http://www.odt.co.nz/news/business/1...iness-rankings :
'New Zealand has maintained its third-place world ranking in the Doing Business 2012 report, coming out top in the world for starting a business and protecting investors.'
Full rankings here http://www.doingbusiness.org/rankings
and here the full report (4,404 KB PDF) http://www.doingbusiness.org/~/media/FPDKM/Doing%20Business/Documents/Annual-Reports/English/DB12-FullReport.pdf