Land title and survey records provide an accurate and up-to-date picture of legal ownership of privately owned land in New Zealand. They also provide a historical record of the land.
The land records that Toitū Te Whenua holds are mostly used to record:
- registered transactions – showing when a property is dealt with, including when it is bought or sold
- ownership of registered interests – such as a bank which holds a mortgage on the property, or an easement that gives a neighbour the right to use some of the property
- legal survey boundaries
- survey dimensions.
Other uses of land records include:
- Treaty of Waitangi claim research
- research into land once owned by a family member
- genealogical research.
Land record holders
Toitū Te Whenua doesn't hold all land records. Find a list of land record holders:
Land records held by Toitū Te Whenua