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The cartography of New Zealand is the history of surveying and creation of maps of New Zealand. Surveying in New Zealand began with the arrival of Abel Tasman in the mid 17th century. [1] Cartography and surveying have developed in incremental steps since that time till the integration of New Zealand into a global system based on GPS and the ...
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The land districts of New Zealand are the cadastral divisions of New Zealand, which are used on property titles. There are 12 districts, six in the North Island and six in the South Island. The land districts are distinct from the 16 local government regions. The current legislation for the land districts is the Land Transfer Act 1952. [1] [2] [3]
The Department of Survey and Land Information (DOSLI) [1] is a former department of the New Zealand Government. It was formed in April 1987 as a restructuring of the Department of Lands and Survey . The Department of Lands and Survey was established in 1876 with a wide range of responsibilities, including survey, health and tourist resorts ...
New Zealand claims the ninth largest exclusive economic zone in the world, covering 4,083,744 km 2 (1,576,742 sq mi), more than 15 times its land area. [7] The South Island is the largest land mass of New Zealand, and is the 12th-largest island in the world. The island is divided along its length by the Southern Alps.
Land Information New Zealand (LINZ; Māori: Toitū Te Whenua) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with geographical information and surveying functions as well as handling land titles, and managing Crown land and property. The minister responsible is the Minister for Land Information, and was formerly the Minister of Survey ...
The department was established in 1876 with the appointment of John Turnbull Thomson as Surveyor-General. [1] A major expansion took place in 1891 by combining the Department of the Surveyor-General and the Crown Lands Department into one agency. Its existence as an independent agency was consolidated with the passing of the Land Act 1892 ...
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... Land reclamation in New Zealand (6 P) M. Mountain passes of New Zealand (2 C ...