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Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), based in Wellington, New Zealand, is a government agency that acquires, sells, and manages public land. It handles the subdividing of properties, guarantees titles, and defines freehold, Crown, and Maori land boundaries. The agency also defines property value standards. LINZ maintains databases that support survey, mapping, hydrographic, and other operations. It authorizes and registers freehold land rights changes. The agency provides subscribers with access to online title information. It also maintains a geodetic system that processes latitude, longitude, elevation, scale, and orientation data. LINZ maintains additional offices in Christchurch, Hamilton, Dunedin, and Auckland.
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