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  • Parcel appellation

    The following information relates to rule 5.5 and parcel appellation for general land and Māori land, with specific attention given to residue and balance parcels, non-primary parcels, unit parcels, and cross lease parcels.

    • Surveyor-General Guidelines (RCS 2010)
    • Updated: 23 July 2018
  • Capture of New Appellations – LandXML files and Manual Capture

    This article contains information about capture of new appellations – LandXML files and manual capture.

    • Survey
    • Updated: 11 September 2014
  • Appellations for Māori land affected by legalisation surveys

    Where a legalisation survey is going to affect Māori freehold or customary land, the remainder land that is not part of the legalisation action must have either a General land appellation in the form of a section number or a Māori land appellation.

    • Survey
    • Updated: 24 October 2014
  • Extinguishing subject parcels

    This article contains information on extinguishing subject parcels.

    • Survey
    • Updated: 9 September 2014
  • Recording primary parcels

    This article relates to recording information for primary parcels in a CSD, including Māori land parcels, balance primary parcels, residue parcels and abutting road, railway and water parcels.

    • Surveyor-General Guidelines (RCS 2010)
    • Updated: 7 April 2017
  • Recording movable marginal strip and esplanade strip parcels

    The following information relates to recording movable marginal and esplanade strips in CSDs, including requirements for depiction, notation, appellation and area.

    • Surveyor-General Guidelines (RCS 2010)
    • Updated: 22 January 2019
  • Parcels

    It is essential that the cadastre and land title documents record the extent of each portion of land that relates to a particular interest in that land in an unambiguous manner.

    • Cadastral Survey Guidelines (CSR 2021)
    • Updated: 14 October 2021
  • Water bed excluded from a new title

    The following information relates to the recording of a water body and its boundaries in a CSD where the water body is intended to be excluded from a new title.

    • Surveyor-General Guidelines (RCS 2010)
    • Updated: 31 March 2017
  • Dealing with parcels

    The following information provides links to guidelines about how primary and non-primary parcels are to be dealt with including types of parcels, and how parcels must be described.

    • Surveyor-General Guidelines (RCS 2010)
    • Updated: 7 April 2017
  • Balance roads

    Use the following process to create a hydro or balance road parcel.

    • Survey
    • Updated: 8 November 2021

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