National changes to information shown on Land Information Memoranda (LIM) take effect from today (Friday 17 October 2025).
National changes to information shown on Land Information Memoranda (LIM) take effect from today (Friday 17 October 2025).
Hamilton City Council has made changes to its LIM processes and formats to respond to the changes introduced by Government through the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Amendment Act.
The amendments require a new natural hazards section in LIMs. Councils must now show natural hazard information held by Council, but the bigger change is that LIMs must now also include some information previously held by regional councils. Regional councils now also have obligations to ensure territorial authorities are provided with that information.
The nationwide changes are solely about what information is available and how it is presented, and property owners are not required to do anything.
Data to be included in the natural hazard section of a LIM includes information on flooding, erosion, slope instability (landslides), coastal inundation and sea level rise and earthquake and liquefaction risk.
There are approximately 70 properties in Hamilton with a known land instability feature within their property boundary, and council is contacting these owners directly to advise of the change.
Along with property-level data, there will be new general city-wide information available on many LIMs such as the presence of peat soils and the potential for liquefaction in the event of an earthquake.
The changes are designed to provide clearer and wider information for property owners. They are an information-sharing requirement which doesn’t add risk or compliance requirements to properties.
None of the changes require regional or local councils to undertake additional modelling or research.