The Deeds system was introduced in 1841http://www.nzlii.org/nz/legis/hist_act/lra18415v1841n9311/lra18415v1841n9311.html Land Registration Act 1841 (5 Victoriae 1841 No 9)http://www.nzlii.org/cgi-bin/download.cgi/cgi-bin/download.cgi/download/nz/legis/hist_act/ca18425v1842n10261.pdf An Ordinance to facilitate the Transfer of Real Property and to simplify the Law relating thereto. [18 January 1842.] and the Torrens system in 1870. Both methods ran in parallel until 1924 when registration under the Land Transfer Act (Torrens system) became compulsory and a project to issue titles for all property was instituted.Land Transfer (Compulsory Registration of Titles) Act 1924. A title could be issued Limited as to Title or Limited as to Parcel if there were doubts about the ownership or the survey.
