Management of Crown Property and Disposal

LINZ carries out the day-to-day administration of Crown property it is directly responsible for. There are two types of Crown Property:

• LINZ property which LINZ rents out or leases
• Crown land held for a variety of purposes or which the Crown no longer needs and which can be sold or transferred

What's Available

LINZ property

• Contact details for inquiries about leasing/renting LINZ property and general inquiries on property management:
  • North Island - DTZ New Zealand, PO Box 1545, Wellington. Contact Naomi Bray 04 460 3826 or 027 2120264, or Jeffrey Reidy 04 460 3819 www.dtz.co.nz (opens in new window)
  • South Island - Lakes Property Services Limited, PO Box 1586, Queenstown Tel: 03 442 7133 Fax: 03 442 7863 - Contact: Rose Burnard email: rose@lakesproperty.co.nz

Crown land to be sold or transferred

• Contact details for inquiries about the purchase/sale of LINZ property:
  • LINZ property in the current disposal contract Murray Bradley, Manager Property Services, DTZ New Zealand Limited, P.O. Box 142, 76 Cashel Street, Christchurch, Ph 03 363 5040 or Cell: 021 853 448, Fax 03 363 5067 or Annette Stocker, Senior Property Consultant, Ph 03 363 5051, Fax 03 363 5067.
  • LINZ property that is not currently in a disposal contract - Paul Kelly, Crown Property Management, LINZ 04-471 6334.

LINZ's role

Property Management

Crown Property Management manages LINZ property and decides who can use it or occupy it and for what purposes. This includes the leasing/renting of LINZ property and general inquiries on property management. Members of the public may establish if any Crown-owned land is available to lease or occupy by licence by contacting the property management contractors.

Property Disposal

Crown Property Management also manages the Crown-owned land it is directly responsible for. This includes deciding which land no longer needs to be held by the Crown and can be disposed of. All Crown-owned land in disposal contracts must be processed in terms of Government legislation including Treaty settlement legislation such as the Ngai Tahu Claims Settlement 1998 and/or Cabinet directives to determine if there is a requirement to:

1. Offer it back to former owners or successors.
2. Advertise it in the Office of Treaty Settlements (opens in a new window) Protection Mechanism for Maori land interests.
3. Offer the land on the open market.

Crown-owned land is only able to be sold if it is part of a disposal contract and has been processed through the statutory and administrative requirements in '1-3' above. Members of the public may record their interest in purchasing any Crown owned land managed by CPM by sending their name and contact details to the disposal contractor, if the property is in a disposal contract. If the land is not in a current disposal contract, the land is not for sale. The public may send details of their interest in a property to the property management contractor for recording in the LINZ database.

Who uses Crown property management information

• Leaseholders
• Iwi
• Property consultants
• Office of Treaty Settlements
• New Zealand public
• Prospective landowners