How the imagery can be used

Organisations can use the national imagery datasets (primarily from satellite) for:

  • land management
  • infrastructure planning
  • emergency management
  • forest-age assessment
  • land-cover mapping
  • gap-filling aerial photography.

Access provisions

Licensing restrictions vary.  Please refer to each dataset description below for details.

“All-of-Government” licensing terms restrict access to central, regional and local governments, universities, and crown research institutes. Controlled access may be granted to contractors of these government bodies on a per-project basis.

Any applicable terms of use and end user license agreements must be signed and strictly adhered to.

Note: The Ministry’s ArcGIS Online site provides streaming options for some of the Creative Commons datasets.

National imagery datasets

Sentinel 2 2024 Mainland NZ

Sentinel2 2024 Mainland NZ thumb
Sentinel2 2024 Mainland NZ thumb

Type: Multispectral

Resolution: 10m

Capture date range: 3 October 2023 to 1 April 2024

Projection: NZTM2000

File format: 2 x TIF (cloud-optimised)

Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International by Ministry for the Environment - Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024 for Sentinel data

Access: Email the Carbon Sequestration team

More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]

Sentinel 2 2024 Chatham Islands

Sentinel2 2024 Chatham Islands thumb
Sentinel2 2024 Chatham Islands thumb

Type: Multispectral

Resolution: 10m

Capture date range: 14 September 2023 to 18 April 2024

Projection: CITM2000

File format: 1 x TIF (cloud-optimised)

Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International by Ministry for the Environment - Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024 for Sentinel data

Access: Email the Carbon Sequestration team

More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]

Sentinel 2 2023 Mainland NZ

Sentinel2 2023 Mainland NZ thumb
Sentinel2 2023 Mainland NZ thumb

Type: Multispectral

Resolution: 10m

Capture date range: 02 October 2022 to 28 February 2023

Projection: NZTM2000

File format: 2 x IMG

Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International by Ministry for the Environment - Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2023 for Sentinel data

Access: Email the Carbon Sequestration team

More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]

Sentinel 2 2023 Chatham Islands

Sentinel2 2023 Chatham Islands thumb
Sentinel2 2023 Chatham Islands thumb

Type: Multispectral

Resolution: 10m

Capture date range: 11 October 2022 to 28 February 2023

Projection: CITM2000

File format: 1 x IMG

Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International by Ministry for the Environment - Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2023 for Sentinel data

Access: Email the Carbon Sequestration team

More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]

 

Sentinel 2 2022 Mainland NZ

Sentinel2 2022 Mainland NZ thumb
Sentinel2 2022 Mainland NZ thumb

Type: Multispectral

Resolution: 10m

Capture date range: 03 October 2021 to 01 April 2022

Projection: NZTM2000

File format: 2 x IMG

Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International by Ministry for the Environment - Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2022 for Sentinel data

Access: Email the Carbon Sequestration team

More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]

Sentinel 2 2022 Chatham Islands

Sentinel2 2022 Chatham Islands thumb
Sentinel2 2022 Chatham Islands thumb

Type: Multispectral

Resolution: 10m

Capture date range: 16 October 2021 to 28 March 2022
Projection: CITM2000

File format: 1 x IMG

Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International by Ministry for the Environment - Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2022 for Sentinel data

Access: Email the Carbon Sequestration team

More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]

 

Sentinel 2 2021 Mainland NZ

sentinel2 2021 mainland nz thumb
sentinel2 2021 mainland nz thumb

Type: Multispectral

Resolution: 10m

Capture date range: 04 October 2020 to 08 March 2021

Projection: NZTM2000

File format: 1 x IMG

Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International by Ministry for the Environment - Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2021 for Sentinel data

Access: Email the Carbon Sequestration team

More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]

Sentinel 2 2020 Mainland NZ

Sentinel2 2020 Mainland NZ thumb
Sentinel2 2020 Mainland NZ thumb

Type: Multispectral

Resolution: 10m

Capture date range: 02 October 2019 to 01 April 2020

Projection: NZTM2000

File format: 1 x IMG

Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International by Ministry for the Environment - Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2020 for Sentinel data

Access: Email the Carbon Sequestration team

More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]

Sentinel 2 2019

Sentinel2 2019 thumb
Sentinel2 2019 thumb

Type: Multispectral

Resolution: 10m

Capture date range: 02 October 2018 to 01 April 2019

Projection: NZTM2000

File format: 1 x IMG

Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International by Ministry for the Environment - produced from European Space Agency remote sensing data

Access: Email the Carbon Sequestration team

More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]

Sentinel 2 2021 Chatham Islands

Sentinel2 2021 Chatham Islands thumb
Sentinel2 2021 Chatham Islands thumb

Type: Multispectral

Resolution: 10m

Capture date range: 06 October 2020 to 06 February 2021
Projection: CITM2000

File format: 1 x IMG

Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International by Ministry for the Environment - Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2021 for Sentinel data

Access: Email the Carbon Sequestration team

More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]

Sentinel 2 2020 Chatham Islands

Sentinel2 2020 Chatham Islands thumb 0
Sentinel2 2020 Chatham Islands thumb 0

Type: Multispectral

Resolution: 10m

Capture date range: 25 October 2019 to 02 February 2020

Projection: CITM2000

File format: 1 x IMG

Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International by Ministry for the Environment - Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2020 for Sentinel data

Access: Email the Carbon Sequestration team

More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]

Sentinel 2 2019 Chatham Islands

Sentinel2 2019 Chatham Islands thumb
Sentinel2 2019 Chatham Islands thumb

Type: Multispectral

Resolution: 10m

Capture date range: 10 October 2018 to 31 March 2019

Projection: CITM2000

File format: 1 x IMG

Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International by Ministry for the Environment - produced from European Space Agency remote sensing data

Access: Email the Carbon Sequestration team

More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]

Sentinel 2 2018

Sentinel2 2018 thumb
Sentinel2 2018 thumb

Type: Multispectral

Resolution: 10m

Capture date range: 02 October 2017 to 31 March 2018

Projection: NZTM2000

File format: 1 x IMG

Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International by Ministry for the Environment - produced from European Space Agency remote sensing data

Access: Email the Carbon Sequestration team

More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]

Sentinel 2 2018 Chatham Islands

Sentinel2 2018 Chatham Islands thumb 0
Sentinel2 2018 Chatham Islands thumb 0

Type: Multispectral

Resolution: 10m

Capture date range: 25 October 2017 to 22 February 2018

Projection: CITM2000

File format: 1 x IMG

Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International by Ministry for the Environment - produced from European Space Agency remote sensing data

Access: Email the Carbon Sequestration team

More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]

Sentinel 2 2017

Sentinel2 2017 thumb
Sentinel2 2017 thumb

Type: Multispectral

Resolution: 10m

Capture date range: 04 October 2016 to 16 March 2017

Projection: NZTM2000

File format: 2 x IMG

Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand by Ministry for the Environment - produced from European Space Agency remote sensing data

Access: Email the Carbon Sequestration team

More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]

Sentinel 2 2017 Chatham Islands

Sentinel2 2017 Chatham Islands thumb
Sentinel2 2017 Chatham Islands thumb

Type: Multispectral

Resolution: 10m

Capture date range: 21 December 2016 to 02 February 2017

Projection: CITM2000

File format: 1 x IMG

Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand by Ministry for the Environment - produced from European Space Agency remote sensing data

Access: Email the Carbon Sequestration team

More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]

Landsat 8 2016

Landsat8 2016 thumb
Landsat8 2016 thumb

Type: Multispectral

Resolution: 15m

Capture date range: 02 October 2015 to 28 March 2016

Projection: NZTM2000

File format: 1 x IMG

Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand by Ministry for the Environment - Data available from the U.S. Geological Survey

Access: Email the Carbon Sequestration team

More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]

Sentinel 2 2016

Sentinel2 2016 thumb
Sentinel2 2016 thumb

Type: Multispectral

Resolution: 10m

Capture date range: 18 November 2015 to 17 March 2016

Projection: NZTM2000

File format: 2 x IMG

Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand by Ministry for the Environment - produced from European Space Agency remote sensing data

Access: Email the Carbon Sequestration team

More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]

Landsat 8 2015

Landsat8 2015
Landsat8 2015

Type: Multispectral

Resolution: 15m

Capture date range: 04 October 2014 to 26 March 2015

Projection: NZTM2000

File format: 1 x IMG

Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand by Ministry for the Environment - Data available from the U.S. Geological Survey

Access: Email the Carbon Sequestration team

More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]

SPOTMaps 2014

SPOTMaps 2014 thumb
SPOTMaps 2014 thumb

Type: Natural Colour (RGB)

Resolution: 1.5m

Capture date range: 26 October 2012 to 01 April 2014

Projection: NZTM2000

File format: 450 x geoTIFF (1:50,000 tiles)

Licensing: NZ Organisations - Airbus DS

Access: Email Airbus Defence and Space (Australia)

More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]

Landsat 8 2014

Landsat8 2014
Landsat8 2014

Type: Multispectral

Resolution: 15m

Capture date range: 04 November 2013 to 28 February 2014

Projection: NZTM2000

File format: 1 x IMG

Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand by Ministry for the Environment - Data available from the U.S. Geological Survey

Access: Email the Carbon Sequestration team

More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]

SPOT 5 2013

SPOT5 2013 thumb
SPOT5 2013 thumb

Type: Multispectral

Resolution: 10m

Capture date range: 02 October 2010 to 15 March 2013

Projection: NZTM2000

File format: 2 x IMG

Licensing: NZ All-of-Government - CNES

Access: Email the Carbon Sequestration team

More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]

Landsat 7 2013

Landsat7 2013
Landsat7 2013

Landsat 7 2013

Type: Multispectral

Resolution: 15m

Capture date range: 03 October 2012 to 01 March 2013

Projection: NZTM2000

File format: 1 x IMG

Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand by Ministry for the Environment - Data available from the U.S. Geological Survey

Access: Email the Carbon Sequestration team

More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]

Landsat 7 2012

Landsat7 2012
Landsat7 2012

Type: Multispectral

Resolution: 15m

Capture date range: 04 October 2011 to 29 February 2012

Projection: NZTM2000

File format: 1 x IMG

Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand by Ministry for the Environment - Data available from the U.S. Geological Survey

Access: Email the Carbon Sequestration team

More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]

SPOT 5 2012 Chatham Islands

SPOT5 2012 Chatham Islands thumb
SPOT5 2012 Chatham Islands thumb

Type: Multispectral

Resolution: 10m

Capture date range: 21 January 2012

Projection: CITM2000

File format: 1 x IMG

Licensing: NZ All-of-Government - CNES

Access: Email the Carbon Sequestration team

More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]

SPOT 5 2011

SPOT5 2011 thumb
SPOT5 2011 thumb

Type: Multispectral

Resolution: 10m

Capture date range: 02 October 2010 to 24 March 2011

Projection: NZTM2000

File format: 4 x IMG

Licensing: NZ All-of-Government - CNES

Access: Email the Carbon Sequestration team

More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]

DMC 2010

DMC 2010
DMC 2010

Type: Multispectral

Resolution: 22m

Capture date range: 22 December 2009 to 06 May 2010

Projection: NZTM2000

File format: 2 x geoTIFF

Licensing: NZ Crown-only - DMC International

Access: Email the Carbon Sequestration team

More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]

SPOTMaps 2009

SPOTMaps 2009 thumb
SPOTMaps 2009 thumb

Type: Natural Colour (RGB)

Resolution: 2.5m [synthetic blue band]

Capture date range: 18 January 2008 to 21 June 2009

Projection: NZTM2000

File format: 422 x geoTIFF (1:50,000 tiles)

Licensing: NZ All-of-Government - CNES

Access: Email the Carbon Sequestration team

More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]

SPOT 5 2008 Chatham Islands

SPOT5 2008 Chatham Islands thumb
SPOT5 2008 Chatham Islands thumb

Type: Multispectral

Resolution: 10m

Capture date range: 11 September 2008 to 13 October 2008

Projection: CITM2000

File format: 1 x IMG

Licensing: NZ All-of-Government - CNES

Access: Email the Carbon Sequestration team

More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]

SPOT 5 2008

SPOT5 2008 thumb 0
SPOT5 2008 thumb 0

Type: Multispectral

Resolution: 10m

Capture date range: 03 November 2006 to 11 April 2008

Projection: NZTM2000

File format: 2 x IMG

Licensing: NZ All-of-Government - CNES

Access: Email the Carbon Sequestration team

More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]

Landsat 7 2001

Landsat7 2001 thumb
Landsat7 2001 thumb

Type: Multispectral

Resolution: 15m

Capture date range: 29 September 1999 to 24 February 2003

Projection: NZTM2000

File format: 2 x IMG

Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand by Ministry for the Environment - Data available from the U.S. Geological Survey

Access: Email the Carbon Sequestration team

More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]

Landsat 4 1990

Landsat4 1990 thumb
Landsat4 1990 thumb

Type: Multispectral

Resolution: 15m

Capture date range: 14 November 1988 to 24 February 1993

Projection: NZTM2000

File format: 2 x IMG

Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand by Ministry for the Environment - Data available from the U.S. Geological Survey

Access: Email the Carbon Sequestration team

More information: Metadata Footprints [MfE Data Service]