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We’re over the moon for our colleague, Apanui Williams (Api) Kaitohutohu Matamua / Principal Advisor Māori Crown Relations, who has been awarded Te Tohu Amorangi a Te Kawa Mataaho, the Public Service Commissioner's Commendation for Excellence.

The first of four satellite dishes in the Southern Positioning Augmentation Network (SouthPAN) is now in place.

Mount Misery to Maungatūtū, Clive River to Te Awa o Mokotūāraro and naming the newly formed lake Lake Te Horonui are just some of the decisions highlighted in the Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board 2022/23 Annual Report.

Pānui is our regular newsletter for overseas investment news and updates.

Pānui is our regular newsletter for overseas investment news and updates.

Public consultation has begun on two new documents which will guide how Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) manages Crown pastoral land over the next five years.

A schedule is published frequently with new Crown properties declared surplus. Iwi are invited to register their interest in these properties with the Office for Māori Crown Relations – Te Arawhiti.

Two previously uncharted shipwrecks have now been mapped in great detail thanks to a recent hydrographic survey of Tūranganui-a-Kiwa/Poverty Bay.

In this edition: New Landonline Survey update, New Landonline Web Search releases, guidance and tips for getting the best out of the Landonline Notice of Change of Ownership (NoC) service in conveyancing, mortgagee consent for land vesting on deposit of a plan, and guideline for registration of the Ō-Rākau site.

New Zealand’s official record of place names, the New Zealand Gazetteer, has been updated with improved accessibility and user experience.

Over 130 cubic metres of native timber has been recycled through the demolition of the former Tuakana Hostel, which is now complete.

We frequently publish a schedule of new Crown properties that have been declared surplus. Iwi are invited to register their interest in these properties with Te Tari Whakatau, the Office of Treaty Settlements and Takutai Moana.

In Budget 2025 the Government made available $28.6M to develop high-tech navigational products that will transform shipping in New Zealand waters.

People can now make submissions on the Overseas Investment (National Interest Test and Other Matters) Amendment Bill, with public submissions open until 23 July 2025.

The trig beacon at Kaputerangi Pā is set to be removed next week.

In this edition: upcoming consultation on Statutory and Evidentiary Requirements for E-Dealing Standard, a reminder about requirements for Land Transfer instruments, and more.

This week we’ve released three new guidance documents on: investments in the grocery sector, the definition of “associate”, and how the alternative monetary threshold regime works.

In this edition: instruments under the Crown Minerals Act 1991, updates to the Unit Titles Act 2010 Guideline 2024, and more.

We are seeking nominations for the Valuers Registration Board and chair of the Orton Bradley Park Board.

In this edition, we provide you with a brief update about proposed changes to the Overseas Investment Act to allow overseas-based investors with a New Zealand investor residence visa to buy or build a house here

A joint initiative has cleared 430 hectares of invasive wilding pines in the basin.

In this edition we share a warning about relying on AI summaries, information about autofill in Landonline, account management and more.

Achieving high-accuracy mapping while reducing time and costs are just some of the benefits the Central Otago District Council has welcomed following successful testing of the Government’s SouthPAN service.

In this edition: share your thoughts in our Landwrap survey, COVID-19 Interim Guideline remains in force, still time to lodge old rules surveys before Christmas, new Cadastral Survey Guideline on Crown subdivisions, reminder: new survey and title fees 1 February, Spatial View getting a makeover, Christmas closing times for LINZ offices, Christmas/New Year Landonline hours.

In this issue we feature new aerial imagery and elevation data, our ArcGIS REST API services and give a heads up on a new LINZ Basemap.

In this edition: lodge your old rules Cadastral Surveys 2010 before Christmas, creating roads in subdivisions - covenants and easements, RGL guidelines: authority and identity, withholding information in the register, Notice of Change of Ownership - 24 councils and counting, e-search and e-dealing Landonline changes, protect Landonline and your user access during cyber attacks, Landonline offline 20 November, heads-up for Christmas/New Year Landonline hours.

In this edition: cadastral survey rules review, registration of leases, racing Industry Act 2020, creating roads in subdivisions – request to accept transfer and dedication, progress on rebuilding Landonline survey functionality, Landonline Notice to Mortgagee, Landonline unavailable on 21 November,and Christmas/New Year hours

It has been over a year since we first launched this newsletter to keep you updated on what LINZ is doing to support great outcomes for the South Island high country.

In this edition: survey mark protection, unit title prescribed forms. caveat dealings, rebuilding Landonline update, legal seminar cancelled, and advice for Windows 7 users

Tēnā koutou and nau mai, haere mai to the first edition of High Country Matters for 2020

This month's Landwrap has details about an outage as part of the release of Landonline 3.18, some good news about the security built into Landonline, and an invitation to have your say on the PositioNZ network.