Originally Posted by
JandM
Look at the INZ office and fees finder to check where you need to send the new application.
Attach a note saying the originals are with your Residence application (giving all you details, lodgement date, any reference numbers, etc.), and/but also, if you have copies of your documentation, send copies with the new application (keeping some for yourself, just in case). They CAN reference another application within the system, but if you send copies, you are making it the easiest possible for the new CO to tick the necessary boxes. (As long as SOMEONE within the organization has seen the original, later officials don't actually need to see it for themselves. The most important evidence will have been scanned into the system.)
Or, if you have copies or required documents, lodge work visa application online
https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas