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🗄 Auckland land tenure files

Entity Type

Series

Code

1834

Years

1949 - 2003

Summary

This series covers the management of Crown land leases and licences in the Auckland area administered under the Lands Act 1924 and 1948. These files contain information on the terms and conditions of tenure, and also considerable detail on the land (etc) subject to that tenure.

Held At

Auckland repository

Authenticity Note

Contents of some files pre-date the series starting date.

System of Classification

Alphanumeric

Series Format

Files

Series Access Contacts

Land Tenure Case Files transferred by Landcorp Investments Ltd, or its agents: Company Secretary, Landcorp Farming Ltd, PO Box 5349, Wellington 6145

enquiries@landcorp.co.nz

Land Tenure Case Files transferred by Department of Conservation: Manager Knowledge Services, Conservation House, PO Box 10420, Wellington 6143

knowledge.services@conservation.govt.nz

Land Tenure Case Files transferred by LINZ:

Manager, Crown Property
155 The Terrace, PO Box 5501, Wellington

email: info@linz.govt.nz
Phone: +64 4 4600110

Fax: +64 4 4722244

Series Restriction Reason

For reasons of personal privacy, all Land Tenure Case Files are restricted for 40 years from the date of record closure.

All Case Files transferred by Landcorp Investments Ltd, or its agents, are open to authorised government agencies: currently Land Information New Zealand.

For Case Files transferred by LINZ, access is with the permission of the Manager, Crown Property.

Accredited LINZ contractors have open access upon verification of credentials. For list of accredited providers see http://www.linz.govt.nz/crown-property/service-providers/company-name

History

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A lease (commonly called a tenancy) is an interest in land for a fixed term. Under a lease the lessee has exclusive right of possession of the land. A licence is an authority to do an act (e.g. occupy land, mining) which otherwise would be a trespass ¹. A deferred payment licence allows the licensee to occupy Crown land pending the completion of the purchase price on a system of deferred payments ².

Each type of tenure has a different alphabetical abbreviation, which forms part of the file classification system. The files are arranged alphabetically by these prefixes, and numerically within each tenure type.

Examples of some tenure types are as follows: -

DPC - Deferred Payment Licence Commericial
DPF - Deferred Payment Licence Farms
DPU - Deferred Payment Licence Urban
HL - Harbour Lease
LG - Grazing Lease
M - Miscellaneous
NLF - Freeholding Deferred Payment Licence
RL - Renewable Lease
RLC - Renewable Lease Commercial
RLE - Renewable Lease Education
RLF - Renewable Lease Farms
RU - Renewable Lease Urban
S - Special Lease

Series dates are based on the Land Act 1948, which abolished many of the existing tenures and brought in new ones. Tenures established by the 1948 Act or later acts are in series 1834; tenures existing prior to 1948 are in series 1177 even if the individual files were begun after 1948. Many files now in series 1834 were in fact re-numbered from series 1177 and have papers going back well before 1948.

1. Hinde, GW and Hinde, MS. 1979, New Zealand law dictionary, 3rd ed., p.177

2. Ibid, p.92.

Series Format Description

Foolscap split-pin files

Preceding

🗄 Land Tenure Files (1949 - )

Succeeding

🗄 Northland multiple number subject files (1987 - )

Controlled By

🏢 Land Information New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office (1996 - 2011)
🏢 Department of Survey and Land Information, Auckland District Office (1987 - 1996)
🏢 Department of Conservation, Auckland Conservancy (1987 - 2008)
🏢 Lands and Survey Office, Auckland (1949 - 1987)
🏢 Landcorp Investments Ltd (1996 - 2004)
🏢 Land Information New Zealand, National Office (2011 - 2015)
🏢 Landcorp Property Ltd, Napier District Office (1990 - 1996)

Related records

🗄 Registers of Leases, North Auckland Land District

Source

🌀 Archives NZ / CC BY

Searching within Series Auckland land tenure files

9 results in Auckland land tenure files

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ID	Name	Date	Held At
🌀 R25064212	R25064212 Miscellaneous - Waipuna Community Centre Entity Type Item Code R25064212 Years 1978 - 1989 Description (Additional) Lands and Survey Series Auckland land tenure files Agency Land Information New Zealand, National Office Held At Auckland repository Item Type Physical Access Restricted Format Text Record Number M/6736 Box Number 304 Record Number Alt XRP_0005947 Inquiry Request item from Archives NZ Source 🌀 Archives NZ / CC BY 2.0 1978 - 1989Auckland	1978 - 1989	Auckland
🌀 R25064213	R25064213 Miscellaneous Licence - Kiteroa Ltd Entity Type Item Code R25064213 Years 1983 - 1992 Description (Additional) Lands and Survey Series Auckland land tenure files Agency Land Information New Zealand, National Office Held At Auckland repository Item Type Physical Access Restricted Format Text Record Number ML/1840/2 Box Number 304 Part Number pt 1 Record Number Alt XRP_0005949 Inquiry Request item from Archives NZ Source 🌀 Archives NZ / CC BY 2.0 1983 - 1992Auckland	1983 - 1992	Auckland
🌀 R25064230	R25064230 38 Manaia Parish Entity Type Item Code R25064230 Years 1958 - 1991 Description (Additional) Lands and Survey Series Auckland land tenure files Agency Land Information New Zealand, National Office Held At Auckland repository Item Type Physical Access Restricted Format Text Record Number S/298 Box Number 478 Record Number Alt XRP_0005922 Inquiry Request item from Archives NZ Source 🌀 Archives NZ / CC BY 2.0 1958 - 1991Auckland	1958 - 1991	Auckland
🌀 R25064231	R25064231 Special Lease - Block 6, Mangamuka Survey District Entity Type Item Code R25064231 Years 1976 - 1991 Description (Additional) Lands and Survey Series Auckland land tenure files Agency Land Information New Zealand, National Office Held At Auckland repository Item Type Physical Access Restricted Format Text Record Number S/588 Box Number 1145 Record Number Alt XRP_0008700 Inquiry Request item from Archives NZ Source 🌀 Archives NZ / CC BY 2.0 1976 - 1991Auckland	1976 - 1991	Auckland
🌀 R25064232	R25064232 Sec.14 & 15 Block XV Mangamuka Entity Type Item Code R25064232 Years 1991 - 1995 Description (Additional) Lands and Survey Series Auckland land tenure files Agency Land Information New Zealand, National Office Held At Auckland repository Item Type Physical Access Restricted Format Text Record Number S/604 Box Number 478 Record Number Alt XRP_0005923 Inquiry Request item from Archives NZ Source 🌀 Archives NZ / CC BY 2.0 1991 - 1995Auckland	1991 - 1995	Auckland
🌀 R25064214	R25064214 Miscellaneous Licence - Water Supply - Maungatapere Entity Type Item Code R25064214 Years 1986 - 1992 Description (Additional) Lands and Survey Series Auckland land tenure files Agency Land Information New Zealand, National Office Held At Auckland repository Item Type Physical Access Restricted Format Text Record Number ML/1840 Box Number 304 Part Number pt 6 Record Number Alt XRP_0005948 Inquiry Request item from Archives NZ Source 🌀 Archives NZ / CC BY 2.0 1986 - 1992Auckland	1986 - 1992	Auckland
🌀 R19671896	R19671896 Survey Files - Manganui Parish Scenic Reserve Entity Type Item Code R19671896 Years 1904 - 1949 Series Auckland land tenure files Agency Department of Survey and Land Information, Auckland District Office Held At Auckland repository Item Type Physical Access Open Format Text Record Number 6968 Box Number 1 Position Reference a Inquiry Request item from Archives NZ Source 🌀 Archives NZ / CC BY 2.0 1904 - 1949Auckland	1904 - 1949	Auckland
🌀 R25064228	R25064228 51 Oruru Parish Entity Type Item Code R25064228 Years 1969 - 1984 Description (Additional) Lands and Survey Series Auckland land tenure files Agency Land Information New Zealand, National Office Held At Auckland repository Item Type Physical Access Restricted Format Text Record Number S/298 Box Number 477 Part Number 1 Record Number Alt XRP_0005920 Inquiry Request item from Archives NZ Source 🌀 Archives NZ / CC BY 2.0 1969 - 1984Auckland	1969 - 1984	Auckland
🌀 R25064229	R25064229 51 Oruru Parish Entity Type Item Code R25064229 Years 1977 - 1993 Description (Additional) Lands and Survey Series Auckland land tenure files Agency Land Information New Zealand, National Office Held At Auckland repository Item Type Physical Access Restricted Format Text Record Number S/298 Box Number 477 Part Number 3 Record Number Alt XRP_0005921 Inquiry Request item from Archives NZ Source 🌀 Archives NZ / CC BY 2.0 1977 - 1993Auckland	1977 - 1993	Auckland

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