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Toitū Te Whenua sometimes receives enquiries about unlicensed surveyors undertaking cadastral surveys commonly referred to as ‘redef’ surveys or boundary reinstatement surveys. Read our guidance on the application of the provisions in the Cadastral Survey Act 2002.

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In 2000, the Valuer-General (VG) issued the first Māori Freehold Land (MFL) guidelines on the rating valuation of these lands, following a Court of Appeal decision known as the Mangatu case.

Find out about claiming a benefit under the oversight or participation by New Zealanders factor.

Find out about making a claim under the significant government policy factor

Find out how applications are assessed under the benefit to New Zealand test.

How to use the DC Loader to download your digital certificate for certifying and signing in Landonline.

Find out how much it costs to apply for consent, a variation, or an exemption. This information also sets out administrative penalties for late filing of documents and for retrospective consent.

Toitū Te Whenua LINZ collects hydrographic data for charting purposes using our hydrographic standards and technical specifications detailed in HYSPEC.

A “collect once, use many times” approach can grow the value of marine geospatial data.

Find out about how you can apply to meet the investor test to prepare for future transactions.

Find out how to notify us of a transaction made under a residential or forestry standing consent.

New Zealand Vertical Datum 2016 (NZVD2016) heights can be obtained anywhere in New Zealand, including the offshore islands. Published NZVD2016 heights are available in Landonline and the Geodetic Database. Calculated heights can be derived from GNSS (global navigation satellite system) observations. Transferred heights can be obtained using traditional heighting techniques.

We collect tax-related data when people buy, sell or transfer property pursuant to the Land Transfer Act 2017. In addition the legislation requires us to ask questions that help inform housing policy. This information is collected through a tax statement.

Find out about our work investigating possible breaches of the overseas investment rules.

Find out when an exemption from the requirements for consent may be available.

Find out where to seek expert New Zealand legal and land advice before applying, what information you will need to gather to support your application, and how to arrange a pre-application meeting with us.

Clear and complete referencing of coordinates is important because ongoing movement can mean that they change several times after an earthquake.

The reference surface for New Zealand Vertical Datum 2016 (NZVD2016) is New Zealand Quasigeoid 2016 (NZGeoid2016). NZGeoid2016 is a gravity derived model, which can be used to determine NZVD2016 heights anywhere in New Zealand and its offshore islands.

Selected presentations relating to geodesy in New Zealand by staff from Toitū Te Whenua.

This page provides a ‘step-by-step guide’ to manual lodgement of documents.

Find out about our priorities for investigating and enforcing the overseas investment rules.

Find out about the requirements for advertising farm land before selling to an overseas person.

LINZ collects tax-related data when people buy, sell or transfer property. LINZ has produced the quarterly property transfers and tax residency reports since 2016 using transfer tax statements data, and has helped Stats NZ replicate their methodology and enhance the data series.

We follow a process to dispose of Crown-owned property that is no longer needed. You can also find out about land subject to a Right of First Refusal (RFR) in favour of an iwi.

Guidance articles for Legacy Landonline grouped under key topics, including software downloads and system support.

Information about how to satisfy the requirements for authority and identity, Authority and Instruction forms, who needs to complete and sign A&I forms, electronic signatures, and limited partnerships.

View information on various types of requests, as well as guidance on managing requests or dealings urgently.

Guidance and requirements for creating property addresses.

This section provides information to assist lawyers and conveyancers working in the Canterbury region, following the earthquakes.

Find common questions and answers about the LINZ Data Service and the datasets you can access through it.

Projections are selected so that they best represent an area of the globe on a flat surface. There are separate projections for McMurdo Sound, Borchgrevink Coast, Pennell Coast, and the Ross Sea.