Landscan December 2008

Issue 47

In this issue:

Hydrographic Data Propelled Into Electronic Age

New electronic navigational charts have been trialled on the Cook Strait interisland ferry Kaitaki.

High Country Update

An update on South Island high country pastoral lease management and the tenure review programme.

Significant LINZ Role in Successful Continental Shelf Claim

In September the United Nations (UN) confirmed New Zealand’s rights to approximately 1.7 million square kilometres of seabed.

Streamlined Standards: Project Almost Completed

LINZ’s Regulatory Group has broken the back of streamlining nearly 300 documents into just 35 standards and guidelines.

Place Naming Enters New Frontiers

The New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) has new areas of responsibility and two new members after legislation was passed earlier this year.

New Cadastral Survey Rules: Serving Needs For Generations To Come

Surveyor-General Don Grant says proposed new Rules for cadastral surveyors will allow more flexibility in the way surveyers do their job and provide greater clarity about what’s expected of them.

Public Counters At LINZ Offices Closing In February 2009

Public counters are to close in February in conjunction with the introduction of full 100% e-lodgement of survey and title transactions.

This issue is available in a printable version (pdf 589KB).