARTICIPANTS $1,590
If you are interested in purchasing this survey report, please get in touch with our Survey Team
Terms of Purchase
By ordering a survey report, you are agreeing to submit your data for the applicable remuneration survey(s). The discounts apply to orders placed at the same time and will be reflected on one invoice. Regression Data Charts from the New Zealand Remuneration Report are only available for purchase if another full remuneration report (excluding Directors’ Fees) is purchased. Further customised sub-sets of market data may be available and quoted on request. Prices above do not include GST and 1.5% admin fee. An invoice for your purchase will be sent on receipt of your order.
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Subscriptions Conditions
*Subscribing will entitle your organisation to receive the selected report(s) annually via RemOn-Demand. Subscriptions are valid until we receive written notification of cancellation. Any cancellations must be made within 7 days prior to publication of chosen reports; a 50% charge of the report cost will apply to any cancellation received after the report / data has been distributed. To qualify for the discounted participant rate, your organisation must have provided Strategic Pay Ltd. with updated remuneration data during the 12 months prior to the publication of selected report(s). Failure to do so will result in being charged the non-participant rate at date of publication.
Confidentiality
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Data Promise Conditions
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