What is Toitū Te Whenua – Land Information New Zealand (LINZ)?

linz.govt.nz is the official website of Toitū Te Whenua – Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), a New Zealand government agency. Its stated role is to deliver "a trusted land, geospatial and property system that drives innovation, stability and growth for New Zealand." The organisation describes its wider purpose as understanding, developing and caring for whenua (land), moana (sea) and arawai (waterways).

If you need authoritative information about New Zealand's land, geospatial or property systems — or you want to find LINZ products, services and guidance — this is the source to use.

What LINZ is responsible for

LINZ operates across the land, geospatial and property system. The homepage organises its work into three main areas:

• Our work (Ā mātou mahi) — the agency's ongoing programmes and responsibilities.
• Products & services (Ngā hua me ngā ratonga) — the tools and services LINZ provides, including land registration systems such as Landonline.
• Guidance (Kōrero ārahi) — official advice and information for people working with land and property.

The site's framing of "whenua, moana and arawai" signals that LINZ's remit extends beyond land parcels to include sea and waterways — relevant to anyone dealing with coastal, marine or environmental information as well as property.

What you can find on the site

The homepage carries a news section (Karere) that shows the kind of material LINZ publishes. Recent examples include:

Two things stand out from this list. First, LINZ publishes schedules of surplus Crown-owned land, and invites iwi to register interest in those properties with Te Tari Whakatau, the Office of Treaty Settlements and Takutai Moana. Second, it maintains Landwrap, a newsletter covering land registration and Landonline matters — the October 2026 edition, for example, covered resetting a Landonline password, updates to Landonline terms and conditions, and PDF uploads.

Practical uses

Depending on what you need, the site serves several purposes:

• Finding official updates on Crown property, land registration and survey matters.
• Accessing products and services, including Landonline, the system used for land registration work.
• Reading guidance before dealing with land or property processes.
• Subscribing to Landwrap if you want ongoing updates on land registration and Landonline changes.

Note that some services, such as subscribing to Landwrap, involve a subscription step — the site provides a dedicated subscribe page rather than open access to everything.

Who this matters for

LINZ's information is most relevant to people who need to work with New Zealand's official land and property records: surveyors, conveyancers, property professionals, iwi engaging with Crown land processes, and anyone needing government guidance on land, geospatial or property matters. If your question concerns who owns or administers a piece of Crown land, how land registration works, or where to find official geospatial information, LINZ is the starting point.