Te Pokapū - April 2025

Kia ora

Ki ngā rangatira, ngā manaakitanga i runga i ngā āhuatanga o te wā. Ko te kaupapa o te pānui nei, ka whakapakari te hononga o Te Tiriti. I a wā, ka tuku atu mātou he pānui ki a koutou ki te whāngai te hononga. Mehemea he pātai āu, pātai mai, whakamōhio mai e te whānau!

Greetings

The Māori Crown Relations team is excited to provide the first issue of our pānui to provide information on our services, products and Treaty settlement activities that may be of value to Iwi and Māori. This is a quarterly pānui that will focus on themes related to LINZ mahi, the first of which are those areas that gather, disseminate or promote information on land related activities.

Our mahi matters

Ngā Poutama Matawhenua

These online wānanga help those working for iwi, Māori trusts and environmental groups learn how to map whenua and tell stories through GIS mapping. These interactive wānanga are hour long lunchtime sessions, usually on the first or second Friday of the month (12:30 to 1:30pm).

Watch previous wānanga and find more information

LiDAR

LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) is a powerful tool that has several useful applications for Māori, particularly in areas related to environmental management, natural hazards, climate change, 3D visualisation, archaeology, and cultural heritage preservation. Our LiDAR data is open to the public and covers most of Aotearoa.

Find more information on elevation data

New Zealand Geographic Board

Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa is responsible for implementing name changes or dual names agreed in Treaty settlements and maintaining a database of tangata whenua place names across Aotearoa. 

View the 2nd edition of the Tangata Whenua place names maps and find out more

Landonline workshops available

Landonline has significance to Māori as it holds information on land ownership, governance, and historical research. This includes historical maps of whenua as early as the 1870s. If you are interested in learning more, please email MCRTeam@linz.govt.nz to register your interest.

3D Coastal Mapping webinar

Watch a recording of the 3D Coastal Mapping webinar that was held earlier this month to learn more about LiDAR technology and why and how this work will benefit Aotearoa.

View the recording

Keen to share?

If you know of others who would be interested in these updates, send them a link to the Te Pokapū subscription form.