Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with geographical information and surveying functions as well as handling land titles, and managing Crown land and property. The minister responsible is the Minister for Land Information, and was formerly the Minister of Survey and Land Information. LINZ was established in 1996 following the restructure of the Department of Survey and Land Information (DOSLI), which was itself one of the successor organisations to the Department of Lands and Survey.[2]
Gaye Searancke was appointed Chief Executive of Land Information New Zealand in August 2019.[5] She succeeded Andrew Crisp, who had been in the post since 2016.[6]
Maintain and build confidence in property rights in land, geographic and hydrographic information.
Encourage land information markets to develop and mature.
LINZ has three core roles:
Transaction management – maintaining and operating the regulatory framework and systems for rights and transactions involving land.
Information management – generating, collecting, compiling, and providing geographic and hydrographic information, and information relating to property rights and transactions.
Land management – administering a range of Crown-owned lands for the benefit of the New Zealand public.
Transaction managementedit
LINZ oversees the regulatory framework and systems for defining, and dealing in, property rights in land. Functions include:
Maintaining and improving regulatory frameworks used to define and transact land.
Administering the process by which land is transferred, including creating new titles, and recording changes of ownership and interests in land.
Providing a secure environment for buying, selling and subdividing land through guaranteed titles for property dealings, and an accurate system of land boundary definition.
Providing a nationally consistent valuation system for rating purposes.
Beyond defining property rights, LINZ provides databases for New Zealand survey, mapping, hydrographic and property activities.[7] The organisation's geographic information serves a variety of purposes, ranging from supporting essential services such as national security, and emergency service responses, to defining electoral boundaries, and enabling commercial applications.[citation needed] It also assists with local and national government planning and management.[8] LINZ is also the organisation responsible for the surveying and production of all official maritime sea charts and Notices to Mariners covering New Zealand waters and certain areas of Antarctica and the South-West Pacific.[citation needed]
Through the Landonline system, LINZ provides property professionals with online access to New Zealand's title register - the national database of property ownership - and New Zealand's 'cadastre' - the official record of land boundary surveys.[9] Landonline is used by surveyors, lawyers, conveyancers and other professionals to securely search, lodge and update title dealings and survey data, digitally, in real time.[10]
Land managementedit
LINZ manages almost three million hectares of Crown land, which is around 8% of New Zealand's land area.[citation needed] This includes 1.6 million hectares of high country pastoral land in the South Island, Crown forest land in the North Island, approximately 4,000 properties, and river and lake beds. In managing Crown land, LINZ aims to protect New Zealanders’ interests by putting this land to best use. Functions include:
The acquisition, management and disposal of Crown land for which LINZ is responsible.
The management of liabilities arising in relation to Crown land for which LINZ is responsible.
The framework for disposal of Crown lands by other government agencies.
Statutory positionsedit
In carrying out these functions, LINZ has a number of statutory officers with specific functions under the various Acts LINZ administer – these are:
Commissioner of Crown Lands
Registrar-General of Land
Surveyor-General, and
Valuer-General.
In addition, LINZ has special responsibilities relating to land transactions under more than 50 other statutes.
^"Chief executive LINZ appointed" (Press release). State Services Commission. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
^"Andrew Crisp appointed as LINZ Chief Executive" (Press release). State Services Commission. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
^Schindler, Mirjam (2018). "A multi-level perspective on a spatial data ecosystem: needs and challenges among urban planning stakeholders in New Zealand" (PDF). Building Better Homes, Towns & Cities. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
^Kaganova, Olga (2006). Managing Government Property Assets: International Experiences. The Urban Institute. ISBN978-0-87766-730-8.
^Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) (November 2008). "Briefing to the Minister for Land Information" (PDF). Beehive.govt.nz. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
^The Australia and New Zealand School of Government (2006). "LINZ and the development of Landonline". The Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG). Retrieved 20 March 2020.
External linksedit
Official website
October 28, 2023
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This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Land Information New Zealand news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message Toitu Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand LINZ is the public service department of New Zealand charged with geographical information and surveying functions as well as handling land titles and managing Crown land and property The minister responsible is the Minister for Land Information and was formerly the Minister of Survey and Land Information LINZ was established in 1996 following the restructure of the Department of Survey and Land Information DOSLI which was itself one of the successor organisations to the Department of Lands and Survey 2 Toitu Te WhenuaLand Information New ZealandAgency overviewFormedJuly 1 1996 27 years ago 1996 07 01 PrecedingDepartment of Survey and Land InformationJurisdictionNew ZealandHeadquartersRadio New Zealand House 155 The Terrace WellingtonWELLINGTON 6011Annual budgetVote LandsTotal budget for 2019 20 494 024 000 1 Minister responsibleDamien O Connor Minister for Land InformationAgency executiveGaye Searancke Chief ExecutiveChild agenciesNew Zealand Geospatial OfficeOverseas Investment OfficeNew Zealand Geographic BoardWebsitewww wbr linz wbr govt wbr nzThe New Zealand Geographic Board secretariat is part of LINZ and provides the Board with administrative and research assistance and advice 3 The Minister for Land Information is Damien O Connor 4 Gaye Searancke was appointed Chief Executive of Land Information New Zealand in August 2019 5 She succeeded Andrew Crisp who had been in the post since 2016 6 Contents 1 Nature and scope of functions 1 1 Transaction management 1 2 Information management 1 3 Land management 1 4 Statutory positions 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksNature and scope of functions editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed March 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message LINZ s purpose is to Maintain and build confidence in property rights in land geographic and hydrographic information Encourage land information markets to develop and mature LINZ has three core roles Transaction management maintaining and operating the regulatory framework and systems for rights and transactions involving land Information management generating collecting compiling and providing geographic and hydrographic information and information relating to property rights and transactions Land management administering a range of Crown owned lands for the benefit of the New Zealand public Transaction management edit LINZ oversees the regulatory framework and systems for defining and dealing in property rights in land Functions include Maintaining and improving regulatory frameworks used to define and transact land Administering the process by which land is transferred including creating new titles and recording changes of ownership and interests in land Providing a secure environment for buying selling and subdividing land through guaranteed titles for property dealings and an accurate system of land boundary definition Providing a nationally consistent valuation system for rating purposes Administering New Zealand s inbound investment regime under the Overseas Investment Amendment Act 2018 Information management edit Beyond defining property rights LINZ provides databases for New Zealand survey mapping hydrographic and property activities 7 The organisation s geographic information serves a variety of purposes ranging from supporting essential services such as national security and emergency service responses to defining electoral boundaries and enabling commercial applications citation needed It also assists with local and national government planning and management 8 LINZ is also the organisation responsible for the surveying and production of all official maritime sea charts and Notices to Mariners covering New Zealand waters and certain areas of Antarctica and the South West Pacific citation needed Through the Landonline system LINZ provides property professionals with online access to New Zealand s title register the national database of property ownership and New Zealand s cadastre the official record of land boundary surveys 9 Landonline is used by surveyors lawyers conveyancers and other professionals to securely search lodge and update title dealings and survey data digitally in real time 10 Land management edit LINZ manages almost three million hectares of Crown land which is around 8 of New Zealand s land area citation needed This includes 1 6 million hectares of high country pastoral land in the South Island Crown forest land in the North Island approximately 4 000 properties and river and lake beds In managing Crown land LINZ aims to protect New Zealanders interests by putting this land to best use Functions include The acquisition management and disposal of Crown land for which LINZ is responsible The management of liabilities arising in relation to Crown land for which LINZ is responsible The framework for disposal of Crown lands by other government agencies Statutory positions edit In carrying out these functions LINZ has a number of statutory officers with specific functions under the various Acts LINZ administer these are Commissioner of Crown Lands Registrar General of Land Surveyor General and Valuer General In addition LINZ has special responsibilities relating to land transactions under more than 50 other statutes See also editOverseas Investment Office New Zealand Geographic Board Surveying in New ZealandReferences edit Total Appropriations for Each Vote Budget 2019 The Treasury Our Whakapapa LINZ NZGB members Toitu Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand 21 May 2015 Retrieved 8 June 2021 Ministerial List Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Retrieved 29 October 2017 Chief executive LINZ appointed Press release State Services Commission 14 May 2019 Retrieved 16 September 2019 Andrew Crisp appointed as LINZ Chief Executive Press release State Services Commission 26 October 2016 Retrieved 16 September 2019 Schindler Mirjam 2018 A multi level perspective on a spatial data ecosystem needs and challenges among urban planning stakeholders in New Zealand PDF Building Better Homes Towns amp Cities Retrieved 20 March 2020 Kaganova Olga 2006 Managing Government Property Assets International Experiences The Urban Institute ISBN 978 0 87766 730 8 Land Information New Zealand LINZ November 2008 Briefing to the Minister for Land Information PDF Beehive govt nz Retrieved 20 March 2020 The Australia and New Zealand School of Government 2006 LINZ and the development of Landonline The Australia and New Zealand School of Government ANZSOG Retrieved 20 March 2020 External links editOfficial website Retrieved 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