Here at LINZ the work we do - managing transactions, information and land - continues to underpin the New Zealand economy. Through our survey and title services we provide certainty of property rights. We remain an authoritative source of land and geographic information for emergency services and safety use. We effectively manage Crown assets. Over the last few years, though, we have been increasing our emphasis on geospatial information, and how best to make it easy to find, share and use.

More and more, geospatial information is playing an important strategic role globally. It adds more than $1.2 billion in productivity-related benefits to our economy. Organisations across each economic sector are using geospatial information to increase efficiencies in areas as diverse as territorial authority planning, controlling possums, managing forests and tracking our fish stocks.

Providing leadership in the geospatial sector means we will help accelerate the development of infrastructure and the adoption of geospatial information and technology across the economy. We will also make our own data more open and accessible for people looking to use it in innovative ways.

We released our Statement of Intent for 2010-13 on 20 May. In this document we have outlined our continuing commitment to championing the New Zealand Geospatial Strategy and helping to accelerate the use of geospatial information. Work in this area will result in a more coordinated approach to managing New Zealand's geospatial resources, and help to reduce barriers currently limiting the contribution the geospatial sector makes to the economy.

While the use of geospatial information in New Zealand is already widespread, significant opportunities exist to make an even bigger impact. Currently, that information is not being created or shared efficiently, and information held by government is often duplicated, hard to get and difficult to share.

We are also working on refining and improving our performance measures so we can demonstrate how we're delivering on this initiative. This will include measuring the impact of our work on New Zealand's productivity.

Making geospatial information easy to find, share and use has the potential to make government processes more efficient and effective, enable safer, stronger communities, and grow our economy.

I welcome you to read LINZ's Statement of Intent 2010-13 and would be happy to answer any questions you have about LINZ's leadership of the geospatial information sector.