Current and historical topographic maps (topomaps) of New Zealand

The site hosts 'the latest maps' as of the last day of each decade from 1899 to 2009. Available map series are:

• 1899 NZMS13 1:63360 (1 inch, Lands and Survey)
• 1909 NZMS13 1:63360 (1 inch, Lands and Survey)
• 1919 NZMS13 1:63360 (1 inch, Lands and Survey)
• 1929 NZMS13 1:63360 (1 inch, Lands and Survey)
• To come - 1939 NZMS13 1:63360 (1 inch, Lands and Survey)
• 1949 NZMS15 1:63360 (1 inch, Lands and Survey)
• 1959 NZMS1 1:63360 (1 inch, Lands and Survey)
• 1969 NZMS1 1:63360 (1 inch, Lands and Survey)
• 1979 NZMS1 1:63360 (1 inch, Lands and Survey)
• 1989 NZMS1/NZMS260 transition (LINZ)
• 1999 NZMS260 (1:50000, LINZ)
• 2009 Topo50 (1:50000, LINZ)

Work on 1939 (complete NZMS13 series) has yet to commence.

For queries, comments and corrections please use the 'Maptalk' option in the menu

"This work is based on/includes LINZ’s data which are licensed by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand licence." - See more at: http://www.linz.govt.nz/linz-copyright

Historical maps were scanned by Auckland Univeristy, and thay also georeferenced most of the post 1960s maps. Other maps were georeferenced here at mapspast, so contact us first for any errors you find.