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In this edition we cover Landonline planned close-down, updating Citrix Client software, and updates to Authority and Instruction forms

Pānui is our regular newsletter for overseas investment news and updates. In this issue: Upcoming webform updates and Ngā Hui Whakamārama

A hydrographic survey mapping the seafloor in the Bay of Plenty begins this week, with the data contributing to safer navigation in approaches to ports and wharves.

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

Overseas investment reforms, is it residential land and decision summaries.

We've got some helpful tips about how to correct property tax information; times you may not need to provide tax information as part of your dealing; and establishing proof of identity for an overseas client.

Efforts to tackle invasive weeds in two significant Canterbury wetlands are giving rare native birds a helping hand.

On this International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we’re celebrating one of our own experts in environmental science, Principal Advisor Contaminated Land, Kim Wepasnick.

Auckland lawyer Andrew Jarvis has been ordered to pay $275,000 in penalties for breaches of the Overseas Investment Act 2005.

Work to remove unsafe trees in Alexandra and Clyde will begin tomorrow.

In this edition: Legacy Landonline switch off, New Landonline Survey: Plan Generation Pilot and New Landonline Web Search releases

Updated management plans have been released for Lake Dunstan, Lake Wakatipu, and Lake Wānaka as part of long-term efforts to protect them from the aquatic weed lagarosiphon.

It’s been a busy start to the year with plenty of applications coming in over December and January. The overseas investment team has been making good progress with assessments and decision making, and we have 21 decision summaries being published today.

The Minister for Land Information, Hon Chris Penk has announced the completion of a review of the Public Works Act (PWA) and outlined proposals to amend the Act.

Efforts to control the invasive lakeweed lagarosiphon are ramping up across Otago lakes, with preparations now underway for the busy summer season.

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.

A long-standing Treaty grievance for mana whenua will be addressed when the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa formally changes Maxwell to Pākaraka today.

This issue includes the recent Environmental Defence Society Conference, a tenure review update, a partnership for Selwyn Crown pastoral leases, information about pastoral lease visits and our new approach to Russell lupins

Work is underway to manage the invasive aquatic weed lagarosiphon in South Canterbury’s Waitaki hydro lakes.

LINZ has received an encouraging response to its call for expressions of interest in leasing four Crown-owned sites at Lake Dunstan, with the submission period now closed.

This pānui focuses on some of the practical mahi LINZ has undertaken, which includes a continuing focus on data that can support iwi and Māori aspirations with planning, climate resilience and hazard management including flooding, and infrastructure development.

Consultation has opened today to name an unnamed mountain, Mount Kirk, in honour of former Prime Minister Norman Kirk.

Tēnā koutou and nau mai, haere mai to the second edition of High Country Matters, a quarterly newsletter from Land Information New Zealand (LINZ).

In this edition we talk about improving the Whenua Māori Visualisation Tool and the Landonline Release 3.20. We’ve also decided to extend the Landwrap survey. While we’ve already received some very useful feedback we’d love to hear from some more of you.

The move to COVID-19 Alert Level 1 has meant a return to the office for many and a move to a more normal way of business. Our offices are now open and our staff are back in the office.

Since the announcement of Government response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve been working to maintain as many services as possible. Although it has been challenging, it’s also heartening to see how well everyone across the property system has adapted to working remotely. The safety and wellbeing of both LINZ staff and our customers has been a paramount focus throughout.

In this edition: Lunchtime legal seminars, streamlining conveyancing, and unsupported web browsers

We reached another significant milestone in June with the introduction of the National Security and Public Order (NSPO) notification regime. Further changes from the Overseas Investment Act 2021 come into force on 5 July.

In this edition: Cadastral Survey Rules 2021 published, legal webinar on 1 June, no payment by cheque after 31 May 2021, update on review of survey and title fees, linz.govt.nz satisfaction survey, leading with Toitū Te Whenua.

In this edition: Cadastral Survey Rules 2021 webinars, transmission of trust property when a surviving trustee is incapacitated, ensuring your Landonline account has a system manager, new tax law comes into effect, Landonline password minimum length increased.

In this edition: Landonline offline on 20 March, proposed new fees for survey and title services, August launch planned for Cadastral Survey Rules 2021, legal seminars for 2021.

Welcome to another full issue of Pānui. News may have already reached you that the overseas investment fee structure has been reviewed and consultation is open on the proposed changes.