The Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) Mapping New Zealand 2025 programme is looking at seamlessly mapping New Zealand (NZ) from the top of Aoraki / Mt Cook right out to the edge of our continental shelf.

A number of initiatives under this programme contributed directly to the Kaikoura earthquake response, these including post-event aerial imagery, LiDAR, hydrographic LiDAR offshore and pulling together a building outline dataset. In addition, LINZ worked closely with GNS Science to resurvey the area to quantify ground movement and measure the impact of this event on spatial infrastructure, including property boundaries.

This work will presented in more detail in this poster.