Easy Bitcoin NZ is a small, independent team explaining Bitcoin for New Zealanders: which platforms accept NZD, what IRD expects, what happened when local exchanges closed and how to keep coins safe. We check facts against IRD, the FMA, the DIA and court decisions, date every source, and correct errors when readers flag them.
Who writes Easy Bitcoin NZ, and what we are not
We write for people in New Zealand, in NZ English, with prices in NZ dollars. The questions we cover are the ones Kiwis actually run into, such as whether an exchange is on the Financial Service Providers Register or how a crypto swap is taxed.
We are not a bank, an exchange, a broker or a financial adviser, and we don’t hold anyone’s money or crypto.
How we check facts: primary sources, dates and stated gaps
Every number on the site should trace back to a named source with a date. Five rules govern how we get there:
- Primary sources first. We go to IRD, the FMA, the Department of Internal Affairs, the Reserve Bank, the Companies Office, court decisions and providers’ own fee and legal pages before anything else.
- Secondary sources are labelled. Where only news reports or third-party sites cover a fact, we say so in the text.
- Everything is dated. Fees, counts and rules change. Each page lists its sources with the date they were published or checked, so you can see how fresh the information is.
- Gaps are stated, not filled. If a provider doesn’t publish a figure, or a source blocks checking, we say “not published” or “we could not confirm” rather than estimate.
- Describing, not testing. We report what companies publish and what regulators and courts have said. We don’t claim hands-on account testing we haven’t done.
How to read a source line
Each guide ends with its sources. A line marked “checked 16 Oct 2026” means we read that page on that date; a single date on its own is the date the source itself was published. When a figure comes from a survey or a news report rather than an official record, the text says so next to the number, as our guide to crypto scams in NZ does for national loss estimates.
Is Easy Bitcoin NZ independent? How rankings and header buttons work
No company pays to be included on this site, to be ranked higher, or to have its review changed. We don’t accept paid placements or paid-for articles.
The buttons in our page headers point to one venue: a long-running exchange, operating since 2013, with a US-licensed entity, that accepts New Zealand residents. We chose it because it is established and available to Kiwis.
Its downsides get the same space as its strengths, including that it has no NZD wallet and no New Zealand dispute resolution scheme. The full picture is in our CEX.IO review, and you can compare it with local options in our reviews of exchanges used in NZ.
We don’t make price predictions or tell anyone to invest. Our disclaimer explains the limits of what we publish.
How to report a mistake on Easy Bitcoin NZ
Email support@easybitcoin.nz with the page address and, ideally, a link to the source showing the correct information. We check every report against the primary source, correct the page if we were wrong, and update the date on the affected source. More ways to reach us are on the contact page.
What Easy Bitcoin NZ covers, and where to start
Three guides answer most first questions: how to buy Bitcoin in NZ, when IRD taxes crypto and whether crypto is legal in NZ. For keeping coins safe once you own them, start with our comparison of Bitcoin wallets for NZ users.