• Geospatial Education Provision in Aotearoa New Zealand

    This report was written with support from 2021/2022 Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington Summer Research Scholarship co-funded by the university and Toitū Te Whenua in collaboration with the Geospatial Capability Committee.
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    • Geodetic
  • Assessment of the Property Information Regulatory System

    The primary objective of the Property Information Regulatory System is to provide quality information about properties to enable well-informed decision making.
    Research report
    • Corporate
  • Enabling Integrated Marine Management

    Summary of findings:
    Research report
    • Marine information
  • Evaluation of the Smart Cities Programme 2015-2016

    In 2015 Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), with funding from the Treasury Better Public Service Seed Fund established the Smart Cities programme. This programme sought to apply an agile approach to developing and testing 13 ‘smart’ ‘proof of concept’…
    Research report
    • Data
  • Property Data Management Framework: A model for connecting New Zealand’s property data

    Property Data Management Framework: A model for connecting New Zealand’s property data describes the potential of the framework’s model to connect core concepts in property information to deliver a package of data about a property.
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    • Property addressing
  • Rating Valuations Regulatory System Assessment

    This document is a summary of the assessment of the Rating Valuations regulatory system undertaken during 2020.
    Research report
    • Corporate
  • Registration Requirements Manual - Valuers Registration Board

    This manual is designed to inform those intending to apply to the Valuers Registration Board (VRB) (The Board) for registration as a valuer in New Zealand under the Valuers Act 1948.
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    • Property valuation
  • Crown Pastoral Land Reform Bill advice

    LINZ has released its advice to the Minister for Land Information regarding the Crown Pastoral Land Reform Bill to help the public make informed submissions.
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    • Crown property
  • Property Rights Regulatory System - Assessment Summary

    The primary objective of the Property Rights Regulatory System is that New Zealanders have confidence and certainty about the rights, restrictions and responsibilities relating to ownership of land.
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    • Corporate
  • Overseas Investment Office’s Assessment Report: Drylandcarbon One Limited Partnership

    The Overseas Investment Office’s Assessment Report to the Minister for Land Information New Zealand and the Associate Minister of Finance, in relation to the application by Drylandcarbon One Limited Partnership to purchase 1,594.46 hectares of sensitive…
    Research report
    • Overseas investment
  • The OIO’s assessment report to ministers on the application by Mercury Agriculture Ltd Partnership to purchase land in South Canterbury

    This application, under the Overseas Investment Act 2005, is for Mercury Agriculture Limited Partnership to acquire a further 43.4% interest in Rangitata Dairies Ltd Partnership and Rangitata GP Ltd, bringing its interest in each of these entities to 68.3…
    Research report
    • Overseas investment
  • Crown Estate Management System – Regulatory System Assessment

    The Crown Estate Management System was designed a long time ago and it remains relevant while continuing to evolve.
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    • Corporate
  • Crown Pastoral Land Regulatory System – Regulatory System Assessment

    The Crown Pastoral Land Regulatory System is part of the broader Crown Land Regulatory System. The Crown Land Regulatory System creates the framework by which the Crown can buy and sell land, in a way that balances both public interests and private…
    Research report
    • Corporate
  • New Zealand Hydrographic Risk Assessments - Sub-Antarctic Islands

    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.
    Research report
    • Marine information
  • Report for the GNSS/GPS Customer Survey 2018

    The aim of the survey was to gauge how our customers are using GNSS/GPS technologies and perceptions of the products and services provided by the PositioNZ network. The results of the survey will aid decisions on how the network may be developed to cater…
    Research report
    • Data
  • Hydrographic Risk Assessment - Samoa

    This executive summary provides an overview of the full report, RNALZ17001 - 17 August 2017, on the hydrographic risk assessment of Samoan waters. The hydrographic risk assessment was based on the Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) Hydrographic Risk…
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    • Marine information
  • Transforming between ITRF and NZGD2000

    New Zealand Geodetic Datum 2000 (NZGD2000) is aligned with the International Terrestrial Reference Frame 1996 (ITRF96) and referenced to epoch 2000.0. However the NZGD2000 coordinates also include the deformation due to earthquakes since 2000, which have…
    Research report
    • Geodetic
  • Chatham Island Local Tie Survey - 2016

    Research report
    • Survey
  • New Zealand Hydrographic Risk Assessments - Mainland New Zealand

    Land Information New Zealand has carried out in-depth assessments of New Zealand waters to help us prioritise improvements to charts and navigation information.
    Research report
    • Marine information
  • Spatial Information in the New Zealand Economy

    Information on the Spatial Information in the New Zealand Economy report.
    Research report
    • Corporate
  • Hydrographic Risk Assessment - Niue

    This report details the hydrographic risk assessment of Niuean waters based on the Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) Hydrographic Risk Assessment Methodology as published in Report Number 15NZ322 Issue 031. This risk assessment is part of the continuing…
    Research report
    • Marine information
  • Hydrographic Group Strategic Options Study

    This report was produced by ConsultingWhere Limited Ltd. for Land Information New Zealand (LINZ).
    Research report
    • Marine information
  • Report for the GNSS/GPS Customer Survey 2015

    To gauge how our customers are using GNSS/GPS technologies as well as their current use and perceptions of the products and services provided by the PositioNZ network. The results of the survey will aid decisions on how the network may be developed to…
    Research report
    • Data
  • New Zealand Bathymetry Investigation October 2015

    The primary aim of the New Zealand Bathymetry Investigation is to identify how to manage New Zealand’s bathymetric data to maximise its contribution to New Zealand’s economy.
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    • Marine information
  • Warkworth Observatory Local Tie Survey - 2015

    The purpose of the survey was to determine the relationship between the permanent GNSS CORS site (WARK 50243M001), the invariant reference points (IVP) of the 12 metre (7377 50243S001) and 30 metre (7391 50243S002), radio telescopes capable of Very Long…
    Research report
    • Survey
  • Geotechnical information on horizontal land movement due to the Canterbury Earthquake Sequence

    Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) has recognised that the ground movements that have occurred as a result of the Canterbury Earthquake Sequence (CES) may have implications for cadastral survey work. LINZ have requested that T&T collate this report…
    Research report
    • Survey
  • Hydrographic Risk Assessment - Cook Islands

    This hydrographic risk assessment allows the Cook Islands Government, with the support of regional charting authorities, to come to a decision about the nature and scope of chart improvement surveys in the Cook Islands. It provides recommendations and…
    Research report
    • Marine information
  • Hydrographic Risk Assessment - Tonga

    This hydrographic risk assessment allows the Tongan Government, with the support of regional charting authorities, to come to a conclusion about the nature and scope of chart improvement surveys in Tonga. It provides recommendations and conclusions to…
    Research report
    • Marine information
  • LINZ Review of the Occupational Regulation of Valuers: Submissions of the Valuers Registration Board

    This document contains the Valuers Registration Board’s (the Board) collective submissions in response to the “proposals” and “other issues” contained in the Review of the Occupational Regulation of Valuers Discussion Document), answers to the questions…
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    • Property valuation
  • Investigations in support of PositioNZonLine

    With the planned release of the PositioNZ-PP on-line GPS procession tool, LINZ requires updated models to predict forward the position of each of the continuous GPS reference stations of the PositioNZ network and transformation parameters between NZGD2000…
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    • Geodetic
  • NZGD2000 Deformation Model Format

    This document describes the format used to publish the New Zealand Geodetic Datum 2000 (NZGD2000) deformation model.
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    • Geodetic
  • Hydrographic Risk Assessment - Vanuatu

    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…
    Research report
    • Marine information