Reform of the regulatory regime applying to Crown pastoral land is indeed timely. In recent years, there has been increasing public concern about the management of Crown pastoral land by Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand, particularly in relation to the loss of biodiversity and landscapes values on current and former Crown pastoral land over time. A review carried out by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) in 2018 attributed much of this concern to unclear system outcomes, a lack of transparency and accountability, and limited understanding about the cumulative impacts of the commissioner's decision making over time. There have also been concerns about the process of tenure review, which has resulted in much former Crown pastoral land being free-holded and some of it then being subject to more intensive farming—so concerns from a number of perspectives.