Minister:
Minister for Land Information
Current Minister:
Hon Chris Penk
Description:
Responsibilities include the system for managing land titles, geodetic and cadastral survey systems, topographic information, hydrographic information, managing Crown property, and decision-making around foreign ownership of sensitive land and business assets.
Department:
Land Information New Zealand
Other organisations:
Cadastral Surveyors Licensing Board
New Zealand Geographic Board
Valuers Registration Board
Vote:
Vote Lands
Legislation:
Cadastral Survey Act 2002
Canterbury Properties and Related Matters Act 2016
Crown Grants Act 1908
Crown Pastoral Land Act 1998
Deeds Registration Act 1908 (jointly with the Ministry of Justice)
Electoral Act 1993 (in relation to electoral boundaries)
Hunter Gift for the Settlement of Discharged Soldiers Act 1921
Land Act 1948
Land Transfer Act 2017
New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008
Public Works Act 1981
Rating Valuations Act 1998
Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Acts
Unit Titles Act 20101 (subparts 1-11 of Part 2, Part 3, subparts 2 and 3 of Part 4)
Valuation Department (Restructuring) Act 1998
Valuers Act 1948
1 Administered jointly by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development and the Ministry of Justice
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