Gaye Searancke

CEO, Land Information New Zealand

Gaye has been with Toitū Te Whenua since mid-2019, bringing with her a broad range of senior leadership experience from across the public and private sectors.

Toitū Te Whenua is a kaitiaki pārongo whenua (guardian and custodian of New Zealand’s land information) and a key focus for Gaye is to ensure our products and services deliver increasing value to Aotearoa New Zealand. As such, she is leading an organisation-wide shift that has already taken significant steps toward becoming more outward-looking and customer-centric.

Gaye has held senior leadership roles at IRD,ACC, the Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. In these roles, she led governance, privacy, corporate and legal disciplines, as well as policy responsibilities in labour and employment law, business law, competition, trade and investment. 

Gaye started her career as a lawyer and has worked as a Crown prosecutor and as senior counsel for the Commerce Commission. Notable highlights in her career include enhancing the capability and capacity of New Zealand’s Labour Inspectorate, and undertaking extensive financial, labour market, and health and safety reforms, including establishing WorkSafe NZ

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