Description: For full details see Property and ownership simplified tables data dictionaryThis layer provides the **current** primary parcel polygons and some associateddescriptive data that details the appellation (legal description), purpose, sizeand 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 Primary parcels can be thought of as the 'base level' of the 'jigsaw puzzle' ofall land making up New Zealand. Other 'levels' are NZ Non-primary parcels thatessentially limit the full rights that would normally be associated with aprimary parcel for example easements, covenants, leases and moveable marginalstrips etc.If you require approved or historic parcels see the [All ParcelsLayer](http://data.linz.govt.nz/layer/1571-nz-all-parcels)This layer has a nominal accuracy of 0.1-1m in urban areas and 1-100m in ruralareas. For more detailed information about parcel accuracies please refer to the[Survey BoundaryMarks](http://data.linz.govt.nz/layer/774-nz-survey-boundary-marks) layer whichcontains accuracies for each parcel node. The combination of this layer with the non-primary parcels layer provides allcurrent parcels for New Zealand (i.e. excludes Historic and Pending parcels)The originating data for parcel/title associations includes some non-officialsources where the official data does not support a link. For more information[see](http://www.linz.govt.nz/about-linz/linz-data-service/dataset-information/cadastral-titles-data)