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BRF 20-295
Pūrongorongo Tūranga
Te Minita mō Toitū te Whenua
Rāmere te ra 13 o Hakihea 2019 / Friday 13 December
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World Bank Conference in China
In November Robbie Muir, Deputy Chief Executive Strategy and Stewardship and
Registrar-General of Land, represented LINZ at an international conference in Beijing,
jointly hosted by the World Bank and the Chinese Government.
We were invited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) to attend along with
delegates from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (representing the
Companies Office and the Intellectual Property Office) and New Zealand Customs. Our
attendance was due to our consistently high rankings in the World Bank’s annual ‘Ease of
Doing Business’ report, which this year saw New Zealand ranked first overall and second
for ease of registering property.
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The conference was an opportunity for jurisdictions to share how they’ve improved their
Ease of Doing Business rankings by streamlining regulation and through the innovative
use of technology. Our presentation outlined the improvements made to our prop
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system through the development of Landonline and related legislative reforms. There
was considerable interest in the high level of automation we’ve been able to achieve for
property registration in New Zealand.
Following the conference MFAT has been approached by the Beijing City Government
about sending a delegation to visit New Zealand in mid-February to undertake an Ease of
Doing Business study tour. This will include a meeting with LINZ officials on our property
system reforms.
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