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Our tool to search mana whenua contacts for your area is temporarily unavailable due to a system upgrade and maintenance. We are working to resolve this as soon as possible.
In the meantime, use GeoMaps to find all iwi rohe which overlap a property. GeoMaps is our Geographic Information System (GIS) viewer. It contains spatial and non-spatial information from across Auckland.
We have created a guide on how to use Geomaps to help find mana whenua contacts.
4. Once added, click on the Legend tab and expand the TangataWhenuaQuery layer.
5. Tick the IwiRoheAreaOfInterest layer.
6. Use the address search to zoom to the property.
7. Activate the green identify icon at the base of the zoom tools (the colours will invert), and click on the property on the map.
8. In the Results tab, change the dropdown to IwiRoheAreaOfInterest to obtain a list of all overlapping rohe. You will see results similar to this:
Find out how to contact our Geospatial team to report issues or ask for help with GeoMaps.
Find out which devices and browsers are the best to use when you are using GeoMaps.