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How many consents subject to ongoing conditions or monitoring requirements were subject to an audit, site inspection, or other active verification by Land Information New Zealand in the 2025/26 financial year, how many consents are in the monitored portfolio in total, and how many full-time equivalent staff were assigned to compliance and monitoring functions in each year since 2023?

Answered Question 36174 (2026)
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Damien O'Connor

List MP · Labour Party

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  • How many consents subject to ongoing conditions or monitoring requirements were subject to an audit, site inspection, or other active verification by Land Information New Zealand in the 2025/26 financial year, how many consents are in the monitored portfolio in total, and how many full-time equivalent staff were assigned to compliance and monitoring functions in each year since 2023?

Answered by

Mike Butterick

Member for Wairarapa · National Party · Minister for Land Information

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All consents are granted subject to conditions. The number of consents being subject to ongoing proactive monitoring varies but is generally around 1,200. In the 2025/2026 financial year, two consents were subject to an audit, site inspection or other active verification by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ). In both cases, the activity was a site visit. I refer the Member to the attachment for full-time equivalent staffing figures.

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