News
Christchurch records on the move
Records held in LINZ’s Christchurch reading room are being moved to Archives New Zealand’s Christchurch office (90 Peterborough Street), along with some historical registers and early roll plans. This move is scheduled to be completed by 23 August 2010.
The move is part of LINZ’s broader strategy to ensure paper records throughout the country are appropriately stored and preserved, and remain accessible to the public over the long term.
This means there will be limited access to records as items are checked, packaged and reshelved. Please ensure you plan any land records-related research around the dates outlined in the fact sheet of scheduled move dates (PDF 270KB).
Viewing and ordering copies of records
Records transferred to Archives New Zealand can be viewed free of charge. Copies of records are available for a charge, subject to conditions. Lists of the records will eventually be available on Archway, Archives New Zealand’s online catalogue.
LINZ is retaining custody of records still needed to conduct its business as well as some of the more specialist archival records. More information on LINZ’s paper records, including record locations and access, is available on the LINZ website, or contact LINZ Customer Support on 0800 665 463.
New unit title legislation coming
The Unit Titles Act 2010 was passed by Parliament on 19 April 2010, and is expected to come into force later this year once required regulations have been finalised.
Many aspects of the current regime will be changed by the new Act, and LINZ is working to ensure that we will be ready for changes affecting the land registration process.
Following is an overview of some of the changes Landonline customers can expect with the new Act.
Land registration changes
- Body corporate ownership of common property
- Replacement of 'unit entitlement' with ownership and utility interests
- Provision for layered unit developments based on subdivisions of principal and associated accessory units
- An alternative redevelopment process for alterations to units
- A greater range of options for easements and land covenants
- A modified council certification regime for plans
- New forms to be prescribed in regulations will reflect the change in voting thresholds for some body corporate actions (with minority relief provisions)
Landonline changes
Note that the numbers below have yet to be confirmed:
- Several new plan types
- Two or three new e-dealing instruments
- TA e-certification wording changes
Keeping you informed
We will provide you with regular updates leading up to commencement of the new Act via Landwrap and email. A new section is being developed on the LINZ website, which will provide transition information and resource material.
New Rules education material
LINZ has been adding new education material to the LINZ website in response to Rules implementation issues.
This material is generally published in the Information about the Rules for Cadastral Survey 2010 section under ‘questions and answers’ and ‘information on specific topics’.
Question and answer updates include:
Specific topic updates include:
Some of this material will be incorporated into future updates of the Interpretation guide.
