Latest news and updates from Toitū Te Whenua
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.
Congratulations pīwauwau / rock wren – winner of Bird of the Year 2022 and one of the native birds we’re helping through pest and weed control work on Crown lands we manage.