• Surplus Crown-owned Land - April 2023

    Toitū Te Whenua works with Te Kāhui Whakatau (part of the Office for Māori Crown Relations – Te Arawhiti) to manage surplus Crown properties in the Treaty Settlements Landbank.
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  • Māori interest in surplus Crown-owned land: April 2022

    Toitū Te Whenua works with Te Kāhui Whakatau (part of the Office for Māori Crown Relations – Te Arawhiti) to manage surplus Crown properties in the Treaty Settlements Landbank.
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  • Māori interest in surplus Crown-owned land: June 2022

    Toitū Te Whenua works with Te Kāhui Whakatau (part of the Office for Māori Crown Relations – Te Arawhiti) to manage surplus Crown properties in the Treaty Settlements Landbank.
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  • Old Masterton hospital demolition complete

    The demolition of the old Masterton hospital is now complete and 2800 tonnes of material salvaged from the site.
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  • Agreement reached for Dunstan Downs tenure review

    A tenure review agreement has been reached for high country station Dunstan Downs that will see 99 percent of the Crown pastoral lease become conservation land.
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  • Significant progress at former Barrett St hospital

    Only remnants of the former Barrett St hospital remain after demolition resumed earlier this year.
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  • LINZ to begin procurement for management of significant property portfolio

    Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) will shortly be going to the market seeking a supplier or suppliers to help manage its significant property portfolio.
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  • Waterpark granted permit to operate on Lake Dunstan

    Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) has granted approval to the Kiwi Waterpark for a one-year recreation permit to operate on Lake Dunstan.
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  • High Country Matters, May 2023

    Tēnā koutou and nau mai, haere mai to High Country Matters.
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  • Turning up the heat on weeds in the Central North Island

    Work is underway to help support rare plants struggling to survive in geothermal areas near Wairakei in the Central North Island.
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  • High Country Matters, July 2021

    Tēnā koutou and nau mai, haere mai to High Country Matters.
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  • Have your say on the future for the Mackenzie

    Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand is proud to be supporting Te Manahuna Ki Uta/the Destination Mackenzie project.
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  • Increase in visitors to Lake Dunstan campsites

    Around 70,000 vehicles passed through free-to-use campsites around Lake Dunstan during the 2020-21 camping season – up 10,000 on the previous season.
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  • High Country Matters, March 2021

    Tēnā koutou. Nau mai, haere mai to the first issue of High Country Matters for 2021.
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  • Next stage of Lake Benmore islands conifer control gets underway

    Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) is beginning the next stage of work to control wilding conifers on islands in Lake Benmore in the Waitaki River catchment.
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  • Surplus Crown-owned Land - December 2023

    A schedule is published frequently with new Crown properties declared surplus. Iwi are invited to register their interest in these properties with the Office for Māori Crown Relations – Te Arawhiti.
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  • Visitors to Lake Dunstan campsites up 49 percent

    Visitor numbers to free-to-use camping areas around Lake Dunstan are up 49 percent compared to last year.
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  • High Country Matters, December 2021

    Tēnā koutou and nau mai, haere mai to High Country Matters.
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  • Submissions open for Lowburn Valley tenure review

    The public is invited to have their say on the future of Lowburn Valley, a Crown pastoral lease in the South Island high country.
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  • Spread the word, not the weed!

    Boaties and visitors to Central Otago lakes are once again being asked to Check Clean and Dry all the gear they use in lakes and rivers as the summer season begins.
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  • Twenty years of weed control paying off at Lake Wānaka

    Twenty years of dedicated effort and community support is finally paying off in the fight to clear Lake Wānaka of the invasive lakeweed lagorosiphon.
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  • Demolition of the Hinepare Nurses’ Home and Tuakana Annex begins

    Our demolition of the Hinepare Nurses’ Home in Napier – which begins this week (April 26) – will result in about 90 percent of its material being recycled.
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  • Efforts to control lakeweed underway in Central Otago

    Work to tackle an invasive aquatic weed is underway in Lake Wānaka and Lake Dunstan before an influx of visitors this summer.
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  • Consultation open on farm plan regulation

    Consultation is open on a proposed regulation involving farm plans that aims to improve the consenting process for Crown pastoral leaseholders.
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  • Pīwauwau / rock wren is Bird of the Year 2022

    Congratulations pīwauwau / rock wren – winner of Bird of the Year 2022 and one of the native birds we’re helping through pest and weed control work on Crown lands we manage.  
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  • Crown Pastoral Land Reform Bill passes third reading

    New legislation to improve the management of Crown pastoral land and end tenure review was passed in Parliament yesterday.
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  • 280,000kg of material salvaged from former hospital

    The demolition of the old Masterton hospital continues to progress at pace with only 9 buildings left to come down.
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  • LINZ considers Lake Dunstan water park application

    We are considering an application from an Otago business for a recreation permit to continue operating a waterpark on Lake Dunstan this summer.
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  • Surplus Crown-owned land - February 2023

    Toitū Te Whenua works with Te Kāhui Whakatau (part of the Office for Māori Crown Relations – Te Arawhiti) to manage surplus Crown properties in the Treaty Settlements Landbank.
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  • High Country Matters – July 2022

    A lot has happened since our last update. As most of you will be aware, the Crown Pastoral Land Reform Act received Royal assent on the 17 May. 
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  • Consultation open on Crown pastoral land regulations and standards

    The public is invited to provide feedback on proposed new regulations and standards to better manage 1.2 million hectares of Crown pastoral land in the South Island high country.
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  • Easement application approved for Crown pastoral lease proposed solar array

    An application for an easement on a South Island pastoral lease for the purposes of establishing a solar array has been granted.   
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