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Proposed, approved and amended geographic feature names.

Find out about our business groups at Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand.

We offer an exciting and challenging range of career opportunities.

As a New Zealand government department, Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand is subject to the Privacy Act 2020. This page outlines the type and extent of information that we may gather when you interact with the linz.govt.nz or charts.linz.govt.nz websites and for what purposes the information may be collected, used, stored, retained and shared. This statement applies to personal information collected in relation to the below sites and will be updated from time to time.

We manage a wide range of properties on behalf of the Crown and client agencies, including former prisons, hospitals and schools. Several projects are underway on these properties. We also carry out hazard reduction work on Crown land.

We are partnering with BT Mining and Ngāti Waewae to develop a monitoring plan to assess the impact of Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) on waterways surrounding Stockton Mine.

How to interpret and process tsunami gauge data in relation to reference gauges and vertical datums.

We are committed to creating a workplace that is diverse, inclusive, and respectful. By attracting and retaining people from a wide range of backgrounds, cultures, and experiences, we strengthen our ability to understand and respond effectively to our customers because we reflect the communities we serve.

Our annual biosecurity control programme identifies the region and sites where we are proposing to carry out pest and weed control, and what biosecurity control methods we intend to use at each site.

A LINZ licence is required to access bulk personal data via the LINZ Data Service (LDS).

Some of our properties are held in trust for Treaty Settlements and we often rent them until they can be transferred to new owners.

How to pay your rent.

The PositioNZ-PP service was updated on 10 November 2025 to the use version 5.4 Bernese processing software. We also improved processing algorithms.

Find out about current and upcoming weed and pest control work.

A programme of monthly online mapping wānanga to help you learn how to map your whenua and tell your stories through GIS mapping. These interactive wānanga are specifically tailored towards those working for iwi, Māori trusts and environmental groups.

We are collaborating with stakeholders across the marine sector to improve access to and reuse of marine geospatial data.

All agencies, including State-owned enterprises (SOEs) and Crown entities, are expected to ensure significant values on Crown-owned land are considered and protected.

The Southern Positioning Augmentation Network (SouthPAN) is a joint initiative of the New Zealand and Australian Governments that provides Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS) services for New Zealand and Australia.

Proposed, approved, adopted, assigned, altered, amended and corrected geographic names

Information for councils and mana whenua about approving recorded (unofficial) Māori place names as official.