Surveyors

Welcome to the Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) surveyors homepage. This page is a quick route to LINZ information for you as a surveyor.

We examine and approve survey plans, set rules, standards and guidelines for cadastral surveys, geodetic control surveys and geodetic mark maintenance.

What can I get from LINZ?

• Marginal Strips: Publications about identifying and representing marginal strips
• Quality Assurance and Audit Processes for Cadastral Surveys
• Survey Report Template
• Survey Lodgement and Validation Process
• Survey and Title Lodgement form
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Surveyor-General's rules for Cadastral Surveys
• Surveyor-General's Rulings and Advisory Notes
• Survey System Publications
• Cadastral Survey Guidelines for e-survey
• Cadastral Survey Guidelines for hardcopy plans
• Survey Fee Calculation Sheet: Calculate the applicable fee to lodge a survey plan
• Cadastral Survey Act 2002: Information on implications for surveyors
• Technical information: Datums, projections etc
• Processing times: LINZ quarterly activity volumes/performance information
• Landonline: LINZ's electronic database of land title and survey information (opens in a new window)
• Land titles: information on land title registration
• Fees: Fees information for land information searches and survey transactions
• Landwrap: A monthly publication providing authoritative news and information for survey and title customers (opens in a new window).
• Torrenstalk: a bulletin of survey and title information for Land professionals
• Request pre-allocated plan numbers
• Survey Capture Areas: LINZ has commenced the "back-capture" of existing parcel boundaries in the main centres of population and land development.
• Tidal level information for surveyors and engineers determining sea level

How do I?

• Request a requisition review
• Check current processing times?
• See how NZGD 2000 affects me?
• Sign up to Landonline, LINZ's online survey and title system? (opens in a new window)
• Order copies of historical land records through Skylight ?
• Find out about the Geodetic Database, with information on geodetic marks, including images?
• Download SNAP adjustment software
• Convert coordinates online?
• Contact LINZ to report damaged or disturbed marks?
• Find a land record?
• Find a place name?
• Find out about the Digital Cadastral Database?
• Request a Credit on a Landonline Account? (pdf 40.6KB)
• Contact the LINZ Customer Support Centre, phone 0800 ONLINE (0800 665 463)

If you can't find what you want or wish to provide feedback please contact us. We actively monitor all website content produced by LINZ and if it is relevant to you as a surveyor, we link to it on this page.