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.

Geospatial Strategy governance structure

Joint Ministerial Group

The Ministers jointly responsible for the Strategy are:

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.

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

Geospatial Steering Committee (GSC)

The GSC is chaired by the Geospatial Custodian. The GSC advises the GEG and is responsible for developing and running the work programme to implement the Strategy.

As at April 2010, the GSC consists of representatives of:

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.