Transitioning to a new strategic direction

Over the past three years, LINZ has worked to achieve the vision of being valued as the Government's centre of electronic land information and expertise. This vision has served us well by focusing us on the tangible contributions we can make against the Government's themes, and it has also guided us in working toward our four strategic goals of 'land market leadership', 'optimal regulation', 'e-delivery excellence' and 'expert decision-making'.

LINZ is now nearing completion of the change to electronic delivery of our land registration function. This shift to full electronic lodgement completes the move of land transactions from a paper-based system to an electronic survey and title register – Landonline. We will continue to build on this technology and find more innovative ways to make land information available to New Zealanders so they can continue to make investment decisions and engage in economic activity with confidence.

Statutory decision-making is a central function for LINZ. Decisions need to be transparent, welldocumented and clearly communicated. This is an ongoing focus for LINZ, where we emphasise continuous improvement of our processes, knowledgegathering and analysis.

Quality of regulation is also an ongoing focus for LINZ, with our aims being to achieve 'optimal regulation' appropriate to the level of risk, minimise compliance costs, and promote self-regulation where appropriate. The impact of our work to date is reflected in New Zealand being ranked first out of 178 economies for ease in registering and transacting property in the World Bank's 2008 report on business regulations¹.