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The 2024 Toitū Te Whenua LINZ Geospatial Virtual Field Trip for schools is called ‘What lies beneath? Discovering the secrets of our seabed’ and launches on Monday 10 June.

Welcome to our final Pānui of 2025.

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

This month’s Pānui discusses the High Court judgment which upheld an earlier decision to grant CDL Land New Zealand Limited consent to buy land near Havelock North for residential development, and includes our recent decision summaries.

In this edition of Pānui you will find information on the conclusion of an investigation involving the purchase of sensitive land without consent, build-to-rent guidelines, our quarterly consents data and recent decision summaries.

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.

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. 

A new management plan is being developed for South Canterbury hydro lakes Waitaki and Aviemore after large infestations of the invasive lake weed lagarosiphon were found.