Dunedin Records on the Move

Some records held at LINZ’s Dunedin reading room are currently being moved to Archives New Zealand’s Dunedin office at 556 George Street. This move is scheduled to be completed by 1 November.

As the records are being relocated, the Deeds indexes, other indexes and searching aids will be digitised, meaning that there will be periods of time where many of the items (particularly indexes) are unavailable. We are working with Archives New Zealand over the next few months to determine when we will be able to make the images available to our users online.

In addition, all Surveyors Field Books, Legalisation Cards, Traverse Records for Otago and Southland will be transferred to LINZ’s Christchurch Processing Centre in November. Original plans for Otago and Southland will be transferred to an off-site provider in Christchurch.

The moves are part of LINZ’s broader strategy to ensure paper records throughout the country are appropriately stored and preserved, and remain accessible to the public over the long-term.

This means there will be limited access to records as items are checked, packaged and reshelved. Please ensure you plan any land records-related research you are doing around the dates outlined in the fact sheet of scheduled move dates (PDF 280KB).

Viewing & ordering copies of records

Records transferred to Archives New Zealand can be viewed free of charge. Copies of records are available for a charge, subject to conditions. Lists of the records will eventually be available on Archway, Archives New Zealand’s online catalogue.

LINZ is retaining custody of records still needed to conduct its business as well as some of the more specialist archival records. See the LINZ website for more information on LINZ’s paper records, including record locations and access, or contact LINZ Customer Support on 0800 665 463 or email customersupport@linz.govt.nz.

Media queries: Brad Young, Senior Communications Advisor, Ph (04) 460 0147 or 027 277 1267, email media@linz.govt.nz.