IN CONFIDENCE DEV-21-MIN-0097 Cabinet Economic Development Committee

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Modernising Landonline: Progress Update March 2021

Portfolio Land Information

On 12 May 2021, the Cabinet Economic Development Committee:

1 noted that the Landonline rebuild is within budget and on track for delivery;

2 noted that Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) began the rebuild of core IT systems in August 2020 after completing detailed planning and building capacity;

3 noted that an independent Gateway review in May 2020 rated LINZ’s readiness to proceed with the core system rebuild as Green/Amber; 4 noted that the programme has developed and releasedRelease four Search and Notices products introducing early improvements to how Landonline customers (including the public, territorial authorities, and financial institutions) access LINZ property data;

5 noted that financial approvals from the Minister of Finance, Minister of Land Information, and Minister for the Digital Economy and Communications (joint Ministers) in April 2019 and August 2020 will maintain programme activity until December 2021;

6 noted that reforecast whole-of-life costs prepared for the August 2020 financial approval provided confidence that the programme can be delivered within cost estimates agreed by Cabinet in October 2018 [CAB-18-MIN-0158.18];

7 noted that LINZ expects to seek a further financial approval from joint Ministers in August 2021 to fund activity beyond December 2021;

8 invited the Minister for Land Information to provide a further update to the Cabinet Government Administration and Expenditure Review Committee by the end of October 2021.Proactive

Janine Harvey Committee Secretary

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