Credits and licences

Updated 14 October 2026

Kiwimap is built on open data and on work by other people. This page names all of it. Where a licence requires attribution, this page is that attribution.

Transport data

Thank you to New Zealand's public transport authorities, whose open data makes Kiwimap possible.

• Public transport open data: timetables, routes, stops and live vehicle positions, from the GTFS and GTFS-Realtime feeds. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. Source: at.govt.nz open data. Adapted by Kiwimap, for example the predicted "likely" times and the positions drawn on the road. Kiwimap is not affiliated with or endorsed by any transport authority or operator.
• Cycle Facility Network: open data, used to draw the cycle lanes. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. Source: data.govt.nz.
• NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi: National Speed Limit Register, used for the speed roundels on motorway signs. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.

Maps, imagery and terrain

• Mapbox and OpenStreetMap: the basemap, its streets, its buildings and its 3D objects. Their attribution is also shown on the map itself, as their terms require. © Mapbox, © OpenStreetMap contributors. About these maps.
• Satellite imagery: Mapbox, Maxar, for the satellite ground on the Planes screen.
• Land Information New Zealand: aerial imagery through LINZ Basemaps, building outlines and LiDAR elevation through the LINZ Data Service. Sourced from LINZ. Licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. How LINZ data is credited.
• LINZ aerial photos on the Buses page: the "Real" view uses the Auckland 0.075m Urban Aerial Photos (2024-2025), with vehicles removed by Kiwimap. Sourced from the LINZ Data Service, CC BY 4.0. Kiwimap removed the vehicles from its own copy.
• LiDAR elevation: the building heights of the LINZ2 buildings and the Ardmore buildings on the Planes screen come from LiDAR elevation data published by LINZ. Sourced from LINZ, CC BY 4.0. Licensors: Auckland Council and Regional Software Holdings Limited.
• Our OpenStreetMap layers: Kiwimap's trees, parks, sports fields, walking network, bridges, tunnels, Ardmore buildings and fishing spot positions are derived from OpenStreetMap data, © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Ask us for a copy. Open Database License (ODbL). OpenStreetMap copyright and licence.

Aircraft data

• adsb.lol: community ADS-B aircraft positions, combined with our own receiver in Auckland. Aircraft data from the adsb.lol database, available under the Open Database License (ODbL). The merged aircraft data Kiwimap serves is available under the ODbL too: ask us for a copy.
• Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand: the civil aircraft register, used to name aircraft types and operators.

Surf forecasts

• Open-Meteo: the wave, swell and wind forecasts behind the surf ratings. Weather and waves: Open-Meteo.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0, processed by Kiwimap. Wave models from DWD (Deutscher Wetterdienst) and others. The ratings are Kiwimap's own.
• Land Information New Zealand: the nearby tide times shown for each surf beach. Tide predictions sourced from LINZ (CC BY 4.0).
• Department of Conservation: the access notes for Wharariki Beach draw on DOC's Wharariki Beach Track page. Department of Conservation, CC BY 4.0. Wharariki Beach Track.

Fishing forecasts

• Open-Meteo: the wind, pressure, wave, swell and sea temperature forecasts behind the fishing ratings. Weather and sea data: Open-Meteo.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0, processed by Kiwimap. Wave models from DWD (Deutscher Wetterdienst) and others. The ratings are Kiwimap's own.
• Land Information New Zealand: the tide times shown for each fishing spot, from its nearest standard port or worked out from a secondary port's published time and height differences, and the aerial imagery used to check where the spots are. Tide predictions and aerial imagery sourced from LINZ (CC BY 4.0).
• OpenStreetMap: the map data used to place the fishing spots on wharves, rocks and beaches. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL). Copyright and licence.
• Department of Conservation: the marine reserves drawn in red on the fishing map, from the DOC Marine Reserves dataset. Marine reserves: Department of Conservation, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. DOC Marine Reserves. Boundaries are simplified, were acquired on 14 October 2026 and may now be out of date. Not for navigation.
• Department of Conservation: the Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana high protection areas (no fishing) drawn in red on the fishing map, from the Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana Marine Protection Act dataset. Crown Copyright: Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai 2025. Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana Marine Protection Act. For information only, not for navigation or legal interpretation: the Act sets the official boundaries. Boundaries are simplified, were acquired on 14 October 2026 and may now be out of date.
• Fisheries New Zealand, the Department of Conservation and Fish & Game New Zealand: the fishing rules, licences, marine reserves and protected areas that the fishing spots summarise, from their published rules and maps. Kiwimap is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them. Based on Ministry for Primary Industries information, CC BY 4.0. The rules change: check the current rules with them before you fish.

3D models

• Bell 429 helicopter model by agreene on Sketchfab. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Used with modifications: repainted and simplified for real-time rendering.
• Robinson R44 helicopter model by syarifudinirfan701 on Sketchfab. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Used with modifications: repainted and simplified for real-time rendering.
• Wednesday the Newfie dog model by laurenbergnes on Sketchfab, the dogs in the parks. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Used with modifications.
• The bus and ferry on the main map and the larger aircraft are commercially licensed models, repainted in local liveries. The bus on the Buses page was made with an AI 3D model tool. The trains, the small aircraft, the blimp and the Ferry Building were built for Kiwimap. These models are licensed to Kiwimap only and are not licensed for reuse, even where your browser can download them.

Surf cams

Some surf spots link to a webcam on its owner's own site. Kiwimap links out and never embeds them. Thank you to the owners who said yes:

• SS Homes (Haumoana surf cams): sshomes.co.nz.
• Harvest (Castlepoint Lighthouse live stream): castlepointlighthouse.com.

Open-source software

Kiwimap is built with open-source software. These are the libraries the Buses, Surf and Fishing pages load, and every package in the map app's production dependency tree, with the version and licence each one declares. Each licence's full text is in its package.

Everything else

The application, the map styling, the building pipeline and the 360-degree street photography are the work of Jolene NZ Limited and are not licensed for reuse.

Getting this wrong

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