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A step-by-step guide to using our plugin for the discovery and import of LINZ data into QGIS.

Web Feature Services (WFS) advanced operations let you filter your query by attribute or value. This is useful when you are interested in a subset of the data in an LDS layer or table.

How to use changesets for automated business processes.

An overview of using LDS XYZ and WMTS tile services in Javascript clients.

To use any LINZ Data Service web service or API, you will first need to create an API key.

It is now common practice for most Territorial Authorities (the TA) to attach certifications under sections 223 and 224 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (the RMA) to the Cadastral Survey Dataset (CSD) as supporting documents, or for a surveyor to attach the certifications by scanning them.

A unit plan may be cancelled by an application by the body corporate or by a Court declaration under section 177 or 189 of the Unit Titles Act 2010.

A covenant under s 240 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) and a certificate under s 77 of the Building Act 2004 (BA) hold allotments together and prevent separation by transfer, lease or disposal.

Landonline Parcel Intents – Definition and Usage

Remember to check that title details are correct before creating an e-dealing and preparing the instruments.

Find out about making a claim under the other consequential benefits factor.

This page provides a register of exemptions from the definition of non-New Zealand government investor.

A list of titles, surveys, instruments and other land records you can't order in Land Record Search.

Send us your query about Crown property by completing this form. We'll get back to you within 10 working days.

Limited partnerships may be registered as proprietors of land and deal with land under the Land Transfer Act.

A record of title of Māori land will not always show a conclusive notation confirming Māori Freehold Land status

This page covers the registration of mortgages held on escrow.

Reasons for disconnections and what you can do.

When land is owned by multiple owners, one owner may transfer their share in the property to one or more of the remaining owners. The resulting ownership is a tenancy in common as to the relevant shares.

This page summarises the Cadastral Survey Act's information on offenses.

Find out how we use land types and area thresholds to determine whether land is sensitive.

Find out about selling sensitive New Zealand assets overseas and whether you need consent to do so.

Find out how we define ‘ordinarily resident in New Zealand’.

Find out about the level of ownership or control interest that determines whether consent is required to invest in New Zealand.

Find out about the need to apply for consent if you are a New Zealand citizen or are ordinarily resident in New Zealand, and are investing on behalf of an overseas person. These rules are called the ‘associate provisions’.

What information may be shared or publicly released, and what information may be withheld by the Overseas Investment Office.

Only Te Tari Whakatau (The Office of Treaty Settlements and Takutai Moana), on behalf of a Treaty claimant group, can make a proposal to restore or change a place name through a Treaty of Waitangi claims settlement.

Only the Department of Conservation (DOC) can propose a name for a Crown reserve in New Zealand and its offshore islands including adjacent marine areas.

Find out about what causes tides and how they vary depending on time and location.

LINZ publishes Annual New Zealand Notices to Mariners and fortnightly New Zealand Notices to Mariners (NTMs).

Read and download specifications, standards, guidelines, and published documents. These resources are useful for students, researchers, geodetic service contractors and professionals who use New Zealand's geodetic network.

A lot of technical terms are used in New Zealand’s geodetic system. Find out about geodetic and vertical datums, geoids, projections, and coordinate transformations for accurate position and height measurements.