Crown Property & Investment
The Crown Property and Investment group is responsible for Crown Property, Pastoral and Legal Services functions together with the Clearances, Overseas Investment Office and Crown Property Regulatory functions.
The Crown Property and Investment Group General Manager is Brian Usherwood (pictured).
Brian joined Land Information New Zealand originally as the Chief Financial Officer and he is a chartered accountant. Prior to working at LINZ, Brian worked in the private sector.
Crown Property Management
The Crown Property Management team looks after LINZ-administered Crown land. This involves managing biosecurity, Crown forest land, Crown property disposals, and leasing and property management.
Crown Property Management is also responsible for setting standards and making decisions (under delegation from the Minister for Land Information - Beehive and the LINZ Chief Executive) for Crown property held by other Crown agencies.
Find out more about LINZ's Crown property role.
Pastoral
The Pastoral team manages the Crown's South Island high country grazing land. Find out more about pastoral land/tenure review.
Commissioner of Crown Lands
The Commissioner of Crown Lands exercises rights of ownership and has statutory responsibility for Crown land held under the Land Act 1948.
Legal Services
The Legal Services team advises on a variety of legal issues relating to the business areas and activities of LINZ.
Overseas Investment Office
The Overseas Investment Office regulates overseas investments in sensitive New Zealand land, significant New Zealand business assets and fishing quota. Find out about overseas investment.
