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• Options for a New Map Projection in New Zealand

  This report reviews the relative merits of retaining the NZMG or of changing to another projection.
  Research report

  • Geodetic

• Transformation Parameters from Chatham Islands 1979 to NZGD2000

  Land Information New Zealand has implemented a new national geodetic datum, New Zealand Geodetic Datum 2000 (NZGD2000). NZGD2000 replaces Chatham Islands 1979 datum and New Zealand Geodetic Datum 1949 (NZGD49).
  Research report

  • Geodetic

• Realisation of the New Zealand Geodetic Datum 2000

  This report focuses on how the Zero and First Order NZGD2000 coordinates were computed but also outlines the GPS data collected, the processing of the GPS data, the computation of the velocity model and the adjustment of the lower order stations (e.g.…
  Research report

  • Geodetic

• Discretionary Actions Standard 1

  This standard applies to the discretionary actions in section 15 and 16 of the Crown Pastoral Land Act 1998 (CPL Act) to be taken by the Commissioner of Crown Lands pursuant to section 18(3) of the CPL Act.
  Regulatory document

  • Crown property

• Proposal for Continuous Access to the NZ Spatial Infrastructure

  This report discusses LINZ plans to update its requirements for providing access to the New Zealand spatial infrastructure.
  Research report

  • Geodetic

• Cadastre 2014 Reforms in New Zealand

  This paper discusses the various reforms impacting on the NZ Cadastral survey system. Recent and proposed initiatives to develop the cadastre to meet growing needs for more effective land processes and land information are identified.
  Research report

  • Survey

• New Zealand Geodetic Operations 1995-98

  This report has been compiled by the Surveyor-General, Land Information New Zealand, on behalf of the Geosciences Standing Committee of the Royal Society of New Zealand for the General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics,…
  Research report

  • Geodetic

• Principles for a Seabed Cadastre

  This report documents a set of principles for a seabed cadastral survey system that have been developed in terms of Land Information NZ’s roles and responsibilities.
  Research report

  • Geodetic

• Ross Dependency (Antarctica): Current and Future Geodetic Activities

  This reports details the current geodetic activities of Land Information NZ in the Ross Dependency and summaries the work of other New Zealand and overseas agencies.
  Research report

  • Geodetic

• Proposal for Datum 2000 Meridional Circuits

  This document is issued by the Office of the Surveyor-General to: document proposals for development of NZGD2000 meridional circuits; obtain approval for the implementation of NZGD2000 meridional circuits.
  Research report

  • Geodetic

• Of capital importance: assessing the value of the New Zealand geodetic system

  This report is the response to a brief from Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) to establish the economic foundation for funding a modern geodetic system for New Zealand
  Research report

  • Geodetic

• New Zealand Geodetic Strategic Business Plan

  The purpose of this Strategic Business Plan is to articulate a vision and plan for the development of the geodetic system.
  Research report

  • Geodetic

• A Proposal for Geodetic Datum Development

  This document is issued by the Office of Surveyor-General to document proposals for geodetic datum development.
  Research report

  • Geodetic

• Recommended transformation parameters from WGS84 to NZGD49

  This report compares currently available transformation parameters for converting between NZGD49 (New Zealand Geodetic Datum 1949) and WGS84 (World Geodetic System 1984) coordinates.
  Research report

  • Geodetic

• Possibility of a dynamic cadastre for a dynamic nation

  New technology such as the Global Positioning System (GPS) is ideally suited to take advantage of a coordinate cadastre because of its ability to survey and coordinate points directly in terms of geodetic control.
  Research report

  • Survey

• Asia and Pacific, United Nations map names

  1st edition, 1995. Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board contributed to a revised map and gazetteer compiled for the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN) Asia South East and Pacific South West Division.
  Guide

  • Place naming

• Map of Te Ika a Maui, The Land and its People

  A map of Māori place and feature names in Te Ika-a-Māui North Island circa 1840. The index on the back of the map has their meanings where known, and their equivalent contemporary names, if any.
  Guide

  • Place naming

• Map of Te Wai Pounamu, The Land and its People

  A map of Māori place and feature names in Te Waipounamu South Island circa 1840. The index has their meanings where known, and their equivalent contemporary names, if any.
  Guide

  • Place naming

• Index of names for Te Ika a Maui, The Land and its People

  Index of names, their meanings where known and their equivalent names on contemporary mapping.
  Guide

  • Place naming

• Index of names for Te Wai Pounamu, The Land and its People

  Index of names, their meanings where known and their equivalent names on contemporary mapping.
  Guide

  • Place naming

• Place Names of the Ancestors - A Māori Oral History Atlas

  This bilingual book tells the stories of early Māori discoverers, explorers and travellers from the first wave of migration waka, and the place names they gave. Each story has a map showing their journeys and the locations of the places named.
  Guide

  • Place naming

• The Survey Pegs of the Past, Understanding Māori Place Names

  This companion book to the Māori Oral History Atlas focuses on ways of understanding Māori place names
  Guide

  • Place naming

• First-order geodetic triangulation of New Zealand 1909-49 1973-74

  This was the official geodetic datum for New Zealand until 1998. Like most datums of its era it was defined using astronomical observations to establish the coordinates of a relatively small number of fiducial stations. Triangulation was then used to…
  Research report

  • Geodetic

• New Zealand Map Grid - Department of Lands and Survey Technical Circular

  The following document is a scanned image of the Department of Land and Survey Technical Circular 1973/32 that describes the technical details of the New Zealand Map Grid.
  Research report

  • Geodetic

• A Conformal Mapping Projection with Minimum Scale Error

  The following document is a scanned image of a paper published in Survey Review XXII, 168, April 1973. It is published here with the permission of Dr. Ian Reilly and describes the theory and methodology behind the development of the New Zealand Map Grid.
  Research report

  • Geodetic