Business Connect release notes

Business Connect platform

Changing approach to restricted characters

Customers will now be able to use basic punctuation in their responses on forms without receiving any errors or having difficulty submitting.

After receiving feedback from customers the team quickly worked to change the approach to restricted characters to maintain security and give customers a better user experience. 

Since that time, we have not had any comments relating to restricted characters through our feedback form on Business Connect.

NEW – Duty-free alcohol permits with Customs

The duty-free alcohol permit allows alcohol to be sourced duty-free for scientific, educational, or other commercial or industrial uses, except the manufacture of alcoholic beverages.

NEW – Going For Growth feedback form

This feedback form supported the launch of the Minister of Finance’s Going For Growth website. The form lets New Zealanders quickly and easily share their views on the Government’s Going For Growth agenda.

NEW – Notification of an industrial or international exhibition form

Industrial or international exhibitions recorded with Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ) can provide an inventor or designer with the opportunity to showcase their invention or design without compromising the ability to protect their intellectual property.

Additional question for Product Recall form

Customers will now include information about the scale of the product recall they are reporting instead of being asked as a follow up question. Customers will need to let the team know how many affected units there are in New Zealand. 

Accident Compensation Corporation's (ACC) Sensitive Claims Service – Named Service Provider form re-published

Customers will be directed to the Named Service Provider form on Business Connect again to help get them re-register to deliver sensitive claims services. 

Updates to New Zealand Trade and Enterprise's (NZTE) Active Investor Plus form

In line with changes made to the Investor Migrant Visa settings, this form has been updated and streamlined to provide an improved pathway and a simplified process meaning less time is spent on the completion and processing of applications.  

FormBuilder.govt

Refresh button on confirmation screen

Government users need to be able to work on the confirmation screen they see after they click submit. 

We’ve added a refresh button to this preview screen to help them make changes in the builder and see how they look instantly in the preview. This saves the government user having to fill out the form all over again to reach that screen.

Removed tables and columns

To help government users produce consistent forms that follow the patterns we’ve removed some layout options. These were confusing users and creating forms with layouts that were very different to our standard.

Reference identification component added

A new field that government users can add to their forms. This gives help to create an input mask that is looking for numbers and characters in a specific configuration to ensure it is a genuine reference identification.

Upload file type selection

Government users can now limit the file types when they add an upload to their forms. This can create efficiency for government teams processing the forms and evidence they receive.