Department of Survey and Land Information
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The Department of Survey and Land Information is a former department of the New Zealand Government
. It was formed in April 1987 as a restructuring of the Department of Lands and Survey.
The Department of Lands and Survey was established in 1876 with a wide range of responsibilities, including survey, health and tourist resorts, immigration, Crown lands and roads. Forests and agriculture were added in 1886. Over the years, many of these responsibilities passed to other departments, and by the 1980s Lands and Survey's core responsibilities included survey, land development, mapping, lands and deeds and Crown land.
In the 1987 restructuring, the Department of Survey and Land Information was set up to provide government civil and military survey mapping and land information services. Land development activities were placed with a state-owned enterprise
. Conservation management roles were placed with new departments. In July 1996, the Department of Survey and Land Information was itself restructured into Land Information New Zealand
, vested with core government land-related regulatory and purchase functions, while the former department's commercial activities were vested with Terralink NZ Ltd, then a state-owned enterprise and now a private company, Terralink International
.
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. It was formed in April 1987 as a restructuring of the Department of Lands and Survey.
The Department of Lands and Survey was established in 1876 with a wide range of responsibilities, including survey, health and tourist resorts, immigration, Crown lands and roads. Forests and agriculture were added in 1886. Over the years, many of these responsibilities passed to other departments, and by the 1980s Lands and Survey's core responsibilities included survey, land development, mapping, lands and deeds and Crown land.
In the 1987 restructuring, the Department of Survey and Land Information was set up to provide government civil and military survey mapping and land information services. Land development activities were placed with a state-owned enterprise
Government-owned corporation
A government-owned corporation, state-owned company, state-owned entity, state enterprise, publicly owned corporation, government business enterprise, or parastatal is a legal entity created by a government to undertake commercial activities on behalf of an owner government...
. Conservation management roles were placed with new departments. In July 1996, the Department of Survey and Land Information was itself restructured into Land Information New Zealand
Land Information New Zealand
Land Information New Zealand is a New Zealand government agency. The current Chief Executive is Colin MacDonald and the current Minister of Land Information is Maurice Williamson.- Nature and scope of functions :...
, vested with core government land-related regulatory and purchase functions, while the former department's commercial activities were vested with Terralink NZ Ltd, then a state-owned enterprise and now a private company, Terralink International
Terralink International
Terralink International is a New Zealand owned and operated provider of Geographic information systems and mapping solutions.- Overview :...
.