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Toitū Te Whenua maintains this list of lights to aid maritime navigation.

Guidance to help survey and spatial professionals prepare maps to support applications for recognition of customary interests in the marine and coastal area under the Marine and Coastal Area Act (Takutai Moana) Act 2011.

Times and heights between high and low waters at Standard and Secondary Ports can be calculated by using the method described in the printable documents attached.

In Budget 2025 the Government made available $28.6M to develop high-tech navigational products that will transform shipping in New Zealand waters.

This document sets out ways to work with us in collecting hydrographic and marine data as well as outlining possibilities of using existing data.

Land Information New Zealand has carried out in-depth assessments of New Zealand waters to help us prioritise improvements to charts and navigation information.

Land Information New Zealand has carried out in-depth assessments of New Zealand waters, including the Sub-Antarctic Islands, to help us prioritise improvements to charts and navigation information.

This technical report amplifies the IHO definitions of terms used when issuing charts. It does not supersede the need for knowledge and experience both in hydrographic charting and navigation.

This prescription defines the standard of survey for a survey plan required to support a recognition order for customary marine title and related wāhi tapu areas under section 109(4) Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011.

By law, ships need to carry official charts and navigation publications needed for their voyage - this includes the Almanac, an annual publication that is updated fortnightly through our Notices to Mariners.

Including details of the Earth’s orbit, solar and lunar eclipses, times when the Moon is closest and furthest from Earth (lunar perigee and apogee), phases of the Moon and planet visibility.

Times and heights between high and low waters at Standard and Secondary Ports can be calculated by using the method described in the printable documents attached.

Annual Notices to Mariners are standing notices that are issued each year in the New Zealand Nautical Almanac. Changes to Annual Notices are notified through the fortnightly edition of Notices to Mariners.

By law, ships need to carry official charts and navigation publications needed for their voyage - this includes the Almanac, an annual publication that is updated fortnightly through our Notices to Mariners.

Toitū Te Whenua has carried out in-depth assessments of New Zealand waters to help us prioritise improvements to charts and navigation information.

This hydrographic risk assessment allows the Vanuatu Government, with the support of regional charting authorities, to come to a conclusion about the nature and scope of chart improvement surveys in Vanuatu. It provides recommendations and conclusions to assist decision makers to prioritise hydrographic surveys in Vanuatu for the provision of accurate and adequate nautical charts to meet the needs of contemporary shipping.

This report details the hydrographic risk assessment of the waters around Tokelau, based on the Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) Hydrographic Risk Assessment Methodology as published in Report Number 15NZ322 Issue 031. The inability to conduct an in-country visit limited the data collection to desktop research only. Accordingly, no numerical assessment has been made and the risk observations are based on ship traffic patterns and existing charts.

In New Zealand, Marine Geospatial Information (MGI) is collected by various public and private organisations. Knowing what data exists is the first step enabling data accessibility and reusability and increasing the value of marine geospatial investments.

Annual Notices to Mariners are standing notices that are issued each year in the New Zealand Nautical Almanac. Changes to Annual Notices are notified through the fortnightly edition of Notices to Mariners.

Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), the New Zealand Hydrographic Authority (NZHA) presents the second edition of New Zealand’s long-term national hydrographic survey plan – HYPLAN.

As a contracting government to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), New Zealand has an obligation to arrange to collect and compile hydrographic data, and to publish, disseminate and update all nautical information necessary for safe navigation (SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 9).

This report was produced by ConsultingWhere Limited Ltd. for Land Information New Zealand (LINZ).

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