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824 Māori place names made official
Tuesday, 25 June 2019, 11:07 am | Land Information NZ
The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB) has made 824 Māori place names official. More >>
Summary of submissions on Crown pastoral land published
Wednesday, 12 June 2019, 2:33 pm | Land Information NZ
The summary of submissions following consultation on improving the Crown’s management of its pastoral land in the South Island high county has been published today by Land Information New Zealand. More >>
Rabbit numbers in red zone require pest control
Tuesday, 21 May 2019, 11:02 am | Land Information NZ
Land Information New Zealand will release calicivirus K5 in some areas of the Residential Red Zone to manage a significant increase in rabbit numbers. More >>
OIO approves 100 overseas people to buy homes
Thursday, 9 May 2019, 2:04 pm | Land Information NZ
The Overseas Investment Office (OIO) approved 103 applications by overseas people entitled to buy homes to live in during the first six months of new rules. More >>
More than 3,000 submissions on high country management
Wednesday, 17 April 2019, 12:30 pm | Land Information NZ
3,165 submissions have been received by Land Information New Zealand as part of the public consultation on proposals to improve the management of Crown pastoral land in the South Island high country. More >>
Land Information New Zealand tackles camping problems
Thursday, 25 October 2018, 4:48 pm | Land Information NZ
Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) is improving its facilities at its popular Lake Dunstan recreational areas over the next six months, as well as developing more effective education and monitoring to deal with growing numbers of visitors. More >>
NZGB now consulting on three place name changes
Thursday, 24 May 2018, 2:12 pm | Land Information NZ
The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa today opened consultation on proposals to alter three New Zealand place names. Between now and 24 August 2018, the NZGB is seeking public submissions on: • altering Poverty Bay, the bay south ... More >>
NZGB consults on giving Poverty Bay a Māori/English name
Friday, 13 April 2018, 2:16 pm | Land Information NZ
The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa will shortly be seeking views on whether to change Poverty Bay, the bay south of Gisborne where Captain Cook first arrived in New Zealand, to a dual name Tūranganui-a-Kiwa / Poverty Bay. More >>
Stunning results in native plant trials in Port Hills
Wednesday, 4 April 2018, 1:26 pm | Land Information NZ
Native direct seeding methods trialled and developed in the Port Hills Residential Red Zone could have huge implications for native plant re-vegetation and erosion control on steep sites around the country. More >>
Bendigo E.Coli update
Wednesday, 24 January 2018, 2:42 pm | Land Information NZ
Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) is continuing to advise visitors to the Bendigo freedom camping site at Lake Dunstan not to swim, fish, or take water from the immediate lake area, as it continues to be subject to unacceptably high levels of E.Coli. However, ... More >>
LINZ releases latest property data
Wednesday, 9 August 2017, 3:46 pm | Land Information NZ
LINZ releases latest property data Land Information New Zealand’s latest property data report shows property transfers involving overseas tax residents, as well as those involving overseas citizens and residents, were at similar levels to previous ... More >>
More than 1000 place names taken forward
Thursday, 22 June 2017, 3:56 pm | Land Information NZ
The New Zealand Geographic Board made decisions on 1109 New Zealand, Antarctic and Undersea place names at its recent meeting on 18 May 2017. More >>
Ten New Zealand place name changes now official
Friday, 16 December 2016, 3:17 pm | Land Information NZ
Ten changes to New Zealand place names were made official on Thursday 15 December, including three north Canterbury place names that used offensive terms. More >>
Overseas Investment Office puts Ceol & Muir on notice
Thursday, 29 September 2016, 3:11 pm | Land Information NZ
The Overseas Investment Office (OIO) has issued a formal warning to Ceol & Muir and its owners, Argentinian brothers Rafael and Federico Grozovsky, for failing to provide complete and accurate information when they applied to buy Onetai Station ... More >>
Change of Reviewer for OIO good character process review
Thursday, 19 May 2016, 1:20 pm | Land Information NZ
Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) Chief Executive Peter Mersi said today that a review of the Overseas Investment Office’s process for assessing good character will now be conducted by Wellington barrister Peter McKenzie QC. More >>
Court penalises investor after OIO investigation
Thursday, 14 April 2016, 2:20 pm | Land Information NZ
The Overseas Investment Office (OIO) has welcomed the High Court’s order that Australian-owned Carbon Conscious New Zealand Ltd pay a $40,000 penalty – and more than $6,000 in costs – for breaching the Overseas Investment Act 2005. More >>
OIO refutes lawyers’ claims
Thursday, 7 April 2016, 4:09 pm | Land Information NZ
The Overseas Investment Office (OIO) has not changed the way it interprets the Overseas Investment Act 2005 to define “overseas person” – despite what is being claimed by law firm Russell McVeagh. More >>
Earthquakes suspend Port Hills demolitions
Monday, 15 February 2016, 9:46 am | Land Information NZ
Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) has suspended the demolitions of all Crown-owned properties in the Port Hills following the recent earthquakes. More >>
Consultation now open on place name proposals
Thursday, 29 October 2015, 1:09 pm | Land Information NZ
Public consultation has now opened on eight proposals to assign or alter names of geographic features around the country. Assign More >>
Consultation open on place name proposals
Friday, 23 October 2015, 9:40 am | Land Information NZ
The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB) will next week open public consultation on eight proposals to assign or alter names of geographic features around the country. More >>
