Is there an issue of traditional land holdings, for instance that of Maoris?
I wouldnt call it an issue but it is about different land tenure system. Maoris hold lands communally and they do not have individual titles. They follow the Torrens System of land title. But we do register Maori land titles in a general land register as well. Government has a policy that Maori heartland should continue to be held by Maoris. New Zealand has rugged terrain. How is the ruggedness of the terrain, two dimensional topo map and land ownership map harmonised? Our cadastral mapping started about 150 years ago and some of the technologies were primitive then. Most of the remote areas, particularly the rugged regions of New Zealand, have not been surveyed for over 100 years. Boundaries in such areas often do not match at all. Over time, we have tried to improve that but most of the times, we have relied on private sector. We provide data to them in both topographic database and cadastral database. How does LINZ update its legacy data and systems? Is the entire country streamline
