This layer provides the current primary parcel polygons and some associated descriptive data that details the appellation (legal description), purpose, size and a list of titles that have an interest in the parcel.

A primary parcel is a portion of land that is intended to be :

• owned by the Crown, except moveable marginal strips

• Held in fee simple (predominately private ownership)

• Maori freehold land or Maori customary land

• Public foreshore and seabed

• The bed of a lake or river

• Road or Railway

• Vested in a local authority