Country information New Zealand

Country information New Zealand
Māori : Toitū te whenua
Jurisdiction	geographic information of New Zealand, state land ownership administration
legal form	Public Service Department
Headquarters	Wellington
Establishment date	1996
minister	Minister for Land Information Eugenie Sage , Green Party since October 26, 2017
Employee	around 600 as of June 30, 2017
budget	NZ $ 158.606 million as of June 30, 2017
Website :	www.linz.govt.nz

Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), in Māori Toitū te whenua , is a Public Service Department in New Zealand , which is responsible for the preparation and provision of geographical information about New Zealand and the administration of the state's land ownership.

structure

The department is divided into the following business areas, which they call Group:

• Corporate Group - The division is responsible for ensuring that all strategic and operational decisions are implemented, that all activities in the department run smoothly and effectively and that good service is available to all New Zealanders.
• Crown Property Group - This area manages approximately two million acres of land owned by the state.
• Location Information Group - This is where the geographic data of the country is collected and managed, such as addresses, maps, nautical charts, landmarks and data from satellite-based navigation.
• Policy and Overseas Investment Group - This department is responsible for ensuring that the guidelines and rules of the LINZ are coordinated with the country's overseas investments, especially with the Overseas Investment Office .
• Property Rights Group - The group prepares reports and studies.
• Strategy and Stewardship Group - This department leads the development and execution of the administration.
• Property System Infrastructure Group - This is where the infrastructure for the preparation of expert reports and studies is made available.

goals and tasks

Land Information New Zealand aims to :

• make geographical information about New Zealand accessible and usable,
• Protect and protect land rights of New Zealand citizens
• ensure that state-owned land is managed sustainably.

Various government tasks based on geographic information are bundled in the department. The department's official mission is to build and maintain trust in land ownership rights and geographic information, and to develop geographic information markets.

It focuses on three core areas:

• Transaction management - LINZ operates the national system for property rights and their transfer, comparable to the German land registry office
• Information management - obtaining, gathering, compiling and making available geographic information, from information to property rights
• Land Management - this includes the management of various Crown-owned lands in New Zealand

Transaction management

LINZ is responsible for the legal framework and the systems that determine property rights to land and the handling of them in New Zealand. It

• maintains and improves the regulations that define property rights and enable their transfer
• manages the process of title transfer, creation of new title, and recording of changes in ownership and title to land
• ensures a safe environment for buying, selling and dividing land through legally sound title and an accurate system for defining property boundaries
• operates a uniform national system for property valuation
• manages foreign investments in New Zealand under the Overseas Investment Act 2005 .

Information management

The agency provides a large amount of geographical information, which is used on the one hand for its own tasks in the administration of property rights to land, on the other hand this information is used for numerous other tasks such as national security, assistance in emergencies, determination of electoral districts and commercial purposes.

The agency creates and manages state databases for survey data, maps, hydrography and property ownership. Due to the task of making this data usable on a broad basis, in New Zealand much of this information is available in electronic form for everyone and distributed free of charge on the Internet and is placed under copyright licenses that permit wide use.

The LINZ manages the geodetic survey data of New Zealand and makes the survey points available in a database that is accessible free of charge. It creates and administers the official topographic map series of New Zealand. The current map series is based on the Topo50 map series on a scale of 1: 50,000; a Topo250 map series on a scale of 1: 250,000 and a number of overview maps with larger scales are also generated. This map series can be downloaded free of charge from the agency's website, and printed maps are printed and sold by sales partners.

LINZ is also the body responsible for providing nautical information for shipping in New Zealand waters. This includes the official sea charts of New Zealand NZ202 , which are also available for download free of charge, and the paper charts required for seafaring are sold by sales partners. The map data is made available for download in electronic form for navigation systems in two formats: NZMariner (raster maps) and Electronic Navigational Charts (ENCs). The facility maintains the marine messaging system Notices to Mariners , which provides map corrections, warnings of current hazards, changes in lighthouses, radio signals and the like as a PDF file on a weekly basis. In addition, a will tide information system with information talk to tide levels and a notification system can be reported about the seafaring Agency new threats to shipping.

Land management

In 2017, the LINZ managed almost two million hectares of land with a value of around NZ $ 800 million . They comprised almost 2000 properties. In 2012, the LINZ identified around 1.466 million hectares of land that was still owned by Māori .

Legal representatives

Several officials belong to the agency to fulfill the legal functions assigned to LINZ:

• Commissioner of Crown Lands
• Registrar-General of Land
• Surveyor-General (chief surveyor)
• Valuer-General (chief real estate appraiser).

In addition, LINZ has certain powers and responsibilities under more than 50 other legal provisions.

literature

• Annual Report 2016/17 . Land Information New Zealand , Wellington 2017 (English, Online [PDF; 3.9 MB ; accessed on September 2, 2018]).

Web links

• Homepage . Land Information New Zealand,accessed September 2, 2018. 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hon Eugenie Sage . New Zealand Parliament , June 19, 2018, accessed September 2, 2018 .  
2. ↑ ^{a b} Annual Report 2016/17 . Land Information New Zealand , 2017, p.  3 .
3. ↑ Annual Report 2016/17 . Land Information New Zealand , 2017, p.  43 .
4. ↑ Business groups and teams . Land Information New Zealand , accessed September 2, 2018 .  
5. ^ Maps & Topographic Services. Country Information New Zealand , archived from the original on November 15, 2013 ; accessed on January 26, 2016 (English, original website no longer available).  
6. ↑ Annual Report 2016/17 . Land Information New Zealand , 2017, p.  5 .
7. ↑ Annual Report 2016/17 . Land Information New Zealand , 2017, p.  11 .