Wealthy investors due to arrive on new border exemption Amy Williams Hundreds of foreign investors are expected to arrive New Zealand in coming months as a result of new border exemptions allowing wealthy investors linked to two government programmes to visit. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) expects 220 wealthy individuals will arrive over the next year, bringing hundreds of millions in direct investment, job creation and skills. MBIE said it has not publicised the border changes widely because it only applies to those shoulder-tapped by state agencies. The two new border exemptions get the briefest of descriptions on the Immigration NZ website - just the names of the government programmes they are linked to.