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Most submissions on the tenure review of Dunstan Downs want more of the North Otago Crown pastoral lease to become conservation land and increased public access.

The Crown has reached agreement with the owners to buy 212–214 Madras Street, the final property needed for the Canterbury Multi-Use Arena (CMUA) anchor project.

Around 70,000 vehicles passed through free-to-use campsites around Lake Dunstan during the 2020-21 camping season – up 10,000 on the previous season.

In this edition: new fees for Landonline products, licence fees waived for new Landonline customers, improving contact centre waiting times, Cadastral Survey Rules 2021 webinar recording, payment for manual dealings, Ngāti Hinerangi Claims Settlement Act 2021 Registration Guideline 2021.

From tracking wilding pines to counting native seeds, the maps and apps from Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) help restore native plants and animals – find out more at Fieldays 2021.

Businessman Seung Heun Lee has been ordered to pay $1,246,625 in penalties and $30,000 in legal costs for buying several Northland properties without applying for overseas investment consent.

The Auckland High Court has ordered defendant Ms Zhang to pay a civil penalty of $110,000 and $15,000 in costs for failing to get consent under the Overseas Investment Act to buy sensitive land.

Land Information New Zealand works with the Treaty Settlements Rōpū (part of the Office for Māori Crown Relations – Te Arawhiti) to manage surplus Crown properties in the Treaty Settlements Landbank.

Welcome to our latest OIO Reform Update. The update is for people wanting more detailed information about upcoming legislative changes, new or revised technical guidance and Overseas Investment Office (OIO) process improvements.

In the month of Haratua (May), we refreshed and reorganised our overseas investment webpages and reached significant milestones in the reform of overseas investment legislation.

In this edition of Pānui:

The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa is inviting public submissions on officially assigning Paekākā to the inner-city area of Wellington covering the Botanic Garden precinct, Anderson Park, and Bolton Street Memorial Park.

Call for submissions on Maxwell name change to Pākaraka