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Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) today announced the new members of its High Country Advisory Group.

In this edition: Cadastral Survey Rules 2021 webinars, transmission of trust property when a surviving trustee is incapacitated, ensuring your Landonline account has a system manager, new tax law comes into effect, Landonline password minimum length increased.

The High Court in Auckland this week ordered overseas investors to pay penalties totalling $1.38 million and legal costs for breaching the Overseas Investment Act.

Welcome to our second OIO Reform Update. The Update is for Pānui subscribers wanting more detailed information about upcoming legislative changes, new or revised technical guidance and OIO process improvements.

The Minister for Land Information, Damien O’Connor has announced four new projects from Banks Peninsula to Stewart Island under the Government’s Jobs for Nature programme.

A decision by the High Court in Auckland has found West Drury Holding Limited (WDHL) breached the Overseas Investment Act rules when purchasing sensitive land in Drury in June 2017.

March has seen the Office pass two significant milestones. These were the introduction of the new investor test and the overseas investment fees review consultation.

In this edition of Pānui:

A sign installed at Tapataia Mahaka/Peters Lookout on Highway 80 to Aoraki (Mt Cook) tells the stories of manawhenua in Te Manahuna (Mackenzie Basin).

Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) is pleased to announce recipients of this year’s Geographic Information Science (GIS) Tertiary Scholarships.

Surveying has started on Crown-owned land in the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor, one of the final steps to prepare it for handover to Christchurch City Council.

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

Tēnā koutou. Nau mai, haere mai to the first issue of High Country Matters for 2021.