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Last week we recognised the stakeholder and industry groups that have played a key role reflecting the needs of customers in the Modernising Landonline programme.

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.

Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board is marking 100 years of official place naming in New Zealand, its offshore islands, Antarctica and on the sea floor.

The trig beacon at the summit of Maungawhau / Mount Eden is set to be removed next week due to health and safety concerns.

Applications for Landbanking and/or Sites of Significance for properties in this schedule close 8 November 2024

Several important updates ahead of Christmas, including the update to survey and title fees and information about our processing times in November and December.

In this edition: Digital certificate downloads in Internet Explorer 11, customers provide input into LINZ website refresh, and finding dealings/requests in workspace

The Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board today announces decisions on 12 place name proposals.

In this edition: we discuss the move to online publication of the NZ Gazette and how that affects the way we reference Gazette Notices in LINZ records; and how the timing of the Christmas and New Year break will affect the lapsing of caveats and notices of claims. We provide reminders around transmissions, corrections and discrepancies in names.

This month's Pānui includes our summer holiday dates, new webforms and exemption application forms, and our recent decision summaries.

This month we inform you about Landonline being unavailable on 10 December 2016; LINZ hours over the holiday season; finding New Zealand Vertical Datum 2016 Heights; changes to the Land Transfer Tax Statement; verication of identity using Skype and videoconferencing; lapsing caveats over the Christmas / New Year period; an update on rules for Cadastral Surveying in Greater Christchurch and Kaikoura earthquake information for Surveyors.

This month we inform you about changes to the Landonline login, the latest Landonline maintenance release and the updated subdivision checklist.

Work to control one of the country’s worst aquatic weeds is due to get underway at Lake Dunstan next week.

On 1 January 2025, the significant business assets threshold for Australian investors will be updated.

LINZ and the Parliamentary Counsel Office (PCO) are seeking feedback on the Valuers Bill before it is introduced to Parliament. The purpose of the Bill is to revise the Valuers Act 1948.

In this edition: Engagement on Digitally Visualised Survey Plans, simplifing Web Search, search by Road Name, Survey Sign and Submit changes, Grant TA Certification and New instruments under the Natural Hazards Insurance Act 2023 Whakatōhea Claims Settlement Act 2024 Registration Guideline 2024 New instruments under the Natural Hazards Insurance Act 2023

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.

Today marks a significant step forward for the Government’s overseas investment reforms, with the introduction of the Overseas Investment (National Interest Test and Other Matters) Amendment Bill to Parliament.

Our offices and services will have reduced availability over the holiday period.

This month's Pānui includes some dates for the end of year, a refresh of our digital dashboards, and our recent decision summaries.

Around four rugby fields worth of hessian mats will be laid on the floor of Lake Wānaka to help eradicate lagarosiphon from the lake.

The following information provides an update on LINZ’s decision to vacate the property at 12 Hutchins Street, Waitara, including the operations of the Waitara and District Community Childcare Centre.

Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) is seeking public feedback on how it manages 1.7 million hectares of Crown land in the future.

Welcome to the second issue of our quarterly panui. In this update, we share information about our services, products, and Treaty settlement work that may be useful to Iwi and Māori.

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.

Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board is consulting on proposals to correct the spellings of a locality and a glacier, and to assign official names to two streams.

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. 

In this edition - Memories of Peter Hill, a refresher of the rules for ‘one home to live in’ consent holders and an update on the latest overseas investment survey.

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.

In this edition: information about Web Search - find land records faster, amendment to the Greater Christchurch Regeneration Act 2016 Registration Matters Guideline 2018, Cadastral Survey Rules 2021.

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.