Te Pokapū August 2026

In this edition:

This pānui shares information that can support iwi and Māori in both the continuing acceleration of our economy and resilience of our people and spaces.

Tēnā koutou katoa,

We hope you are all warm and safe in your respective areas. This pānui focuses on areas that may be of interest to iwi and Māori that are currently open for consultation or feedback including the upcoming Iwi and Māori Survey, our continuing theme on access to LINZ and a new area focused on other areas of LINZ that may be of interest such as the overseas investment regime (or regulation).

Currently open for consultation and feedback

Annual Iwi and Māori Survey

Our third annual survey will be going out to those on our contact list next week. This survey provides an opportunity to feedback what has worked well, what hasn't and areas for improvement.

In the last two surveys, a recurring theme has been the value of respectful engagement, responsive support and strong relationships with LINZ kaimahi.

Feedback has also highlighted opportunities to make information easier to access, improve service usability, strengthen pathways for raising issues, and better connect LINZ mahi with iwi aspirations and outcomes. We value the whakaaro shared and use this feedback to help inform ongoing improvements across LINZ. Ngā mihi to everyone who has contributed their views so far.

We would greatly appreciate your participation in this year's survey, as your feedback helps us understand what matters most to iwi and Māori, and where we can continue to improve.

Watch out for the survey in your inbox next week!

Surplus Crown-owned land: Applications for landbanking

A schedule of new Crown properties that have been declared surplus is frequently published. Iwi can register their interest in these properties with Te Tari Whakatau, the Office of Treaty Settlements and Takutai Moana.

The latest schedule for August 2026 can be found here: Treaty Settlements Landbank and the Protection Mechanism

Applications for Landbanking and/or Sites of Significance for properties in this schedule close 9 September 2026.

Consultation on name change: Barnett Peak in Tararua Forest Park

Consultation is open for two months on a proposal to name a peak in Tararua Forest Park after the late Shaun Barnett. The unnamed 1,513-metre peak is located about 400 metres south-east of Bannister and is one of the 15 Tararua peaks over 1,500 metres.

Consultation inviting submissions for or against the proposal closes on Tuesday 6 October 2026. You can make your submission here: Place name consultation - Barnett Peak

Upcoming events

Ngā Poutama Matawhenua: Finding sites of significance across platforms

The next Ngā Poutama Matawhenua session is being held on Friday 28 Aug 2026 at 12.30pm and will focus on how to use AI to find references to pā, kāinga, marae, awa, maunga, and other places in historical records and then create a simple place-to-place journey in Google Earth 3D.

Sign up here: Ngā Poutama Matawhenua - Practical Māori GIS Mapping Wānanga webinar series

Access to data updates

SouthPAN: GNSS supporting Port of Auckland

Port of Auckland pilots manage around 2,500 pilotage acts each year, guiding vessels from 40 metre superyachts to 300 metre container ships and cruise liners.

Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) positioning information supports safe, confident decision-making. SouthPAN is a free public service delivered in partnership by the New Zealand and Australian Governments. It provides satellite-based augmentation system, or SBAS, correction services for New Zealand and Australia.

LINZ is working with Geoscience Australia on the development, deployment and operation of the service.

More information about SouthPAN and how it works can be found here: SouthPAN

Information about the case study at the Port of Auckland, can be found here: SouthPAN supports safer, more resilient pilotage at Port of Auckland

3DCM Season two completed with 23 areas mapped and 20 more to come in 2026

Data has been published for 23 areas, covering about 2,715 square kilometres with a further 20 areas scheduled for release over the next three months.

New Zealand's coastline faces a range of risks including tsunami, storm surges, erosion, subsidence and earthquake related uplift, all of which are a risk to people, infrastructure, and coastal biodiversity.

The data is freely released through the LINZ Data Service as it is processed. Information on accessing the data can be found here: Access the data

Did you know?

Overseas investment regime

LINZ is responsible for enforcing the overseas investment regime by ensuring investors deliver on their undertakings and people who try to evade the system are held to account. In this past financial year, there have been 701 applications, $24 billion in transactions and 106,000 ha of land transactions.

In addition, Courts imposed $1.4 million in penalties on those found to be evading the regime and purchased sensitive land without consent. Information on the activities of the Overseas Investment can be found here: Overseas investment regulation

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