Resource Links

Use these links to find out more about your land and the laws relating to it:

• Land Information New Zealand
  LINZ holds authoritative information about land surveys and ownership, topographic maps and nautical charts.
  www.linz.govt.nz/rcs/linz/pub/web/root/home/index.jsp
• NZ Institute of Surveyors
  The New Zealand Institute of Surveyors is a leading professional body for surveyors, spatial scientists, and land related professionals.
  www.surveyors.co.nz
• NZ Planning Institute
  Established in 1949, the New Zealand Planning Institute is the professional body for planners, resource managers and environmental practitioners in New Zealand. It has 1400 members across the country in the private, public and academic sectors.
  www.nzplanning.co.nz
• NZ Property Institute
  The New Zealand Property Institute has some 3000 members who influence either directly or indirectly decisions made on New Zealand’s $400 billion property asset base. Members work in a broad range of activities including asset management, property management, property consultancy, property valuation (rural, residential, commercial, industrial), facilities management, plant and machinery valuation, financial analysis, property development, real estate sales and leasing, property finance, project management and others.
  www.property.org.nz
• Institute of Professional Engineers NZ
  The Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) is the professional body which represents professional engineers from all disciplines in New Zealand.
  www.ipenz.org.nz
• Resource Management Law Association (RMLA)
  Established in October 1992, the RMLA was formed to provide a forum for
  all professionals and others with an interest in resource management and
  the environment.
  www.rmla.org.nz
• NZ Law Society
  The New Zealand Law Society was established by statute in 1869. General functions of the NZ Law Society include; promoting the interests of the legal profession and the interests of the public in relation to legal matters, promoting proper conduct among the members of the legal profession, promoting opportunities for the acquisition and diffusion of legal knowledge, suppressing illegal, dishonourable, or improper practices by members of the legal profession and maintaining the integrity and status of the legal profession.
  www.nz-lawsoc.org.nz
• Department of Conservation
  The Department of Conservation is the central government organisation charged with conserving the natural and historic heritage of New Zealand on behalf of and for the benefit of present and future New Zealanders.
  www.doc.govt.nz
• Transit NZ
  Transit New Zealand develops, manages, and maintains the country's 10,894.4 kilometres of state highways. This network of major roads and motorways provides a strategic link to the 82,000 kilometres of local roads managed by local authorities.
  Transit New Zealand's principal objective is to operate a safe and efficient state highway system.
  www.transit.govt.nz