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Rating and valuation property

Councils need units for rating and valuation. Those units are built for a different purpose from cadastral parcels and land titles, so their geometry and grouping can differ.

The main distinction​

  • cadastral parcel — cadastral survey object
  • Record of Title — registered ownership/right record
  • rating or valuation unit — unit used by a territorial authority/valuation system

A rating unit can group multiple parcels or interests for rating purposes. Do not transfer a property boundary label from a council rating layer onto a LINZ parcel layer or vice versa.

National District Valuation Roll​

LINZ holds a national collection of current District Valuation Roll data as part of the New Zealand Property Spine. Direct access to the NZ Properties/NDVR controlled dataset is currently limited to specified public-sector/Crown organisations.

For general public GIS work, use the relevant council's public property/rating viewer or open data where provided, and identify it explicitly as council rating/valuation data.

Māori freehold land​

Māori freehold land has specific valuation considerations. If valuation is the research question, use current Valuer-General/council guidance rather than inferring value from area, zoning or nearby sales.

Mapping pattern​

When comparing council rating data and LINZ parcels, keep both IDs:

source_system
rating_or_assessment_id
parcel_id
match_method
match_date
notes

This makes one-to-many relationships visible instead of forcing them into a single field.

See New Zealand Property Spine and Parcel ≠ title ≠ property.

Last reviewed: 26 August 2026

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