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Land Information Minister Maurice Williamson has turned down a recommendation to assign the name Te Kōhua Peak to an unnamed peak located between The Remarkables and Hector Mountains in Central Otago.

The recommendation was made by the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa following a proposal by a member of the public and after an extended public consultation process.

Land Information Minister Maurice Williamson today announced the appointment of Matanuku Mahuika to the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa – New Zealand’s place naming authority.

Mr Mahuika was nominated for appointment to the Board by the Minister of Māori Affairs. His professional background, skills and experience will strongly support the roles and responsibilities of the Board, Mr Williamson said.

The South Ridge of Aoraki / Mount Cook will soon be named Hillary Ridge, Land Information Minister Maurice Williamson said today.

The Minister’s decision confirms a recommendation by the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa to alter the name South Ridge to Hillary Ridge.

“Sir Edmund made an enormous contribution to our country and abroad and it is befitting and appropriate that his contribution is acknowledged in this way,” Mr Williamson said.

The rating valuation systems for two Canterbury councils have been changed from 30 June 2011 following the devastating earthquakes that have struck the region, Land Information Minister Maurice Williamson said today.

The next general revaluation for Christchurch City Council has been extended to 1 December 2013 and 1 December 2012 for Waimakariri District Council. The July 2012 date for Selwyn District Council remains unchanged.

Government legislation also amends the circumstances for altering rating values between general revaluations.

Land Information Minister Maurice Williamson today announced the reappointment of Ken Taylor and Phillip Curnow to the Valuers Registration Board (VRB).

The Valuers Registration Board (VRB) is an independent statutory body administered by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ). The VRB oversees the registration of valuers and investigates complaints.

Mr Curnow is a highly experienced valuer who provides considerable urban commercial and industrial property expertise to the VRB, and was nominated by the New Zealand Institute of Valuers.

A Bill to enable the assignment of alternate place names was introduced to Parliament today.

Land Information Minister Maurice Williamson, today introduced legislation to amend the New Zealand Geographic Board (Nga Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008.

The Bill makes minor changes to two aspects of the Act. First, the Bill clarifies that when the Board or the Minister for Land Information assign alternative place names, both names may be used either separately or together in official documents.

Introduction

Good morning to you all, and thank you for inviting me here to speak at the Association of Local Government Information Management GIS symposium.

Innovation and effective use of technology are areas that I am greatly interested by, and have been involved in one way or another for many years.

Geographic Information Systems have played a foundation role in the evolution of geospatial data. The first GIS systems were being used back when people were unsure of whether the internet would take off.

Land Information Minister Maurice Williamson has delivered the first reading of the Crown Pastoral Land (Rent for Pastoral Leases) Amendment Bill today, which will ensure that leases on crown pastoral land are fairer.

The Bill has already received wide-spread support from South Island high country farmers.

“The present rent system, which is based on land value, is both unworkable and has often created unnecessary conflict between Crown and lessees, Mr Williamson says.

Hon Maurice Williamson and Hon Kate Wilkinson have today declined consent to Natural Dairy (NZ) Holdings Limited to acquire the Crafar farms.

The Ministers’ decision covers the applications by Natural Dairy (NZ) Holdings Limited to acquire UBNZ Assets Holdings Limited and 16 of the Crafar farms.

The Ministers also declined consent to UBNZ Assets Holdings Limited’s retrospective application to acquire the four Crafar farms it purchased in February 2010.

People will soon benefit from more open and accessible information on their communities and environment, Land Information Minister Maurice Williamson says.

Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) through the New Zealand Geospatial Office (NZGO) will lead the development of a national framework – a spatial data infrastructure – that connects people and users of location-based or geospatial information.

Land Information Minister Maurice Williamson has announced an $850,000 Government approved fund for Land Information New Zealand's re-establishment of critical surveying information in Canterbury following the 4 September earthquake.

Mr Williamson says Canterbury's landscape has changed significantly since the earthquake.

A Bill to modernise and streamline New Zealand's land transfer legislation will be introduced next year following a recommendation by a recent Law Commission review, Land Information Minister Mauri

Land Information Minister Maurice Williamson says that Labour leader Phil Goff is being duplicitous in his criticism of the Government's announced changes to the rules around land sales to overseas

A new system for setting rents for South Island high country pastoral leases administered by the Crown has been approved by Cabinet, Agriculture Minister David Carter and Land Information Minister

Justice Minister Simon Power and Land Information Minister Maurice Williamson have welcomed the Law Commission's report on the review of the Land Transfer Act 1952, which includes a draft bill.

Land Information Minister Maurice Williamson leaves for the United States tomorrow to address 400 international senior executives at one of the largest geographic information system conferences in

Land Information Minister Maurice Williamson today announced the appointment and reappointment of members to the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa and the Cadastral Surveyors

A total of 27,000 Māori land blocks have been registered with Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) on the conclusion of the Māori Freehold Land Registration (MFLR) Project.

The official geographic name for the city of Wanganui will be the alternatives ‘Whanganui' or ‘Wanganui', Minister for Land Information Maurice Williamson announced today.

Government Departments, State-Owned Enterprises and Crown entities have been advised what values the Government expects to be considered when Crown land is being disposed of.

Hon. Maurice Williamson

Minister for Land Information

Hon Maurice Williamson

Minister for Land Information

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6.25pm Tuesday 22 September 2009

"The determination of the New Zealand Geographic Board to accept a proposal by Te Rūnanga o Tupoho that Wanganui city be spelt 'Whanganui' will be referred to me as the Minister for Land Informati

The new direction for Crown pastoral land strikes a balance between economic use and environmental and cultural values, say Agriculture Minister David Carter and Land Information Minister Maurice W