Editing Building society (section)

====Individual building societies====
Over the years, a number of building societies were established.

Some, including [[Countrywide Bank (New Zealand)|Countrywide Building Society]] and [[United Building Society]], became banks in the 1980s and 1990s.  Heartland Building Society (created in 2011 through a merger of Canterbury Building Society, Southern Cross Building Society, and two other financial institutions) became [[Heartland Bank]] on 17 December 2012.

Remaining building societies include:
* Pacific Eagle Capital (formerly General Equity Building Society) 
* Heretaunga Building Society
* Kiwi Deposit Building Society (in the process of dissolution since 2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kiwideposit.com/index.php|publisher=Kiwi Deposit Building Society|title=Notice of Instrument of Dissolution|date=18 April 2013|access-date=2 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923234040/http://kiwideposit.com/index.php|archive-date=23 September 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Manawatu Permanent Building Society 
* [[Nelson Building Society]]
* [[Southland Building Society]], which in October 2008 became a registered bank known as SBS Bank. However, it remains a building society and retains its mutual structure.
* [[Hastings Building Society]] merged with SBS Bank in October 2010, but with the Hastings Building Society brand continuing to operate as a building society under the name of HBS Bank.  In November 2015, HBS Bank brand was discontinued.
* Wairarapa Building Society.