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  "apiVersion": "v1",
  "collection": "contacts",
  "count": 9,
  "records": [
    {
      "id": "property-data",
      "contentUpdatedAt": "2026-10-22",
      "question": "National property layer, parcel or title data question",
      "aliases": [
        "property dataset",
        "parcel layer help",
        "title layer help",
        "LDS property service"
      ],
      "route": "For LINZ layer, metadata, download or service questions, open the relevant record in LINZ Data Service and use its current support route. Rating-unit or valuation-record corrections belong with the council that supplied the local record.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.linz.govt.nz/products-services/data/types-linz-data/property-ownership-and-boundary-data",
      "sourceLabel": "LINZ property data guidance",
      "sourceLinks": [
        {
          "label": "NZ Property Boundaries on LINZ Data Service",
          "url": "https://data.linz.govt.nz/layer/122657-nz-property-boundaries/"
        },
        {
          "label": "NZ Property Titles on LINZ Data Service",
          "url": "https://data.linz.govt.nz/layer/50804-nz-property-titles/"
        },
        {
          "label": "NZ Parcels on LINZ Data Service",
          "url": "https://data.linz.govt.nz/layer/51571-nz-parcels/"
        }
      ],
      "type": "Public data source",
      "url": "https://guide.pm4gis.nz/contacts/property-data/"
    },
    {
      "id": "rating-unit-data",
      "contentUpdatedAt": "2026-10-22",
      "question": "Rating-unit or valuation-record correction",
      "aliases": [
        "rating unit correction",
        "DVR correction",
        "district valuation roll",
        "valuation record",
        "correct my rating unit"
      ],
      "route": "Contact the city, district or unitary council responsible for the property to ask about its rating-unit or valuation record. If you are unsure which council covers the place, use the Local Government Commission’s guidance and follow the ‘Identifying your Council’ link to the Stats NZ Geographic Boundary Viewer. LINZ publishes the national composite; that does not make LINZ the source of every local rating record.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.lgc.govt.nz/about-us/about-local-government-in-new-zealand/",
      "sourceLabel": "Local Government Commission — identifying your council",
      "sourceLinks": [
        {
          "label": "NZ Properties: National District Valuation Roll",
          "url": "https://data.linz.govt.nz/table/114085-nz-properties-national-district-valuation-roll/"
        },
        {
          "label": "NZ Property Boundaries metadata",
          "url": "https://data.linz.govt.nz/layer/122657-nz-property-boundaries/"
        }
      ],
      "type": "Local authority",
      "url": "https://guide.pm4gis.nz/contacts/rating-unit-data/"
    },
    {
      "id": "ownership-records",
      "contentUpdatedAt": "2026-10-22",
      "question": "Ownership or registered title records",
      "route": "Use LINZ Land Record Search for an individual title or survey record. LINZ currently lists a fee of $8 per record. The service cannot search by a person’s name or run bulk searches. The open NZ Property Titles layer is not the complete title register and excludes ownership information; check current fees and access conditions before ordering.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.linz.govt.nz/products-services/land-records/about-land-record-search",
      "sourceLabel": "LINZ Land Record Search",
      "sourceLinks": [
        {
          "label": "Land Record Search access and search limits",
          "url": "https://www.linz.govt.nz/guidance/landonline-support/land-record-search-support/access-land-record-search"
        },
        {
          "label": "Current land record order fees",
          "url": "https://www.linz.govt.nz/products-services/land-records/land-record-order-fees"
        },
        {
          "label": "NZ Property Titles open layer",
          "url": "https://data.linz.govt.nz/layer/50804-nz-property-titles/"
        }
      ],
      "type": "Official land record service",
      "url": "https://guide.pm4gis.nz/contacts/ownership-records/"
    },
    {
      "id": "boundary-professional",
      "contentUpdatedAt": "2026-10-22",
      "question": "Where a property boundary is on the ground",
      "route": "A GIS outline cannot locate a legal boundary on the ground. Check the Cadastral Surveyors Licensing Board register for the individual licensed cadastral surveyor who would undertake the work; a firm’s service listing does not verify that person’s current licence. The Board does not recommend a particular surveyor.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://cslb.org.nz/search.html",
      "sourceLabel": "Search for a licensed cadastral surveyor",
      "sourceLinks": [
        {
          "label": "Search for an individual licensed cadastral surveyor",
          "url": "https://www.cslb.org.nz/search.html"
        },
        {
          "label": "LINZ guidance on unlicensed boundary redefinition",
          "url": "https://www.linz.govt.nz/guidance/survey/cadastral-survey-act-authority-offences-and-restrictions/restrictions-unlicensed-surveyors-undertaking-redefinition-surveys"
        },
        {
          "label": "NZ Property Boundaries",
          "url": "https://guide.pm4gis.nz/atlas/nz-property-boundaries/"
        },
        {
          "label": "NZ Parcels",
          "url": "https://guide.pm4gis.nz/atlas/nz-parcels/"
        }
      ],
      "type": "Professional referral",
      "url": "https://guide.pm4gis.nz/contacts/boundary-professional/"
    },
    {
      "id": "address-data",
      "contentUpdatedAt": "2026-10-22",
      "question": "National address data, schema or service",
      "aliases": [
        "NZ address dataset",
        "address schema",
        "address data download",
        "address data dictionary"
      ],
      "route": "Use the direct NZ Addresses LINZ Data Service page for national data access, and its data dictionary for field names and definitions. Use LINZ’s roles guidance for the responsibility split; for a local correction, contact the responsible council.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://data.linz.govt.nz/layer/123113-nz-addresses/",
      "sourceLabel": "NZ Addresses on LINZ Data Service",
      "sourceLinks": [
        {
          "label": "NZ Addresses data dictionary",
          "url": "https://data.linz.govt.nz/layer/123113-nz-addresses/attachments/25898/"
        },
        {
          "label": "LINZ addressing roles and responsibilities",
          "url": "https://www.linz.govt.nz/guidance/property-addressing/addressing-roles-and-responsibilities"
        },
        {
          "label": "LINZ Data Service contact and help",
          "url": "https://www.linz.govt.nz/products-services/data/linz-data-service"
        }
      ],
      "type": "Public data source",
      "url": "https://guide.pm4gis.nz/contacts/address-data/"
    },
    {
      "id": "address-correction",
      "contentUpdatedAt": "2026-10-22",
      "question": "Correct or assign a local address",
      "aliases": [
        "correct my address",
        "change my address",
        "new address",
        "address correction",
        "address allocation",
        "wrong address",
        "council address"
      ],
      "summary": "Use the Local Government Commission’s guidance to identify the council, then its official website to find the local address or road-naming contact. Councils notify LINZ; LINZ checks changes and maintains the national record, which LINZ Data Service publishes weekly.",
      "route": "Contact the city, district or unitary council responsible for the place; councils allocate or change local addresses and notify LINZ. If you do not know which council covers the location, use the Local Government Commission’s guidance and follow the ‘Identifying your Council’ link to the Stats NZ Geographic Boundary Viewer. That guidance identifies the council; it is not an address-correction service. Then use the council’s official website to find its address, property or road-naming contact route. LINZ checks notified changes against the national addressing standard and maintains the national record; LINZ Data Service publishes NZ Addresses weekly, so allow time for a local decision to appear in the national dataset.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.lgc.govt.nz/about-us/about-local-government-in-new-zealand/",
      "sourceLabel": "Local Government Commission — identifying your council",
      "sourceLinks": [
        {
          "label": "LINZ addressing roles and responsibilities",
          "url": "https://www.linz.govt.nz/guidance/property-addressing/addressing-roles-and-responsibilities"
        },
        {
          "label": "NZ Addresses on LINZ Data Service",
          "url": "https://data.linz.govt.nz/layer/123113-nz-addresses/"
        },
        {
          "label": "NZ Addresses data dictionary",
          "url": "https://data.linz.govt.nz/layer/123113-nz-addresses/attachments/25898/"
        }
      ],
      "type": "Local authority",
      "url": "https://guide.pm4gis.nz/contacts/address-correction/"
    },
    {
      "id": "local-data",
      "contentUpdatedAt": "2026-10-22",
      "question": "Council or regional GIS data",
      "aliases": [
        "council data",
        "regional GIS",
        "local data publisher",
        "council GIS contact",
        "find my council",
        "find which council handles my property",
        "which council handles my property",
        "which council covers this place",
        "who is my local council",
        "identify the responsible council"
      ],
      "summary": "Use the Local Government Commission’s guidance to identify the relevant council, then check its official website for a data catalogue or GIS/data contact. Local coverage, access and update practices vary. This guide does not resolve a council from an individual address.",
      "route": "Use the Local Government Commission’s guidance to identify the city, district, unitary or regional council responsible for the place; follow the ‘Identifying your Council’ link to the Stats NZ Geographic Boundary Viewer. This guide does not resolve a council from an individual address. The LGC page is council-identification guidance, not a GIS support directory. Then visit that council’s official website and look for its data catalogue, GIS or data team, or another published contact route. Do not assume every authority publishes the same datasets or uses the same access and update practices.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.lgc.govt.nz/about-us/about-local-government-in-new-zealand/",
      "sourceLabel": "Local Government Commission — identifying your council",
      "sourceLinks": [
        {
          "label": "Local Government Commission — about local government and council identification",
          "url": "https://www.lgc.govt.nz/about-us/about-local-government-in-new-zealand/"
        }
      ],
      "type": "Public data source",
      "url": "https://guide.pm4gis.nz/contacts/local-data/"
    },
    {
      "id": "maori-data-context",
      "contentUpdatedAt": "2026-10-22",
      "question": "Māori data and local governance context",
      "summary": "A source-linked starting point for Māori data governance considerations. Where relevant, follow guidance from the appropriate iwi, hapū, mana whenua or Māori data authority.",
      "aliases": [
        "Māori data",
        "iwi data",
        "hapū data",
        "mana whenua",
        "Māori data sovereignty",
        "Māori data governance"
      ],
      "route": "Where data is produced by Māori, is about Māori, or concerns environments with which Māori have relationships, identify the relevant iwi, hapū, mana whenua or Māori data authority through appropriate local channels and follow its own published governance and engagement guidance. Te Mana Raraunga is a national Māori data sovereignty network and a useful source of principles; it is not a proxy for local authority or a single position shared by all Māori. Open availability alone does not settle appropriate use.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.temanararaunga.maori.nz/principles-of-maori-data-sovereignty",
      "sourceLabel": "Te Mana Raraunga principles — a national reference",
      "sourceLinks": [
        {
          "label": "Te Mana Raraunga — Māori Data FAQ",
          "url": "https://www.temanararaunga.maori.nz/patai"
        },
        {
          "label": "Te Mana Raraunga — Charter",
          "url": "https://www.temanararaunga.maori.nz/tutohinga"
        }
      ],
      "type": "Governance guidance",
      "url": "https://guide.pm4gis.nz/contacts/maori-data-context/"
    },
    {
      "id": "provider-help",
      "question": "Commissioned GIS work",
      "aliases": [
        "hire GIS",
        "GIS consultant",
        "GIS provider",
        "spatial analysis support",
        "GIS project help"
      ],
      "route": "Search the Business Directory by the service, sector and region you need. Listings will show their evidence and last-confirmed date.",
      "sourceUrl": null,
      "sourceLabel": null,
      "type": "Commercial service",
      "url": "https://guide.pm4gis.nz/contacts/provider-help/"
    }
  ]
}