Latest news and updates from Toitū Te Whenua
Consultation is open on a proposed regulation involving farm plans that aims to improve the consenting process for Crown pastoral leaseholders.
The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa met last week to consider place name proposals, including the proposal to change the name of Clive River in Hawke’s Bay to Te Awa o Mokotūāraro.
Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) has granted approval to the Kiwi Waterpark for a one-year recreation permit to operate on Lake Dunstan.
Work to tackle an invasive aquatic weed is underway in Lake Wānaka and Lake Dunstan before an influx of visitors this summer.
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The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa has announced recent decisions, including corrections to existing place names and validating seven Crown reserve names as official.
The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa has announced that the lake near Wairoa, recently formed by a major landslide, now has an official name – Lake Te Horonui.
Tēnā koutou and nau mai, haere mai to High Country Matters.
I recently had the pleasure of visiting three of our Crown pastoral leases, Glenhope, Mt Nicholas and Glenmore stations.
LINZ and Napier Port have been awarded the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute’s Hydrography Excellence Award for 2022 for the ‘Next Generation Charting for Napier Port’ project.
Changes to provide greater protection for 1.2 million hectares of Crown pastoral land in the South Island high country will come into effect next week.