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New legislation to improve the management of Crown pastoral land and end tenure review was passed in Parliament yesterday.

Consultation on the name for a new lake on Mangapōike River is closing on 16 May

This month’s Pānui discusses the High Court judgment which upheld an earlier decision to grant CDL Land New Zealand Limited consent to buy land near Havelock North for residential development, and includes our recent decision summaries.

A tenure review agreement has been reached for high country station Dunstan Downs that will see 99 percent of the Crown pastoral lease become conservation land.

Only remnants of the former Barrett St hospital remain after demolition resumed earlier this year.

In this edition: an update on survey and title processing times, Notice of Change now available for Christchurch City Council, meeting Cadastral Survey Rules 2021 requirements where survey marks are low order, new registration guideline for Ahuriri Hapū Claims Settlement Act 2021 published, legal webinar on 18 May, and a request to update your Uniprint Client.

Toitū Te Whenua works with Te Kāhui Whakatau (part of the Office for Māori Crown Relations – Te Arawhiti) to manage surplus Crown properties in the Treaty Settlements Landbank.

Tēnā koutou and nau mai, haere mai to High Country Matters.

I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce myself as LINZ new Head of Crown Property.

Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) and the Department of Conservation - Te Papa Atawhai (DOC) are working together on innovative ways to protect Aotearoa’s biodiversity.

In this edition of Pānui you will find information on the conclusion of an investigation involving the purchase of sensitive land without consent, build-to-rent guidelines, our quarterly consents data and recent decision summaries.

Alternative monetary thresholds for Australian non-Government and Australian Government investments in New Zealand.

The demolition of the old Masterton hospital continues to progress at pace with only 9 buildings left to come down.