C.14 Annual Report Pūrongo ā-tau 2019/20 linz.govt.nz Dart River/Te Awa Wakatipu Whatungarongaro te tangata toitū te whenua People come and go, but the land remains Land, sea and waterways are taonga that connect us all. Our expertise and information help develop and protect these environments for the benefit of all New Zealanders, our visitors and future generations. Contents Foreword 4 Our contribution 8 to New Zealand An extraordinary year 10 A year of action and ambition 12 Stronger together for better relationships 14 Working as a Treaty partner 15 Supporting Ngāti Tama iwi to map their rohe 16 Responding to COVID-19 Delivering 18 Delivering on the Government’s priorities a difference 22 Outcome 1: High-value geographic and property information 22 Trends in our impact 24 Partnerships deliver high-value geographic and property information 26 Improving New Zealand’s resilience 27 Building geospatial capability for the future 28 Opening up our data 30 Case study: Mapping electorate boundaries to support our democracy 32 Outcome 2: World class property system 32 Trends in our impact 34 Maintaining the survey and title system 35 Partnering to be ready for the future 36 Partnering drives system improvements 38 Outcome 3: Making best use of the Crown Estate 38 Trends in our impact 40 Knowing the Crown’s land 42 Moving to local leadership 43 Aligning Mackenzie agencies 44 Case study: Partnership key to weed management in Central Otago lakes 2 Land Information New Zealand 46 Outcome 4: Safeguard New Zealand’s interests in sensitive assets 46 Trends in our impact 48 Key statistics 49 Transparency supports understanding 50 Case Study: Camp Glenorchy development brings multi-level benefits to New Zealand 52 Increasing our influence 53 Partnering for better regulatory practices 54 Regulatory Stewardship Our organisation 56 Our BEST values: Bold, Expert and Stronger Together 58 Improving our risk management and assurance 59 Investing in our people’s engagement and capability 60 Investing in our talent 61 Building systems capability 62 Keeping our people healthy, safe and well 64 Being an inclusive and diverse workplace 65 Improving business continuity 66 Our people Our performance 69 reporting Financial statements 86 Independent 137 auditor’s report Appendices 140 Appendix A Key agency relationships 143 Appendix B Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board – Overview of performance in 2019/20 144 Appendix C Land tenure reform acquisitions 145 Statutory information 145 Appendix D New Zealand Business Number 146 Directory 146 Image credits Annual Report 2019/20 3 Foreword Kia ora tātou When I arrived as the chief executive of Toitū te while adapting our working practices. We have Whenua – Land Information New Zealand, one of my demonstrated that being physically further apart first tasks was to sign off the 2018/19 annual report. – as modelled in our leadership team photo – A year on, signing off this year’s annual report feels is no barrier to our cohesion and living our BEST more tangible, given it reflects and reports on our values of Bold, Expert and Stronger Together. organisation’s accomplishments in my first full year • We played a key part role in reaching the Global as chief executive. I am privileged to be a member Settlement Agreement between the Crown and of Toitū te Whenua’s whānau, and part of the Christchurch City Council. This is a signficant step important mahi and contribution we make in returning the city to local leadership and to New Zealand. management. Our work focused on ensuring We have a long and proud history. This year, we a smooth transition of more than 6,000 red zone have strengthened the focus on our whakataukī properties in the “flat lands” to Christchurch City – Whatungarongaro te tangata toitū te whenua; Council management. Our continued focus is on People come and go, but the land remains – to deliver reconfiguring the land titles before transferring for the long-term benefit of Aotearoa New Zealand. more land ownership to the Council. The gains we have made, and the challenges we My personal focus this year has been on deeply faced during the year, are many. We supported engaging with the work of LINZ. The insights and the Government’s COVID-19 response, while expertise of our stakeholders and our own people delivering on our four outcomes, progressing have provided me important perspectives to the Government’s priorities and carrying out consider. I have valued my time spent with the our regulatory roles. leaders of Te Rūnanga o Arowhenua, Te Rūnanga o Waihao and Te Rūnanga o Moeraki, as we seek Important achievements this year include: to collaborate on improving outcomes in the • We progressed rebuilding and modernising Mackenzie Basin; with high country farmers the Landonline technology platform. Landonline to understand their challenges and aspirations is a critical piece of New Zealand’s business as leaseholders of Crown pastoral land; with the infrastructure: it holds the official record of leaders of the Te Arawa Lakes Trust and Te Arawa over 2.6 million surveyed parcels of land that River Iwi Trust to ensure the COVID-19 recovery are a cornerstone of our economy. We have funding is applied to deliver jobs and achieve established the Business Transformation Group environmental outcomes; and with our Overseas to deliver a new, stable, secure Landonline Investment Office team as they monitor compliance technology platform with products that will be with conditions of approved investments. continually modernised. We are using a scaled While there is much to celebrate, there is still Agile approach, customer co-design and in-house much to do. This includes scaling up the rebuild developers. Working together in this way will of Landonline, procuring a satellite-based strengthen our organisation for the future. augmentation system, supporting regional • We transitioned from being office-based to councils with elevation modelling, delivering being flexible and working remotely in response on our Jobs for Nature work programme and to COVID-19. This shift in how we work went well. continuing to implement changes to the We prioritised the wellbeing of our people, Overseas Investment regime. stayed connected to our customers and It’s a lot – and inspired by our whakataukī, maintained our critical services and regulatory we are ready and able. activities with minimal disruption. Our people deserve huge credit for their flexible, can-do approach to working through COVID-19, both within LINZ and contributing to the wider Gaye Searancke Government response. We continue to support Te Tumu Whakarae mō Toitū te Whenua the Government’s response and recovery Chief Executive & Secretary for Land Information 4 Land Information New Zealand Executive Leadership Team Gaye Searancke Jan Pierce Chief Executive & Location Information, Secretary for Land Information Policy & Overseas Investment Peter Alsop Murray Young Corporate Business Transformation Kathy Mansell Jerome Sheppard Property Rights Crown Property Our ELT has led by example, operating as a cohesive, connected team throughout lockdown and during periods of physical distancing under the COVID-19 alert levels – living our LINZ value of “Stronger Together”. Robert Muir Strategy and Stewardship Annual Report 2019/20 5 Foreword Kia ora tātou Nō taku ekenga hei tumu whakarae o Toitū te mātou ritenga mahi. Kua whakaatuhia e mātou Whenua – LINZ, ko tētahi o aku mahi tuatahi ahakoa e noho marara ana - tērā e whakaatuhia ko te waitohu i te pūrongo ā-tau 2018/2019. ana i te whakaahua o tō mātou rōpū rangatira – Kua hipa te tau, ā, he mea whai kiko te waitohu ehara i te taupā ki te piri tahi, otirā te whai i ō mātou i te pūrongo ā-tau o te tau nei, e whakaarihia ai, BEST uara, arā, Māia, Matatau, me te Whakapipiri. e pūrongohia ai ngā angitu o tēnei rōpū, nōku • I whai wāhi nui mātou i ea ai te Global e tū ana hei tumu whakarae mō te tau katoa. Settlement Agreement ki waenga i te Karauna Nōku te waimarie kia whai wāhi ki te whānau o me te Kaunihera o Ōtautahi. He mea nui tēnei Toitū te Whenua, kia whai wāhi hoki ki ngā mahi kia hoki anō te tāone nui ki tōna ake mana whakaharahara e mahia nei e mātou mō Aotearoa. whakahaere me te hautūtanga. I aro ā mātou Kua roa, kua angitu tā mātou haere. I tēnei tau, mahi kia ngāwari ai te whakawhitinga o ngā kua kaha ake te aro ki tō mātou whakataukī – rohenga whenua 6,000 i ngā wāhi whero i Whatungarongaro te tangata, toitū te whenua; ngā ‘mānia’, ki raro i te whakahaere a Te ahakoa ngaro ai te tangata, ka pūmau tonu te Kaunihera o Ōtautahi. E aro tonu ana mātou whenua – kia whakaratohia ai he painga mō kia panonihia ngā taitara whenua i mua i te Aotearoa New Zealand mō āpōpō. whakawhiti o ētahi atu whenua ki te Kaunihera. He nui ngā piki me ngā heke kua kitea e mātou Ko taku aronga nui i tēnei tau, ko te ruku rawa i tēnei tau. Kua tautoko mātou i te urupare a ki ngā mahi o Toitū te Whenua. Nā ngā wheako te Kāwanatanga ki te Mate Korona, ā, kua whai me ngā mātauranga o te hunga whaipānga me ō tonu i ō mātou putanga e whā, e kōkiri ana i ngā mātou tāngata i kitea ai he nui anō ngā whakaaro aronga matua o te kāwanatanga me te kawe hei whiriwhiri māku. Kua tino pai taku noho ki ngā tonu i ō mātou haepapa ki tā te ture. rangatira o Te Rūnanga o Arowhenua, te Rūnanga Ko ētahi o ngā ekenga nui i tēnei tau: o Waihao, me Te Rūnanga o Moeraki, i a mātou e whai nei ki te mahi tahi hei whakapai i ngā hua mō • Kua kōkirihia te hanga anō, me te whakahou Te Manahuna (Mackenzie Basin); ki ngā kaipāmu i te pae tukutuku Landonline.