LINZ Crown Land and Property (by hectare)
LINZ manages around 1.7 mil ion hectares of land
– about 8% of New Zealand’s land area.
(DOC manages around 8 mil ion hectares – about 30% of New Zealand’s land area.)
RELEASED UNDER THE
OFFICIAL
LINZ Owned Property and Land
(encompasses 3 categories)
Crown Land
Treaty Settlement Landbank Properties
(248,842 hectares)
(8,022 hectares)
Lakebeds, riverbeds, and other land where
ownership has not been alienated from (or
A diverse portfolio of land LINZ manages that the
where ownership has reverted to) the Crown.
Crown is holding so it will be available for Treaty
This is administered by the Commissioner of
settlements. This includes land, forests, residential
Crown Lands under the Land Act 1948.
and commercial properties.
INFORMATION
Other Crown-owned land
(101,485 hectares)
A diverse portfolio of land held by the Crown
under a range of legislation. It includes former
public works land, railway land, Crown forest
licensed land, soil conservation reserves, state
coal reserves, and coastal reclamations.
Crown Pastoral Land
(1,353,054 hectares)
Consisting mainly of 1.2 million hectares of
Pastoral Leases that the Commissioner of
Client Agency
Crown Lands administers with support from
(340 hectares)
LINZ. This land is held and managed under
the Crown Pastoral Land Act 1998, amended
Land that LINZ manages (and disposes of)
in 2022, and Land Act 1948.
property on behalf of other public sector
agencies.
ACT
Landbank
Crown Pastoral Land
Other Crown-owned land
Crown Land
Client agencies
Figures as 30 Sept 2023
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