New Zealand

Last reviewed: 10/4/2026Pending legal verification

Egg donation✓ AllowedAltruistic only; no payment for gametes (HART Act s13)

Sperm donation✓ AllowedAltruistic only; no payment for gametes (HART Act s13)

Anonymous donor✕ Not allowedDonor info kept on register; offspring may access identity at 18 (s50, Part 3)

Donor identifiable to child at 18✓ AllowedOffspring 18+ can request donor identifying info (HART Act Part 3, s50)

Known / directed donor◐ RestrictedFamily donation needs ECART approval unless exempt relative ≥20 (Guidelines F)

Single women✓ AllowedHART Act sets no marital-status or partner requirement

Female couples✓ AllowedHART Act sets no marital-status or partner requirement

ROPA / reciprocal IVF✓ AllowedUse of female partner's eggs recognised in ACART guidelines (s F notes)

Surrogacy◐ RestrictedAltruistic, unenforceable; expenses only (s14); ECART approval needed (s16)

Surrogacy for male couples◐ RestrictedECART approval; 2020 guidelines do not exclude male couples

Preimplantation genetic testing◐ RestrictedOnly under ACART guidelines/ethics approval; sex choice only vs genetic disease (s11)

Non-medical sex selection✕ Not allowedOnly for sex-linked disease (HART Act s11)

Legal age limit (women)

No legal maximum (No statutory maximum age for the woman in the HART Act 2004)
Public funding up to age 39Woman ≤39 at referral, BMI ≤32, non-smokers, CPAC ≥65; up to 2 funded IVF packages

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Clinics in this country (8)