Landwrap June 2016 - Issue 128

Issue 128

This month we provide an update on Landonline, information for users upgrading to Windows 10, improvements to geodetic coordinates, and information on residential land withholding tax.

Landonline unavailable Saturday 18 June 2016

All Landonline users

Landonline will be unavailable on Saturday 18 June 2016 so we can carry out our annual disaster recovery test. The test does not make any changes to Landonline.

This is an annual test of our ability to switch to a backup server for Landonline in the event of an emergency. While it does mean Landonline will be unavailable for a short time, the test is vital in making sure property transactions could still continue in the event of a natural disaster or large technical failure.

Information for signing users upgrading to Windows 10

All Landonline users

Planning to upgrade to Windows 10? You might find that it affects your Digital Certificate. Make sure you read the following information first.

Landonline users upgrading an existing PC to Windows 10 may find they are unable to sign following the upgrade. This is because Digital Certificates are sometimes corrupted by the upgrade process.

We strongly recommend that you make a backup of your digital certificate prior to upgrading.

Please refer to Steps 1 and 2 at http://www.linz.govt.nz/land/landonline/digital-certificates-and-security/transfer-your-digital-certificate for instructions on how to transfer your Digital Certificate to a portable device and for re-importing after upgrading to Windows 10.

Note: The issue only relates to that part of the certificate required for signing. Non-signing users are not affected.

Improvements to Geodetic Coordinates this month

Surveyors

We’re improving over 80,000 coordinates on geodetic marks over the weekend of 25-26 June. This means that observations you make between geodetic marks will agree much better with coordinates in the Geodetic Database, especially when observing between the PositioNZ network of continuous GNSS stations and other geodetic marks.

Vertical Datum

We’ll also be releasing a new vertical datum at the same time. New Zealand Vertical Datum 2016 will be accurate to better than 3cm in urban areas. This is based on improved national geoid, created by including an airborne gravity dataset gathered from flights over the entire country.

Read more about the improvements

Information on Residential land withholding tax

Lawyers

Information on new requirements for Residential land withholding tax can be found on the Inland Revenue website. Any questions about this are best directed to Inland Revenue.

Read about Residential land withholding tax on the Inland Revenue website

While LINZ has a role in collecting some tax information when properties are transferred, we are not involved in the collection of residential land withholding tax.

Read about the property tax data collected by LINZ