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Today marks a significant step forward for the Government’s overseas investment reforms, with the introduction of the Overseas Investment (National Interest Test and Other Matters) Amendment Bill to Parliament.

Our offices and services will have reduced availability over the holiday period.

This month's Pānui includes some dates for the end of year, a refresh of our digital dashboards, and our recent decision summaries.

Around four rugby fields worth of hessian mats will be laid on the floor of Lake Wānaka to help eradicate lagarosiphon from the lake.

The following information provides an update on LINZ’s decision to vacate the property at 12 Hutchins Street, Waitara, including the operations of the Waitara and District Community Childcare Centre.

Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) is seeking public feedback on how it manages 1.7 million hectares of Crown land in the future.

Welcome to the second issue of our quarterly panui. In this update, we share information about our services, products, and Treaty settlement work that may be useful to Iwi and Māori.

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.

Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board is consulting on proposals to correct the spellings of a locality and a glacier, and to assign official names to two streams.

Over 700 Māori place names in Hawke’s Bay Region have been made official, with more than 300 of these updated to include macrons for correct pronunciation and meaning. 

In this edition - Memories of Peter Hill, a refresher of the rules for ‘one home to live in’ consent holders and an update on the latest overseas investment survey.

Tertiary students with an interest in GIS can now apply for a Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) scholarship to further their geospatial studies in 2026.

In this edition: information about Web Search - find land records faster, amendment to the Greater Christchurch Regeneration Act 2016 Registration Matters Guideline 2018, Cadastral Survey Rules 2021.

March has seen the Office pass two significant milestones. These were the introduction of the new investor test and the overseas investment fees review consultation.

Welcome to a special issue of Pānui about the new investor test for consent applications that comes into force on 22 March 2021.

In this edition, we feature news about: heavy Landonline use expected in December, Landonline Notice of Change extends to Marlborough, Westpac joining Landonline Notice to Mortgagee, Public Land Record Search launches in February, changes to fast-track process, unit appellation unique parcel identifier format updated ,withholding Information in the Register Guideline 2020, and end of year/new year hours.

Critical infrastructure projects will get underway faster following introduction of an accelerated process to acquire land for public works.

Work to demolish the remains of the old Barrett St hospital in New Plymouth is underway.

In this edition: Changes in the Office of the Surveyor-General, printing from the Search Results window, and help LINZ make a website that helps you

In this edition: Landonline spatial data update delay, no survivorship and a self-assessment tool to assess your e-dealing processes and controls

In this edition: Reset your Landonline password, resetting Landonline window positions and upcoming Landonline 3.9 & 3.10 releases

Tēnā koutou and nau mai, haere mai to the final edition of High Country Matters for 2019.

The November issue of Landwrap has a number of updates connected to the Land Transfer Act 2017 and the news that Landonline will be progressively rebuilt in-house by LINZ.

This month we announce the improvements we’re making to Landonline that will be a part of the 3.11 release at the end of May; we let you know about Continuous Improvement initiatives being undertaken with the CSD validation and approval process; and we provide you with information in regards to processing CSDs in areas of Christchurch affected by shallow surface movement.

This month we discuss the recent launch of PositioNZ-PP; and how the timing of the Christmas and New Year break will affect the lapsing of caveats and notices of claims.

The September issue of Landwrap has a reminder about tax information and compliance reviews, as well as guidance on capturing referenced surveys in the survey header.

The August Landwrap has an update on this weekend's Landonline outage, news from the Valuer-General about Auckland rating valuations, a call for consultation on the Rules for Cadastral Survey, and some tips on the new OCTN instruments.

This month we have updates about our holiday hours, Citrix software, and the Review of the Rules for Cadastral Survey. We also have information about Landonline Digital Certificates, and a reminder about lapsing caveats over the holiday period.

This month we provide an update on Landonline, new Knowledgebase articles, law firm self-assessment questionnaire, requests for urgency and ASaTS.

This month we inform you about the planned Landonline upgrade; and the publication of the Surveyor-General's guidelines in the KnowledgeBase on the LINZ website.