25+ Years Keeping New Zealand Businesses Payroll Compliant and Stress Free
Expert payroll management from timesheets to tax compliance—so you never miss a payment or deadline
The Paymasters provides managed payroll services for any business that employs New Zealand-based staff.
Our services include Leave Management, Tax Compliance, fully outsourced Payroll Management from timesheets to the payment of your staff, IRD and Kiwisaver. We provide a bespoke payroll service to suit the needs and exact requirements of any business, whatever your size or structure.
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Why choose Paymasters?
We make the payroll process fast, efficient and stress-free. Paymasters’ highly-trained team will have your back, even if your day is going pear-shaped.
Paymasters Services?
Our payroll services are tailored to meet your business needs, whether you’re big, small or just starting out.
How we
do it?
We’ll work with you, to quickly collect any information we need, to pay your team correctly and on time.
What our clients have to say:
We are engineers, not administrators. Now we don’t have any hassles around pay and the whole thing is much easier and economical.
Whenever we interact with Paymasters, which is on a weekly basis, they’re always pleasant, helpful and polite, and respond in a really timely manner. It’s the little things that matter and I would absolutely recommend them
I love that Paymasters guarantees things are being done by the book. They have made payroll a seamless process and it’s one less thing I have to worry about
I would certainly recommend Paymasters to anyone with the same needs as us. It’s a good, cost-effective way of managing your payroll.
Using Paymasters takes the onus off us as employers. It’s a full package and they take care of everything from Kiwisaver and Inland Revenue deductions, through to holiday pay.
I initially didn’t know Paymasters was based in Christchurch and the distance has made no difference to our service.
News & Views
From One to 240,000 Payslips: A Year in the Life of a Christchurch Payroll Bureau
Twenty-five years ago, The Paymasters started with a simple premise: get payroll right, every time, for every business that trusted us. Back then, we could
When and How to Release Employee Wage and Leave Records: A Guide for New Zealand Employers
Understanding who can access employee wage and leave records—and in what format—is a critical compliance matter for all New Zealand employers. Getting it wrong can
Minimum Wage Increases April 2026: What Employers Need to Know
The New Zealand Government has confirmed that minimum wage rates will increase from 1 April 2026. As your trusted payroll partner, The Paymasters wants to