Leases

Under the Land Transfer Act 1952, easements which were ancillary to a lease could be granted or reserved in a lease instrument. The Land Transfer Act 2017 specifies the type of instrument which must be used to register an easement so lease instruments can no longer be used.

When a dealing is created affecting a leasehold estate, Message 28432 displays at the point the Computer Interest Register (CIR) reference(s) for that leasehold estate is entered in the Enter Titles screen, and that screen is saved and closed.

A Lease Variation Instrument cannot be used to renew an expired lease.

This page provides information about the registration requirements for the notification of the lessor's re-entry of the land under a registered lease.

Section 226A of the Resource Management Act 1991 provides an exemption in respect of the renewal of existing cross or company leases.