Originally Posted by
JandM
The scale of the enterprise doesn't matter, but its financial stability does, and also that it doesn't have a bad record in relation to NZ employment law. INZ, if they aren't already familiar with the employer, investigate them to make sure of these points. The reason behind this is that they don't want to issue a visa to someone on the basis of their job, only for that person to be made unemployed the next minute because the company has gone bust.
This is covered in the INZ operational manual, which is undergoing maintenance at the moment so I can't give you the direct link. But in a day or two, if you Google "INZ SM2", then open the section about Skilled Employment, you will find two of the sections are about the requirements relating to a skilled job, and what I've just said is part of it.
Thanks JandM, I will have a look later when the website is back on.