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A new satellite service for the Southern Positioning Augmentation Network (SouthPAN) has been confirmed, with services to be broadcast from a new Inmarsat I-8 satellite from 2027.

Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board announces recent decisions for official place names, and invites public submissions on proposed place name alterations.

Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board announces today that the Whangārei suburb of Kamo has been renamed Te Kamo.

Satellite imagery, AI and genetic technologies have the potential to help boost Aotearoa New Zealand’s biodiversity, according to a new briefing we jointly published yesterday.

Pānui is our regular newsletter for overseas investment news.

Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board has today released new maps of Te Ika-a-Māui and Te Waipounamu featuring hundreds of original tangata whenua place names as they were before European settlement.

This month, as we approach the summer holiday break, we are publishing our latest updates and consent decisions earlier than usual.

On 1 January 2023, the significant business assets threshold for Australian investors will be updated.

In this edition: an update on New Landonline – Dealings and New Landonline – Survey, and is it time to upgrade your Citrix Software?

Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board announces today that the proposal to name the township of Russell has been declined.

This month's overseas investment newsletter contains information about updated and translated fact sheets for buying a home in New Zealand, why 'OI condition' is essential in sale and purchase agreements, customer survey results, and our refreshed digital dashboards.

In late 2024, the Surveyor-General asked for feedback on a proposal to modernise the generation, view, and use of survey and title plans by replacing the current plans with a digitally visualised version.

Welcome to another month of activities, as you can see there is still plenty going on in the world of survey and titles.

On 1 January 2026, the significant business assets threshold for Australian investors will be updated.

Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) is asking for Lake Dunstan to be treated with care, not contempt, after repeated instances of illegal rubbish dumping.

The Minister for Land Information, Hon Damien O’Connor has reappointed four current members to the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa.

Tēnā koutou and nau mai, haere mai to High Country Matters.

As November wraps up, we’ve welcomed in changes to the regime that will streamline and modernise processes for our consent applicants and their advisors.

We're getting ready for the final Overseas Investment Act law reform changes while staying on top of steady business-as-usual consent applications.

In this edition: survey and title transactions waiting times, Cadastral Survey Rules 2021 now in effect, amendments to guidelines for authority and identity requirements and electronic signing of documents, consultation on Long-term Insights Briefing opens September.

Our fees are changing on 13 September. Find out more about the fees changes and other Overseas Investment Office activity in our latest edition of Pānui.

In the August edition of Pānui:

Progress on the Crown Pastoral Land Reform Bill, continuing with tenure review with agreements for Grampians and Godley Peaks, and an update about our pastoral lease visits.

It’s been a busy first few weeks settling back into the Overseas Investment Office (OIO) at Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ).

This issue includes a message from the Land Information Minister, a record number of pastoral lease visits, a new mapping tool, fighting fire risks and some research into matagouri

In this edition: new public search tool launched, legal seminars for 2021, Trusts Act 2019 in force.

In this edition: Landonline Notice of Change, Landonline Notice to Mortgagee, creating roads in subdivisions – transfer and dedication not permitted, and new Landonline terms and conditions

In this edition: Property Rights System review completed, Public Land Record Search, files change from TIFF to PDF, Notice of Change of Ownership, improving our understanding of Landonline customers, Landonline Terms and Conditions changing, Post Registration Searches not received, waiving and refunding title fees policy change, the Trusts Act 2019 and land registration, and Christchurch legal seminar cancelled

High Country Matters will provide updates on the work we’re doing to improve our stewardship of Crown pastoral land both on an operational level and at the regulatory level. We’ll also be including stories on a range of projects and from different people and organisations.

This month's Landwrap has details about the upcoming Landonline maintenance release, Citrix connection issues, bright-line rule changes, a review of the rules for Cadastral Survey, and two consultations as part of the Land Transfer Act 2017.

This month's Landwrap features a call for consultation on the Land Transfer Act, as well as details about a Landonline maintenance release planned for April.

This month's Landwrap includes articles about a pilot programme to identify Canterbury quake-related boundary conflicts; information about the NZVD2016 height update; issues related to the Kaikoura coordinate update; a new index for the Surveyor-General's guidelines; as well as a few reminders.

This month, find out more about the property tax changes that came into effect on 1 October and our plans to expand the Survey and Title team. We give you an update about CSD processing times and the cause of recent Landonline availability issues. There's a chance, too, to give your views on the PositioNZ network and see what we're doing to enhance our geodetic marks mobile app.