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We are undertaking aerial mapping between Riverton and Waituna Lagoon, in Southland, over the next two weeks.

New Zealand’s favourite topographic maps can now be viewed in 3D on our Basemaps website.

Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) won a project excellence award at the annual Survey and Spatial conference in Napier last week for its work on the Ōtākaro Avon River corridor reconfiguration project.

Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) data is being used to help Māori reconnect with their whenua and whakapapa through a new app.

An exciting milestone for SouthPAN was achieved recently, with the Awarua Uplink Processing Centre being ‘switched on’ and officially commissioned. This is an important step in the overall programme delivery and helps us deliver services that are boosting the economy and will make New Zealand safer and more productive.

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.

A key piece of the network that will deliver more accurate and reliable GNSS positioning across New Zealand and Australia is fast taking shape near Invercargill.

Kiwis are leveraging Basemaps to achieve groundbreaking outcomes for Aotearoa New Zealand, including improving habitats to support our native species.

Over the past five years Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) has partnered with ten regional councils to obtain high-definition data of the shape of New Zealand.

A new project is getting underway to map large parts of New Zealand’s coastline in remarkable detail to help communities mitigate the impacts of climate change and understand our ever-changing coastline.

People can now view peaks and plains across the country in 3D following upgrades to an award-winning digital map by Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ).

Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) is now looking for suppliers to capture airborne topographic and bathymetric LiDAR data as part of its 3D Coastal Mapping programme.

Hydrographic, surveying and positioning experts from Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) recently returned from Antarctica where they completed work that will contribute to monitoring the impacts of climate change.

Toitū Te Whenua has made almost 20TB of aerial imagery available for free for the first time in a cloud-optimized format, making it easier and faster to access these large datasets over the internet.

A groundbreaking high-tech aerial laser survey that captures an exact 3D map of Taranaki's land surface has just been completed - providing valuable data for a wide range of uses. Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) has partnered with Taranaki Regional Council on the LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) survey to gather land-surface and elevation data.

New high-resolution, satellite imagery providing a birds-eye view of Cyclone Gabrielle’s impact on the North Island’s east coast is now available online as part of the emergency response.

Today the LINZ Data Service (LDS) website has been switched to a new user interface with loads of new features and improvements.

More than half of New Zealand can now be freely viewed in astounding detail following the release of three-dimensional mapping data for Waikato and Southland.

Two previously uncharted shipwrecks have now been mapped in great detail thanks to a recent hydrographic survey of Tūranganui-a-Kiwa/Poverty Bay.

In this issue we feature new aerial imagery and elevation data, our ArcGIS REST API services and give a heads up on a new LINZ Basemap.

The Australasian Women in Emergencies (AWE) Network has recognised LINZ Senior Geospatial Specialist, Susan Shaw, with an award for mentoring, supporting, and encouraging other women in the emergency management community.