Tenure Review

Tenure Review is a voluntary process carried out under Part 2 of the Crown Pastoral Land Act (CPLA) 1998. Tenure Review:

• enables land with 'significant inherent values' to be protected through a range of measures including protective covenants or restoring the land to full Crown ownership under Department of Conservation administration.
• enables leaseholders to gain freehold title of High Country land (except in those cases where all the land is proposed for conservation)
• improves public access to the High Country

LINZ runs the Tenure Review process. Through our service providers we consult with pastoral leaseholders on the future ownership of their leasehold land. Leaseholders are generally farmers who have a lease with a perpetual right of renewal. Leases allow grazing of land for pastoral farming purposes. Leaseholders are subject to a range of restrictions on other use of the land.

During the Tenure Review process, Fish and Game, iwi and the public are asked for their views. All feedback is taken into account when final proposals for pastoral land are put in front of leaseholders. The leaseholder must accept the final proposal for their land before any can be restored to full Crown ownership, or freeholded.

What's available

Latest information

Media releases

• Latest advertised reviews: make your submission to publicly advertised tenure reviews
• Crown pastoral lease activity graph: view the state of High Country leases at a glance
• Progress report: progress of each lease in Tenure Review (pdf 164KB)
• Monthly Progress of Tenure Reviews
• June 2008 Excel spreadsheet - 25KB
• June 2008 pdf - 19KB
• South Island High Country property information: An A-Z list of land administered by LINZ: pastoral leases, special leases, pastoral occupation licenses, and other South Island high country land eligible for review under Part 3 of the CPLA.
• Pastoral lease maps (pdf 1.08MB)

Enter Tenure Review

• How to enter Tenure Review: invitation form (pdf 27KB), letter to leaseholders (pdf 35KB)

Publications

• Tenure Review Public Brochure (pdf 784KB)
• Tenure Review Fact Sheet (pdf 164KB). For leaseholders thinking about entering Tenure Review.
• Tenure Review: A Detailed Guide (pdf 189KB). For leaseholders already in the Tenure Review process.
• Tenure Review Update: quarterly publication on Tenure Review news

Other information

• The review of unrenewable pastoral occupation licences and any other unused Crown land is dealt with under The Review of Other South Island High Country Land.
• High Country objectives
• Tenure Review outcomes under the Land Act 1948

Technical information

• Tenure Review Public Submission Process (pdf 92KB)
• Specifications for Tenure Review valuations (pdf 325KB)
• Pastoral Land Act standards: includes the formal steps for leases in Tenure Review
• South Island High Country Reports and Maps
• A Landcare Research report on land use potentials (pdf 2.24MB) within the South Island high country.
• A Landcare Research report on the vegetation cover of the South Island high country. (pdf 1.96MB)
• Supporting Maps - Full colour maps supporting the Landcare Research reports are available for direct purchase from Landcare Research's retail division - Manaaki Whenua Press.
• QEII National Trust High Country Policy Statement (pdf 188KB)
• Lincoln University tussock grassland study (pdf 1MB)
• Tussock study summary of findings brochure (pdf 1MB)

Contacts:

Inquiries about Tenure Review:

Steve Urlich
Tenure Review - Technical Lead
LINZ Pastoral Unit
Christchurch Office
Private Bag 4721
Christchurch 8140

Phone: 0800 665 463
Fax: (03) 365 9715
Email: surlich@linz.govt.nz