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Records relating to Māori land are held by organisations around New Zealand. They can provide information about the history of land ownership.

The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa has ten members. We are supported by a Secretariat within Toitū Te Whenua who provide administrative support, research, advice and project delivery.

Download free maps as image files (TIFF and GeoTIFF formats) for New Zealand's offshore islands including the Kermadec and Auckland islands.

Acts and other legislation that relate to New Zealand's land and seabed.

Information about the SNAP software suite, and how to download and install the SNAP and CONCORD programs.

The NRF provides the connection between national geodetic and vertical datums, and international reference systems.

The CVN provides the street-level control marks that are used by surveyors to connect cadastral surveys to the official vertical datum (NZVD2016).

New Zealand’s survey control system comprises physical control marks and information about them to enable the coordinates of other points to be determined. The control system is segmented into six control networks which provide control marks for specific purposes.

This section contains information on the role of Toitū Te Whenua in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica and the Pacific region.

Discover the stories behind many of New Zealand’s place names.

Find your closest map shop where you can buy printed paper maps.

Check out profiles of people who have moved from overseas to work in the geospatial industry in New Zealand

Download free maps as image files (TIFF format) for the Antarctic Topo50 map series.

Almost all data from the LINZ Data Service is provided under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

Coordinated imagery procurement maximises national benefit.

Find fees information for any activity that can be done through Landonline.

Find out how to access property ownership and boundaries data.

Our geodetic mark data can be accessed and downloaded from the LINZ Geodetic Database, LINZ Data Service or KML Service.

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

Hamish Kingsbury is a Senior Spatial Data Specialist at Abley.

Richard Law is a GIS Developer employed at MetOcean Solutions.

Amit is a Senior Specialist (Geospatial Platform and Support) at Auckland Council.

Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand uses social media to share news and updates, and to hear your views.

Find New Zealand tertiary GIS papers, programmes and contacts.

The Topo250 map series provides topographic mapping for the New Zealand mainland and Chatham Islands at 1:250,000 scale. Find and download maps to view onscreen or print.

The Topo50 map series provides topographic mapping for the New Zealand mainland and Chatham Islands at 1:50,000 scale. Find and download maps to view onscreen or print.

Many New Zealand lakebeds and riverbeds are Crown property and are managed by Toitū Te Whenua on behalf of the Commissioner of Crown Lands.

The First World War through place names. Seddonville Soldiers Memorial Recreation Reserve.

The First World War through place names. Pyramus Peak, Canterbury.

The First World War through place names. Mount Joffre, South Main Divide.

The First World War through place names. Tyrwhitt Peak, Lake Wanaka.

The call to arms for the First World War saw New Zealand men from all walks of life enlist, leaving our shores to fight and in many cases die.