Landwrap - October 2025

Kia ora,

Welcome to the October edition of Landwrap.

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Avoid using autofill in Landonline

LINZ has recently received reports of issues experienced by e-Dealing customers following the use of autofill when preparing an instrument, leading to incorrect details being added.

To ensure you are entering the correct information into Landonline, we recommend you avoid using autofill in Landonline fields. To be extra safe, you could disable the auto-fill functionality in your web browser. 

With Landonline being browser-based, this is a setting that only you can change in your browser. The Landonline team are unable to change any individual browser settings.

Stop your browser autofilling fields in Landonline

Entering information manually is the best way to ensure that you are inputting the correct information. 

Please always double-check the information you have entered prior to finalising and signing an instrument.

New Landonline account management

We have just released the final 'Account management' functions to new Landonline. This replaces the System Maintenance functions carried out by System Managers.

Via 'Account Management' in the top right menu System Managers can now update:

• Update Firm Notice Preferences: Control how your firm receives Landonline Notices.
• Manage User & Group Privileges: Assign and edit privileges for users and groups.
• Edit Firm Contact Details: Keep your firm's account information current.

Learn more: Update your firm's details or a user's privileges

Additionally, via the 'My Profile' menu all user can:

• View & Update Contact Details: Easily keep your email, phone number, and address up to date.
• Manage Notice Preferences: Choose which Landonline Notices you receive.
• Set Default Conveyancing Professional: Update your default CP for dealings.

Learn more: Change your details

Landonline update: Changes to PDF uploads coming soon

We're making important improvements to how PDF files are handled in Landonline to boost security and ensure long-term accessibility. We are expecting to make these changes in October.

Security enhancements

To protect against risks associated with embedded content:

• Hyperlinks will be automatically removed from both text and images.
• Comments within PDFs will also be stripped out during upload.

Archival improvements

All uploaded files will be converted to PDF/A format, a standard designed for long-term preservation and reliable access.

Processing times

For most users, the upload experience will remain seamless. However, very large files may take slightly longer to process due to the additional scanning and conversion steps.

Statutory and Evidentiary Requirements for E-Dealing Standard 2025

In August the Registrar-General of Land consulted on the proposed new Statutory and Evidentiary Requirements for E-Dealing Standard. No submissions were received during this public consultation phase, however earlier targeted consultation with key stakeholders indicated support for the proposed changes. The new Standard modifies and updates these requirements and removes supplementary guidance from the evidentiary requirements as this is best dealt with in the regulatory guideline or web commentary.

The RGL will now set the Statutory and Evidentiary Requirements for E-Dealing Standard 2025 - LINZ S 01317 (the Standard). The Standard will come into force on Monday 20 October 2025 at which time the Standard will be published on the LINZ website. On that date the prior version of this standard, Certification of Electronic Instruments (Statutory Requirements and Retention of Evidence) Standard 2018 - LINZ S 20012, will be revoked.

Goodbye Legacy Landonline

We're thrilled to announce the successful transition to New Landonline, following the closure of Legacy Landonline for Surveyors on September 30th.

This milestone marks a significant step forward in modernising our systems and enhancing the experience for all users. A big thank you to everyone who has contributed to the evolution to New Landonline.

Your feedback

A key driver behind this smooth transition has been the invaluable feedback from our surveying community and in particular our Survey working group. Your insights have helped shape our priorities and guide the development of New Landonline to better meet real-world needs.

What's next

Over the next 15 months, our focus will shift to:

• Completing staff functionality
• Upgrading the underlying database

The only application changes we'll be making are essential updates to keep Survey Capture and Plan Generation secure, reliable and functioning well. No new enhancements will be introduced during this time.

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