Chief Executive's Overview

The Statement of Intent supports the Government's themes of Economic Transformation and National Identity by reinforcing the importance that land management and land information have in underpinning New Zealand's economic development and national identity. To achieve this LINZ will ensure the certainty and security of property rights through sound policies, a strong regulatory framework and maintenance of land records.

Economic growth is inextricably linked with secure property rights. This security ensures that individuals and firms have the confidence and incentives to innovate and remain productive. LINZ plays an important factor in safeguarding that security by providing accurate and reliable land information.

This Statement of Intent represents the last of the three-year strategy cycle which established our focus on providing e-Delivery excellence. Accordingly our priorities show that this is where we have placed our resources and capability. We continue to emphasise this effort by ensuring customers are fully supported and ready for the phased introduction to 100% e-lodgement.

The move to 100% e-lodgement will begin with discharges in May 2007, then transfers and mortgages in August 2007, and survey transactions in September 2007. All remaining title transactions, such as caveats and rights of way, will be lodged electronically during 2008.

The Government has stated its objectives for the high country and LINZ intends to meet these through its policy objectives, including ensuring that rents for pastoral lease land are set in a manner which is fair, reasonable and durable, identifying marginal strips, providing greater protection to certain lands (eg landscapes, lakesides and lowland diversity), and improving access to rivers, lakes and public lands.

The Overseas Investment Office is handling ever increasing requests from people interested in investing in New Zealand. This means that we need systems capable of supporting our decision-making processes and monitoring regimes required to ensure compliance with the Overseas Investment Act 2005. To reinforce the importance of these governance arrangements we intend to develop and implement a new database that allows easier recording and monitoring of information.

The Statement of Intent also reaffirms and builds on our commitment to the State Sector goals. We will keep increasing our capability to meet the Government's ongoing and changing expectations. Over the 2007/08 period LINZ will continue to develop cost-effectiveness measures as a key aspect of our performance and monitoring systems.

It is now time to review and assess the environment LINZ will be operating in over the next three to five years. This will be an exciting and challenging time for us, and we look forward to building stronger strategies for the future that will help us address the Government's expectations for land information and land management.

BRENDAN BOYLE
Chief Executive
Land Information New Zealand

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