Land Information New Zealand / Toitu Te Whenua

LINZ looks after millions of records for the Crown including property titles, survey plans, Crown grants, topographic information, hydrographic information and orthophotography with their associated indexes. LINZ has a wide range of options for the public to access these records.

These pages have been created to assist with your research into Maori land information. In addition the pages help you understand how to access information held by LINZ.

Place names are given to natural land and seabed features of the earth's surface. They also name man-made features and areas such as localities, suburbs, towns, cities, railway stations, historical sites, homesteads, farms, etc. 

Names for streets, roads and highways are assigned by the local City or District Council, in accordance with the Local Government Act.

You can find out more about place names here.

Find out more about Land Information New Zealand here.