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• Copyright

  Crown copyright ©. All data and other material produced by Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand and published on linz.govt.nz or our subdomains constitutes Crown copyright administered by Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand.
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  • Corporate

• History of the Board

  Learn about how the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa came into existence.
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  • Place naming

• Place name maps and publications

  Publications about traditional and current place naming produced by the New Zealand Geographic Board.
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  • Place naming

• About the New Zealand Geographic Board

  Making place names official enables clear communication and connections between people, places, and information. They identify where we are as we go about our everyday business.
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  • Place naming

• History of the Overseas Investment Office

  Learn about the history of the Overseas Investment Office (OIO) and the former Overseas Investment Commission (OIC).
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  • Overseas investment

• Accuracy statements and technical information

  Find out about the NZTopo database data model, and read its accuracy statements and technical information.
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  • Topography

• Topographic data

  Topographic data is information about the features of the land. We manage the LINZ Topographic database, which helps produce our wide range of topomaps.
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  • Topography

• Antarctic region maps

  Download free images of maps of the Antarctic’s Ross Sea region and the Darwin / Hatherton glacier region.
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  • Topography

• Forests

  We administer some forestry land on behalf of the Crown, safeguarding it for use in Treaty of Waitangi settlements.
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  • Crown property

• Our whakapapa

  Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand was formed in 1996 following the restructure of the Department of Survey and Land Information.
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  • Corporate

• Life at Toitū Te Whenua

  Learn more about our people, networks and supportive workplace.
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  • Corporate

• Christina McCabe - Geospatial careers profile

  Christina is a BSc Environmental Science & Geography student via distance learning at Massey University.
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  • Geodetic

• Cait Giles – Geospatial careers profile

  Cait is a GIS Analyst (Historian specialist role) at Te Arawhiti – The Office for Māori Crown Relations.
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  • Geodetic

• Proactive release policy

  Our proactive release policy aims to promote good government, and foster public trust and confidence.
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  • Corporate

• Central Record of State Land

  The Central Record of State Land (CRoSL) is an innovative tool that supports government agencies, local agencies, councils, and the public to better understand who owns Crown Estate and State Land, who to contact for enquires and how it is being used.
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  • Data

• Complaints

  This process explains what you can do if you wish to raise a concern or complaint about Toitū Te Whenua or a matter under our responsibility.
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  • Corporate

• Acheron Passage and Resolution Island

  Two journeys of discovery led to the naming of these features in Fiordland’s Tamatea / Dusky Sound.
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  • Place naming

• South Cape / Whiore

  Botanist Joseph Banks’ hope of New Zealand being the ‘great southern continent’ were dashed when the HMB Endeavour rounded the southernmost point of Stewart Island / Rakiura and only ocean lay beyond. In 1998 the Ngāi Tahu Treaty settlement restored the…
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  • Place naming

• Banks Peninsula

  Named after the naturalist Joseph Banks, Banks Peninsula was shown on maps as an island for forty years until an 1809 survey.
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  • Place naming

• Cannibal Cove

  While the HMB Endeavour was under repair in Meretoto / Ship Cove, Cook took a small boat and crew to explore Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui.
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  • Place naming

• Bay of Plenty

  Discover the story of Te Moana-a-Toitehuatahi, later named Bay of Plenty by Cook in 1769.
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  • Place naming

• Dusky Sound

  Tuia - Encounters 250: Cook’s place names around New Zealand - Dusky Sound
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  • Place naming

• Place names from Cook’s voyages

  The stories of over 260 place names associated with Lieutenant James Cook’s voyages to New Zealand in the late 1700s.
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  • Place naming

• Cheng Ho Pan (Ben Cheng) - Geospatial careers profile

  Ben is a Location Data Analyst at Land Information New Zealand.
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  • Geodetic

• Our Jobs for Nature projects

  We work with iwi, councils, crown agencies and community partners on these Jobs for Nature funded projects.
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  • Crown property

• Subscribe to Pānui Ahumoana

  Sign up to receive the newsletter from the Marine Geospatial Information Working Group
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  • Marine information

• GrowGISNZ GeoBites

  A series of short, online technical demonstrations for New Zealand geospatial practitioners focussing on New Zealand-specific workflows and data needs.
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  • Geodetic

• Chief Executive expense disclosures

  We are disclosing our Chief Executive’s expenses, gifts and hospitality as part of our commitment to transparency and accountability.
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  • Corporate

• LINZ Basemaps

  Use our free award-winning basemaps to explore New Zealand and create maps using the latest open data from Toitū Te Whenua.
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  • Data

• Studying GIS

  Are your studies getting you to the right place? Add the location factor to your qualification!
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  • Geodetic

• Features named after Passchendaele

  The First World War through place names. Paschendale Ridge in Westland National Park / Tai Poutini National Park, Passchendaele Ice Fall and Passchendaele Peak in South Main Divide.
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  • Place naming

• Gallipoli Heights, Antarctica

  The First World War through place names. Gallipoli Heights, Antarctica.
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  • Place naming