Primary documents · The property record
Property & development timeline
Eight documented events, by classification
Every entry here is a document reference. The record shows what was registered and against which title. It does not show intent, and this page infers none.
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Documented events
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Records of title
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Covenant instrument
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Events with a published source link
Deposited plan
DP 601937
Record of title
RT 1174253
Record of title
RT 1174254
Covenant instrument
Instrument 13089567.5
Registered interests
Morven Ferry Limited
Company named in the record
Ridgeburn Limited
This page is a list of documents. It is deliberately the least rhetorical page on this site, because it is the page that names real companies — and the discipline that protects every other argument here has to be visible on it.
Eight documented events sit in the timeline above, grouped by classification rather than by date. The material this page is built from supplies the documents but not their dates, so every date reads [Date to be confirmed from the record] until it is taken from the record itself. Nothing is estimated, and no sequence is asserted that the documents do not carry.
The six document references
- Deposited Plan 601937 — the survey plan defining the parcels. [Source to be added]
- Record of Title 1174253 — one of two titles over the land. [Source to be added]
- Record of Title 1174254 — the second. [Source to be added]
- Covenant Instrument 13089567.5 — an instrument registered against the title. [Source to be added]
- Morven Ferry Limited — named in the record as holding registered interests. [Source to be added]
- Ridgeburn Limited — named in the record. [Source to be added]
Where a register identifies the individual ownership interests behind a company, those names are part of the public record. They will be reproduced here only in record-descriptive terms, and only with the register entry attached as a source. None is reproduced today, because no register entry has yet been attached.
What these records show
A record of title shows the registered proprietor, the estate held, and the instruments registered against it, as at the moment the search copy was produced. A deposited plan shows surveyed boundaries. A registered covenant records an obligation running with the land, on the instrument's own terms. A company record shows incorporation, registered office, directors and shareholders.
What these records do not show
None of them shows intent. A title does not record why land was bought, what anyone plans to do with it, or what anyone privately believes. An instrument does not record a motive. A company record does not record who decides what, or who benefits. Ridgeburn Press infers none of those things from the documents on this page, and asks readers not to either.
Two process points follow the same rule. A fast-track referral decision determines which pathway a proposal may take; it is not a consent, and it is not a finding that a development is acceptable. And an application withdrawn and later re-lodged is a sequence of events, not an admission — applications are withdrawn for many reasons, and this record does not say which applied.
The interactive title map is deferred
An interactive map of the titles and boundaries was planned for this page. It is not built, and it is not shown. A map that draws parcel boundaries is itself a claim about where those boundaries lie, and we will not publish that claim before the underlying plan and titles are attached as sources. Once DP 601937 and both records of title are published with their references, the map can be drawn from them and checked against them. Until then this page carries the references in text.
How to check any of this yourself
Every reference above is obtainable from a public register, and the cards below say which register holds it and what to ask for. We would far rather a reader ordered a search copy and corrected us than took this page on trust.
What we will not publish
- Any statement about the motives, plans or private conduct of a named person or company.
- Any claim about an individual resting on a company record alone.
- Personal information about any person that is not in the public record and material to the proposal.
Evidence statement
Classification: Primary Document
Status: Document references recorded. No source links attached yet, and no dates established.
Author: Ridgeburn Press · Evidence Desk
Last reviewed: 16 September 2026
Ridgeburn Limited, Morven Ferry Limited, Queenstown Lakes District Council and any person named here may respond in full, and the response is published unedited. How to respond.
The deposited plan defines the survey and the parcel boundaries the later titles were issued against. It shows the shape of the land, not what may be built on it. Date of deposit: [Date to be confirmed from the record]. Source: [Source to be added]
Deposited plan
Deposited plans are held by Land Information New Zealand and ordered by plan number — here, DP 601937. A copy shows the survey and the parcel boundaries the titles were issued against.
Record of title
A search copy is ordered from Land Information New Zealand by title reference — here, RT 1174253 and RT 1174254. Every search copy is dated, and the date matters: a title is accurate only as at the moment it was produced.
Registered instrument
Instruments registered against a title are ordered by instrument number — here, 13089567.5. The instrument itself is the only reliable statement of what a covenant requires.
Company record
Incorporation, registered office, directors and shareholders are published on the New Zealand Companies Register and can be searched free of charge by company name.
Council file
Property and consent files held by Queenstown Lakes District Council can be requested under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act. A request should name the property and the documents sought.
Fast-track application documents
Documents lodged under the fast-track pathway sit with the responsible agency, and are released through its own publication process or an official information request.
The titles show ownership
Primary Document
A record of title shows the registered proprietor as at the date of the search. It does not show intent, plans, or what anyone means to do with the land. Nothing on this page should be read as a statement about intent.
A covenant binds the land
Primary Document · [Source to be added]
A registered covenant records an obligation affecting the land, on its own terms. Whether Instrument 13089567.5 permits, restricts, or is silent on what is proposed is a question for the instrument — which is not yet published here.
A company record shows structure
Primary Document · [Source to be added]
The Companies Register shows incorporation, registered office, directors and shareholders. It does not show who decides what, who benefits, or what any person intended.
A referral is not an approval
Council & Government
A fast-track referral decision determines the pathway a proposal may take. It is not a consent, and it is not a finding that the development is acceptable. We describe it as neither.
A withdrawal is not an admission
Council & Government
An application may be withdrawn for many reasons, most of them ordinary. This page records that it happened and draws no inference from it.
A gap is not a finding
Unverified — under investigation
Where the record is silent, we say so. A document we have not obtained is not evidence of anything, and it is never treated here as though it were.
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Any time
If you hold a search copy, an instrument or a council file referenced here, send it. A source link replaces a gap label, permanently.
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Public registers
Every reference above can be ordered independently. The cards above say which register holds each one and what to ask for.
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Standing offer
Any person or company named on this page may respond in full, and the response is published unedited alongside the entry it concerns.
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Editorial standard
The titles show ownership. They do not show intent.
Ridgeburn Press · Evidence Desk
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