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Due to safety concerns, Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) will be starting work next week to remove some trees near Clutha River / Mata-Au upstream from the Dunorling Street Boat Ramp.

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.

A tenure review agreement has been reached for high country station Dunstan Downs that will see 99 percent of the Crown pastoral lease become conservation land.

Only remnants of the former Barrett St hospital remain after demolition resumed earlier this year.

Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) will shortly be going to the market seeking a supplier or suppliers to help manage its significant property portfolio.

This month’s edition of High Country Matters includes a profile of Rachel Peach from our pastoral team, along with information about our recently published Long-term Insights Briefing and an update on SouthPAN – the Southern Positioning Augmentation Network.

Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) has granted approval to the Kiwi Waterpark for a one-year recreation permit to operate on Lake Dunstan.

Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) has today announced the new members of its High Country Advisory Group.

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. Applications for Landbanking and/or Sites of Significance for properties in this schedule close 19 January 2024.

Twenty years of dedicated effort and community support is finally paying off in the fight to clear Lake Wānaka of the invasive lakeweed lagorosiphon.

Work to control the invasive lakeweed lagarosiphon in Lake Wānaka and Lake Dunstan will start next week.

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.

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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.

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

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.

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.

New legislation to improve the management of Crown pastoral land and end tenure review was passed in Parliament yesterday.

The demolition of the old Masterton hospital continues to progress at pace with only 9 buildings left to come down.

We are considering an application from an Otago business for a recreation permit to continue operating a waterpark on Lake Dunstan this summer.

Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) is responsible for the lakebed, and adjacent Lowburn camping area and boat ramp, on behalf of the Crown.

The Crown Pastoral Land Reform Act received Royal assent on the 17 May. This is a major milestone, which not only ends tenure review but changes the way we administer this iconic land.

Work to tackle an invasive aquatic weed is underway in Lake Wānaka and Lake Dunstan before an influx of visitors this summer.

Consultation is open on a proposed regulation involving farm plans that aims to improve the consenting process for Crown pastoral leaseholders.

Toitū Te Whenua works with Te Kāhui Whakatau (part of the Office for Māori Crown Relations – Te Arawhiti) to manage surplus Crown properties in the Treaty Settlements Landbank.

Congratulations pīwauwau / rock wren – winner of Bird of the Year 2022 and one of the native birds we’re helping through pest and weed control work on Crown lands we manage.

Our demolition of the Hinepare Nurses’ Home in Napier – which begins this week (April 26) – will result in about 90 percent of its material being recycled.

An application for an easement on a South Island pastoral lease for the purposes of establishing a solar array has been granted.

The Commissioner of Crown Lands, Craig Harris, has issued his rehearing decision regarding the lease of Crown Land to the Awataha Marae Society.

Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) has today published its first Crown Pastoral Land Strategic Intentions Document and accompanying Performance Monitoring Framework.

The toilet will be closed so the new Cromwell Memorial Hall and Events Centre to be linked up to the existing water line.

The Government is reviewing the Public Works Act 1981 (PWA) to make it easier to build critical infrastructure in New Zealand.

Work is underway to reduce a number of low-use rubbish bins from locations around Lake Dunstan.