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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.

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.

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.

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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.

A Korean citizen and his lawyer have been ordered to pay $130,000 in civil penalties, in addition to criminal fines handed down in 2020, after the pair attempted to obstruct the Overseas Investment Office investigation.

In this edition of Pānui you will find information on the build-to-rent pathway guidance which has been developed with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. We also share some observations from the first three-months since amendments to the Act went live on 24 November 2021.