Who's Involved

The governance of the New Zealand Geospatial Strategy is three-tiered, comprising the Joint Ministerial Group, the Geospatial Executives Group (GEG) and the Geospatial Steering Committee (GSC). The role of the New Zealand Geospatial Office (NZGO) in this structure is also outlined below.

Find out more about developing the New Zealand Geospatial Strategy.

Joint Ministerial Group

The Ministers jointly responsible for the Strategy are:

• the Minister for Land Information
• the Minister for Information Technology.

Geospatial Executives Group (GEG)

The GEG is chaired by the Chief Executive of Land Information New Zealand and is made up of chief executives of key public agencies. It is collectively accountable for the direction and implementation of the Strategy.

• Download the Terms of Reference for the GEG (PDF 24KB).

As at September 2009, the GEG consisted of chief executives (or functional equivalents) of:

• Land Information New Zealand
• Department of Conservation (representing the Ministry for the Environment, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Ministry of Fisheries)
• Ministry of Research, Science and Technology
• New Zealand Defence Force
• New Zealand Fire Service (representing the Emergency Services, including the Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management)
• Statistics New Zealand
• Local Government New Zealand

Geospatial Steering Committee (GSC)

The GSC replaces the former Geospatial Advisory Committe (GAC) in advising the GEG and facilitating the implementation of the decisions of the GEG and the Joint Ministerial Group.

The GSC is currently being transitioned to, following a review of the Strategy's governance, and will be established once a permanent Geospatial Custodian has been appointed to the NZGO. In the meantime, members of the GAC continue to play an important role in supporting the Strategy.

Find out more about the GAC.

• Download the Terms of Reference for the GSC (PDF 24KB).

New Zealand Geospatial Office (NZGO)

The NZGO is headed by the Geospatial Custodian and is the engine room of the Strategy. The NZGO helps to ensure geospatial resources can be readily discovered, appraised and accessed, and facilitates communication within the geospatial community.

NZGO has a reporting line within Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), as well as to the GEG in order to maintain a sectoral approach.

Visit the LINZ website to find out more about the NZGO.

• Download the Terms of Reference for the NZGO (PDF 27KB).