Stats NZ Geographic Data Service :: tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2008-10:feed:data:sort=rStats NZhttps://datafinder.stats.govt.nz//New Zealand Grid 500 metre, 2023tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2023-11:layers:1150452023-11-16T23:46:31.309260+00:002023-11-16T21:15:35.597765+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/115045-new-zealand-grid-500-metre-2023/" title="Details for New Zealand Grid 500 metre, 2023"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=115045.393656,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="New Zealand Grid 500 metre, 2023 thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 16 Nov 2023</strong><br />
<p>A square grid framework. This is one of three resolutions of grid, 1 kilometre, 500 metres and 250 metres, where the distance is the length of one side of the square grid cell.This is the 500 metre resolution grid. </p>
<p>The extent of the grid encompasses the New Zealand 12-mile territorial limit.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 16 Nov 2023<br />
Updated: 16 Nov 2023<br />
New Zealand Grid 1 kilometre, 2023tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2023-11:layers:1150462023-11-16T21:44:25.593343+00:002023-11-16T21:20:05.273429+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/115046-new-zealand-grid-1-kilometre-2023/" title="Details for New Zealand Grid 1 kilometre, 2023"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=115046.393657,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="New Zealand Grid 1 kilometre, 2023 thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 16 Nov 2023</strong><br />
<p>A square grid framework. This is one of three resolutions of grid, 1 kilometre, 500 metres and 250 metres, where the distance is the length of one side of the square grid cell.This is the 1 kilometre resolution grid. </p>
<p>The extent of the grid encompasses the New Zealand 12-mile territorial limit.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 16 Nov 2023<br />
Updated: 16 Nov 2023<br />
New Zealand Grid 250 metre, 2023tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2023-11:layers:1150442023-11-17T08:24:18.137964+00:002023-11-16T21:09:40.787128+00:00
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<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 16 Nov 2023</strong><br />
<p>A square grid framework. This is one of three resolutions of grid, 1 kilometre, 500 metres and 250 metres, where the distance is the length of one side of the square grid cell.This is the 250 metre resolution grid. </p>
<p>The extent of the grid encompasses the New Zealand 12-mile territorial limit.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 17 Nov 2023<br />
Updated: 16 Nov 2023<br />
New Zealand 2022 Estimated Resident Population Grid 500 metre, 2023tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2023-11:layers:1150502023-11-16T22:51:35.015864+00:002023-11-16T22:38:12.799899+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/115050-new-zealand-2022-estimated-resident-population-grid-500-metre-2023/" title="Details for New Zealand 2022 Estimated Resident Population Grid 500 metre, 2023"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=115050.393661,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="New Zealand 2022 Estimated Resident Population Grid 500 metre, 2023 thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 16 Nov 2023</strong><br />
<p>A population grid using the 2022 Estimated Resident Population (ERP). Population estimates by SA1s are used as an input to derive population grids. These estimates are not official statistics. They’re derived as a customised dataset used to produce the population grids.</p>
<p>This is one of three resolutions of the national statistical grid, 1 kilometre, 500 metres and 250 metres, where the distance is the length of one side of the square grid cell.</p>
<p>The 2022 Estimated Resident Population by SA1, rounded to the nearest 10, was proportionally divided between private and some non-private dwelling point locations from the Stats NZ Statistical Location Register. The dwellings were spatially joined to the ERP SA1 to calculate the number of dwellings within each SA1. The SA1 ERP divided by the number of dwellings gave the number of people per dwelling for each SA1. The people per dwelling was spatially joined back to the dwelling dataset then spatially joined to the grid with the option chosen to sum the dwelling population within each grid cell.Population estimates are based on 2018 census results.The estimated resident population of an area in New Zealand is an estimate of all people who usually live in that area at a given date. It includes all residents present in New Zealand and counted by the census, residents who are temporarily elsewhere in New Zealand and counted by the census, residents who are temporarily overseas (who are not included in the census), and an adjustment for residents missed or counted more than once by the census (net census undercount). Visitors from elsewhere in New Zealand and from overseas are excluded. Population estimates by SA1s are used as an input to derive population grids. These estimates are not official statistics. They’re derived as a customised dataset used to produce the population grids.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 16 Nov 2023<br />
Updated: 16 Nov 2023<br />
New Zealand 2022 Estimated Resident Population Grid 1 kilometre, 2023tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2023-11:layers:1150512023-11-16T22:55:23.121871+00:002023-11-16T22:43:31.702019+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/115051-new-zealand-2022-estimated-resident-population-grid-1-kilometre-2023/" title="Details for New Zealand 2022 Estimated Resident Population Grid 1 kilometre, 2023"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=115051.393662,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="New Zealand 2022 Estimated Resident Population Grid 1 kilometre, 2023 thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 16 Nov 2023</strong><br />
<p>A population grid using the 2022 Estimated Resident Population (ERP). Population estimates by SA1s are used as an input to derive population grids. These estimates are not official statistics. They’re derived as a customised dataset used to produce the population grids.</p>
<p>This is one of three resolutions of the national statistical grid, 1 kilometre, 500 metres and 250 metres, where the distance is the length of one side of the square grid cell.</p>
<p>The 2022 Estimated Resident Population by SA1, rounded to the nearest 10, was proportionally divided between private and some non-private dwelling point locations from the Stats NZ Statistical Location Register. The dwellings were spatially joined to the ERP SA1 to calculate the number of dwellings within each SA1. The SA1 ERP divided by the number of dwellings gave the number of people per dwelling for each SA1. The people per dwelling was spatially joined back to the dwelling dataset then spatially joined to the grid with the option chosen to sum the dwelling population within each grid cell.Population estimates are based on 2018 Census results.The estimated resident population of an area in New Zealand is an estimate of all people who usually live in that area at a given date. It includes all residents present in New Zealand and counted by the census, residents who are temporarily elsewhere in New Zealand and counted by the census, residents who are temporarily overseas (who are not included in the census), and an adjustment for residents missed or counted more than once by the census (net census undercount). Visitors from elsewhere in New Zealand and from overseas are excluded. Population estimates by SA1s are used as an input to derive population grids. These estimates are not official statistics. They’re derived as a customised dataset used to produce the population grids.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 16 Nov 2023<br />
Updated: 16 Nov 2023<br />
New Zealand Statistical Grid 500 metre (prototype), 2022tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-10:layers:1106392022-10-10T04:29:37.984664+00:002022-10-10T02:59:34.728474+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/110639-new-zealand-statistical-grid-500-metre-prototype-2022/" title="Details for New Zealand Statistical Grid 500 metre (prototype), 2022"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=110639.373009,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="New Zealand Statistical Grid 500 metre (prototype), 2022 thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 10 Oct 2022</strong><br />
<p>A prototype square grid framework released for consultation and feedback form the user community. This is one of three resolutions of grid, 1 kilometre, 500 metres and 250 metres, where the resolution is the length of one side of the square grid cell.</p>
<p>The extents of the grid encompasses the NZ 12-mile limit.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 10 Oct 2022<br />
Updated: 10 Oct 2022<br />
New Zealand Statistical Grid 250 metres (prototype), 2022tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-10:layers:1106632022-10-11T14:41:25.222945+00:002022-10-11T08:42:03.917329+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/110663-new-zealand-statistical-grid-250-metres-prototype-2022/" title="Details for New Zealand Statistical Grid 250 metres (prototype), 2022"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=110663.373058,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="New Zealand Statistical Grid 250 metres (prototype), 2022 thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 11 Oct 2022</strong><br />
<p>A prototype square grid framework released for consultation and feedback form the user community. This is one of three resolutions of grid, 1 kilometre, 500 metres and 250 metres, where the resolution is the length of one side of the square grid cell.</p>
<p>The extents of the grid encompasses the NZ 12-mile limit.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 11 Oct 2022<br />
Updated: 11 Oct 2022<br />
New Zealand 2018 Estimated Resident Population Statistical Grid 500 metre (prototype), 2022tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-10:layers:1106572022-10-11T02:05:21.418678+00:002022-10-11T01:58:39.842909+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/110657-new-zealand-2018-estimated-resident-population-statistical-grid-500-metre-prototype-2022/" title="Details for New Zealand 2018 Estimated Resident Population Statistical Grid 500 metre (prototype), 2022"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=110657.373048,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="New Zealand 2018 Estimated Resident Population Statistical Grid 500 metre (prototype), 2022 thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 11 Oct 2022</strong><br />
<p>A prototype population grid using the 2018 Estimate Resident Population (ERP). Population estimates by SA1s are used as an input to derive population grids. These estimates are not official statistics. They’re derived as a customised dataset used to produce the experimental population grids.</p>
<p>This is one of three resolutions of the national statistical grid, 1 kilometre, 500 metres and 250 metres, where the resolution is the length of one side of the square grid cell.</p>
<p>The Estimated Resident Population (ERP) by Statistical Area 1 (SA1), rounded to the nearest 10, was proportionally divided between private and some non-private dwelling point locations from the Stats NZ Statistical Location Register. The dwellings were spatially joined to the ERP SA1 to calculate the number of dwellings within each SA1. The SA1 ERP divided by the number of dwellings gave the number of people per dwelling for each SA1. The people per dwelling was spatially joined back to the dwelling dataset then spatially joined to the grid with the option chosen to sum the dwelling population within each grid cell. Population estimates are based on 2018 census results. The estimated resident population of an area in New Zealand is an estimate of all people who usually live in that area at a given date. It includes all residents present in New Zealand and counted by the census, residents who are temporarily elsewhere in New Zealand and counted by the census, residents who are temporarily overseas (who are not included in the census), and an adjustment for residents missed or counted more than once by the census (net census undercount). Visitors from elsewhere in New Zealand and from overseas are excluded. Population estimates by SA1s are used as an input to derive population grids. These estimates are not official statistics. They’re derived as a customised dataset used to produce the experimental population grids. The population have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 11 Oct 2022<br />
Updated: 11 Oct 2022<br />
New Zealand 2018 Estimated Resident Population Statistical Grid 1 kilometre (prototype), 2022tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-10:layers:1106542022-10-11T00:53:13.722720+00:002022-10-11T00:48:41.075330+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/110654-new-zealand-2018-estimated-resident-population-statistical-grid-1-kilometre-prototype-2022/" title="Details for New Zealand 2018 Estimated Resident Population Statistical Grid 1 kilometre (prototype), 2022"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=110654.373039,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="New Zealand 2018 Estimated Resident Population Statistical Grid 1 kilometre (prototype), 2022 thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 11 Oct 2022</strong><br />
<p>A prototype population grid using the 2018 Estimate Resident Population (ERP). Population estimates by SA1s are used as an input to derive population grids. These estimates are not official statistics. They’re derived as a customised dataset used to produce the experimental population grids.</p>
<p>This is one of three resolutions of the national statistical grid, 1 kilometre, 500 metres and 250 metres, where the resolution is the length of one side of the square grid cell.</p>
<p>The Estimated Resident Population (ERP) by Statistical Area 1 (SA1), rounded to the nearest 10, was proportionally divided between private and some non-private dwelling point locations from the Stats NZ Statistical Location Register. The dwellings were spatially joined to the ERP SA1 to calculate the number of dwellings within each SA1. The SA1 ERP divided by the number of dwellings gave the number of people per dwelling for each SA1. The people per dwelling was spatially joined back to the dwelling dataset then spatially joined to the grid with the option chosen to sum the dwelling population within each grid cell. Population estimates are based on 2018 census results. The estimated resident population of an area in New Zealand is an estimate of all people who usually live in that area at a given date. It includes all residents present in New Zealand and counted by the census, residents who are temporarily elsewhere in New Zealand and counted by the census, residents who are temporarily overseas (who are not included in the census), and an adjustment for residents missed or counted more than once by the census (net census undercount). Visitors from elsewhere in New Zealand and from overseas are excluded. Population estimates by SA1s are used as an input to derive population grids. These estimates are not official statistics. They’re derived as a customised dataset used to produce the experimental population grids. The population have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 11 Oct 2022<br />
Updated: 11 Oct 2022<br />
New Zealand Statistical Grid 1 kilometre (prototype), 2022tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-10:layers:1106372022-10-10T03:12:08.442525+00:002022-10-10T02:48:09.170426+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/110637-new-zealand-statistical-grid-1-kilometre-prototype-2022/" title="Details for New Zealand Statistical Grid 1 kilometre (prototype), 2022"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=110637.373007,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="New Zealand Statistical Grid 1 kilometre (prototype), 2022 thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 10 Oct 2022</strong><br />
<p>A prototype square grid framework released for consultation and feedback form the user community. This is one of three resolutions of grid, 1 kilometre, 500 metres and 250 metres, where the resolution is the length of one side of the square grid cell.</p>
<p>The extents of the grid encompasses the NZ 12-mile limit.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 10 Oct 2022<br />
Updated: 10 Oct 2022<br />
New Zealand 2018 Estimated Resident Population Statistical Grid 250 metre (prototype), 2022tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-10:layers:1106552022-10-11T01:18:53.379889+00:002022-10-11T01:07:59.316797+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/110655-new-zealand-2018-estimated-resident-population-statistical-grid-250-metre-prototype-2022/" title="Details for New Zealand 2018 Estimated Resident Population Statistical Grid 250 metre (prototype), 2022"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=110655.373045,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="New Zealand 2018 Estimated Resident Population Statistical Grid 250 metre (prototype), 2022 thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 11 Oct 2022</strong><br />
<p>A prototype population grid using the 2018 Estimate Resident Population (ERP). Population estimates by SA1s are used as an input to derive population grids. These estimates are not official statistics. They’re derived as a customised dataset used to produce the experimental population grids.</p>
<p>This is one of three resolutions of the national statistical grid, 1 kilometre, 500 metres and 250 metres, where the resolution is the length of one side of the square grid cell.</p>
<p>The Estimated Resident Population (ERP) by Statistical Area 1 (SA1), rounded to the nearest 10, was proportionally divided between private and some non-private dwelling point locations from the Stats NZ Statistical Location Register. The dwellings were spatially joined to the ERP SA1 to calculate the number of dwellings within each SA1. The SA1 ERP divided by the number of dwellings gave the number of people per dwelling for each SA1. The people per dwelling was spatially joined back to the dwelling dataset then spatially joined to the grid with the option chosen to sum the dwelling population within each grid cell. Population estimates are based on 2018 census results. The estimated resident population of an area in New Zealand is an estimate of all people who usually live in that area at a given date. It includes all residents present in New Zealand and counted by the census, residents who are temporarily elsewhere in New Zealand and counted by the census, residents who are temporarily overseas (who are not included in the census), and an adjustment for residents missed or counted more than once by the census (net census undercount). Visitors from elsewhere in New Zealand and from overseas are excluded. Population estimates by SA1s are used as an input to derive population grids. These estimates are not official statistics. They’re derived as a customised dataset used to produce the experimental population grids. The population have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 11 Oct 2022<br />
Updated: 11 Oct 2022<br />
New Zealand 2022 Estimated Resident Population Grid 250 metre, 2023tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2023-11:layers:1150472023-11-16T21:55:11.845415+00:002023-11-16T21:40:10.105263+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/115047-new-zealand-2022-estimated-resident-population-grid-250-metre-2023/" title="Details for New Zealand 2022 Estimated Resident Population Grid 250 metre, 2023"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=115047.393658,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="New Zealand 2022 Estimated Resident Population Grid 250 metre, 2023 thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 16 Nov 2023</strong><br />
<p>A population grid using the 2022 Estimated Resident Population (ERP). Population estimates by SA1s are used as an input to derive population grids. These estimates are not official statistics. They’re derived as a customised dataset used to produce the population grids.</p>
<p>This is one of three resolutions of the national statistical grid, 1 kilometre, 500 metres and 250 metres, where the distance is the length of one side of the square grid cell.</p>
<p>The 2022 Estimated Resident Population by SA1, rounded to the nearest 10, was proportionally divided between private and some non-private dwelling point locations from the Stats NZ Statistical Location Register. The dwellings were spatially joined to the ERP SA1 to calculate the number of dwellings within each SA1. The SA1 ERP divided by the number of dwellings gave the number of people per dwelling for each SA1. The people per dwelling was spatially joined back to the dwelling dataset then spatially joined to the grid with the option chosen to sum the dwelling population within each grid cell.Population estimates are based on 2018 Census results.The estimated resident population of an area in New Zealand is an estimate of all people who usually live in that area at a given date. It includes all residents present in New Zealand and counted by the census, residents who are temporarily elsewhere in New Zealand and counted by the census, residents who are temporarily overseas (who are not included in the census), and an adjustment for residents missed or counted more than once by the census (net census undercount). Visitors from elsewhere in New Zealand and from overseas are excluded. Population estimates by SA1s are used as an input to derive population grids. These estimates are not official statistics. They’re derived as a customised dataset used to produce the population grids.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 16 Nov 2023<br />
Updated: 16 Nov 2023<br />
Current Geographic Boundaries Tabletag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2023-11:layers:1149162023-11-06T02:04:26.113089+00:002023-12-06T23:18:39.628592+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/table/114916-current-geographic-boundaries-table/" title="Details for Current Geographic Boundaries Table"><img src="https://assets.koordinates.com/kx-dandelion-live2-public/thumbs/layers/114916/395058/small.png" alt="Current Geographic Boundaries Table thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 06 Dec 2023</strong><br />
<p>The geographies table lists the most up to date versions of geographies maintained by Stats NZ. The geographies divide New Zealand into geographic areas, such as statistical areas, territorial authorities, and regional councils.</p>
<p>From 2024 onwards geographies will be published when they change, rather than annually. The table will be maintained and updated to reflect new versions of geographies that replace any layers within Datafinder and Aria.</p>
<p>This file provides a definitive list of the current version of each geography. Additionally, supplementary information provided includes the date published, current version, along with pdf attachement with links to each layer in Datafinder and each classification in Ariā .</p>
<p>For further details about our geographies please refer to the <a href="https://www.stats.govt.nz/methods/statistical-standard-for-geographic-areas-2023">Statistical standard for geographic areas 2023.</a></p>
<p>For our geographic hierarchy please refer to the <a href="https://www.stats.govt.nz/methods/geographic-hierarchy/">Geographic hierarchy diagram.</a></p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 06 Nov 2023<br />
Updated: 06 Dec 2023<br />
Meshblock Higher Geographies 2024tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2023-11:layers:1152262023-11-27T01:56:54.118426+00:002023-11-27T01:43:02.709864+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/115226-meshblock-higher-geographies-2024/" title="Details for Meshblock Higher Geographies 2024"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=115226.394618,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Meshblock Higher Geographies 2024 thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 27 Nov 2023</strong><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released 2024 meshblock boundaries concorded to 2023 higher geographies as at 1 January 2024. This high definition version contains 57,539 meshblocks, including 16 with empty or null geometries (non-digitised meshblocks).</p>
<p></p>
<p>Statistical geographies introduced since 2018 are:</p>
<p>2018: statistical area 1 (SA1), statistical area 2 (SA2), urban rural (UR), urban rural indicator (IUR) as part of the Statistical Standard for Geographic Areas 2018 (SSGA18) which replaced the 1992 New Zealand Standard Areas Classification (NZSAC92),</p>
<p></p>
<p>2020: urban accessibility indicator (IUA),</p>
<p></p>
<p>2021: functional urban area (FUA), functional urban area indicator (IFUA), functional urban area type (TFUA),</p>
<p></p>
<p>2023: statistical area 3 (SA3).</p>
<p></p>
<p>The geographies contained in this concordance are:</p>
<p>· meshblock (MB2024), landwater (LANDWATER),</p>
<p>· statistical area 1 (SA12023),</p>
<p>· statistical area 2 (SA22023),</p>
<p>· statistical area 3 (SA32023),</p>
<p>· urban rural (UR2023), urban rural indicator (IUR2023),</p>
<p>· territorial authority (TA2023), territorial authority local board (TALB2023)</p>
<p>· regional council (REGC2023),</p>
<p>· constituency (CON2023), Māori constituency (MCON2023),</p>
<p>· ward (WARD2023), Māori ward (MWARD2023),</p>
<p>· community board (CB2023), subdivision (TASUB2023),</p>
<p>· urban accessibility indicator (IUA2023).</p>
<p>· functional urban area (FUA2023), functional urban area indicator (IFUA2023), functional urban area type (TFUA2023).</p>
<p></p>
<p>For more information please refer to the <a href="https://www.stats.govt.nz/methods/statistical-standard-for-geographic-areas-2023">Statistical standard for geographic areas 2023</a>.</p>
<p></p>
<p>High definition version</p>
<p>This high definition (HD) version is the most detailed geometry, suitable for use in GIS for geometric analysis operations and for the computation of areas, centroids and other metrics. The HD version is aligned to the LINZ cadastre.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Macrons</p>
<p>Higher geography names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons, as applicable. Column names for those without macrons are suffixed ‘ascii’.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Digital data</p>
<p>Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 27 Nov 2023<br />
Updated: 27 Nov 2023<br />
Geographic Areas Table 2024tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2023-11:layers:1152272023-11-27T02:03:35.055059+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/table/115227-geographic-areas-table-2024/" title="Details for Geographic Areas Table 2024"><img src="https://assets.koordinates.com/kx-dandelion-live2-public/thumbs/layers/115227/394619/small.png" alt="Geographic Areas Table 2024 thumbnail"/></a><br />
<p>The geographic areas table 2024 is a downloadable csv file that classifies meshblocks into larger geographic areas, such as statistical areas, territorial authorities, and regional councils. You can use the areas file, also known as a concordance file, to see how the various geographic boundaries are related and how they have changed over time.</p>
<p>For each meshblock, there is a series of codes that link to any current meshblock-defined geographic area, as well as historic geographic areas. Concordance files are available from different years, to enable data for the same area classification to be compared over time.</p>
<p>The areas table can be used in conjunction with the geographic boundary layers available on Stats NZ's <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/">Geographic Data Service</a>.</p>
<p>Geographic areas tables for earlier years are also available on the Geographic Data Service.</p>
<p>Names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons, as applicable. Where a descriptor column contains names with macrons it is suffixed with ‘name’. The corresponding column containing values without macrons is suffixed with ‘name_ascii’.</p>
<p>From 2024 we are moving to a new process where geographies will only be created and published when they change. The year on the column name in the table shows the current version of that geography. Refer to <a href="https://www.stats.govt.nz/news/changes-to-the-geographic-boundaries-annual-release/">Changes to the geographic boundaries annual release</a> for more information.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 27 Nov 2023<br />
Geographic Areas File 2024 lookuptag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2023-11:document:248972023-11-27T01:48:22.074527+00:00
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: <br />
Updated: 27 Nov 2023<br />
Meshblock 2024tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2023-11:layers:1152252023-11-27T01:46:37.614582+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/115225-meshblock-2024/" title="Details for Meshblock 2024"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=115225.394617,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Meshblock 2024 thumbnail"/></a><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive of the annually released meshblock boundaries as at 1 January 2024 as defined by Stats NZ. This version contains 57,539 meshblocks, including 16 with empty or null geometries (non-digitised meshblocks).</p>
<p>Stats NZ maintains an annual meshblock pattern for collecting and producing statistical data. This allows data to be compared over time.</p>
<p>A meshblock is the smallest geographic unit for which statistical data is collected and processed by Stats NZ. A meshblock is a defined geographic area, which can vary in size from part of a city block to a large area of rural land. The optimal size for a meshblock is 30–60 dwellings (containing approximately 60–120 residents).</p>
<p>Each meshblock borders on another to form a network covering all of New Zealand, including coasts and inlets and extending out to the 200-mile economic zone (EEZ) and is digitised to the 12-mile (19.3km) limit. Meshblocks are added together to build up larger geographic areas such as statistical area 1 (SA1), statistical area 2 (SA2), statistical area 3 (SA3), and urban rural (UR). They are also used to define electoral districts, territorial authorities, and regional councils.</p>
<p>Meshblock boundaries generally follow road centrelines, cadastral property boundaries, or topographical features such as rivers. Expanses of water in the form of lakes and inlets are defined separately from land.</p>
<p><strong>Meshblock maintenance</strong></p>
<p>Meshblock boundaries are amended by:</p>
<ol>
<li>Splitting – subdividing a meshblock into two or more meshblocks. </li>
<li>Nudging – shifting a boundary to a more appropriate position.</li>
</ol>
<p>Reasons for meshblock splits and nudges can include:</p>
<p>· to maintain meshblock criteria rules.</p>
<p>· to improve the size balance of meshblocks in areas where there has been population growth</p>
<p>· to maintain alignment to cadastre and other geographic features.</p>
<p>· Stats NZ requests for boundary changes so that statistical geography boundaries can be moved</p>
<p>· external requests for boundary changes so that administrative or electoral boundaries can be moved</p>
<p>· to separate land and water. Mainland, inland water, islands, inlets, and oceanic are defined separately</p>
<p>Meshblock changes are made throughout the year. A major release is made at 1 January each year with ad hoc releases available to users at other times.</p>
<p>While meshblock boundaries are continually under review, 'freezes' on changes to the boundaries are applied periodically. Such 'freezes' are imposed at the time of population censuses and during periods of intense electoral activity, for example, prior and during general and local body elections.</p>
<p><strong>Meshblock numbering</strong></p>
<p>Meshblocks are not named and have seven-digit codes.</p>
<p>When meshblocks are split, each new meshblock is given a new code. The original meshblock codes no longer exist within that version and future versions of the meshblock classification. Meshblock codes do not change when a meshblock boundary is nudged.</p>
<p>Meshblocks that existed prior to 2015 and have not changed are numbered from 0000100 to 3210003. Meshblocks created from 2015 onwards are numbered from 4000000.</p>
<p><strong>Digitised and non-digitised meshblocks</strong></p>
<p>The digital geographic boundaries are defined and maintained by Stats NZ.</p>
<p>Meshblocks cover the land area of New Zealand, the water area to the 12mile limit, the Chatham Islands, Kermadec Islands, sub-Antarctic islands, offshore oil rigs, and Ross Dependency. The following 16 meshblocks are not held in digitised form.</p>
<p>Meshblock / Location (statistical area 2 name)</p>
<ul>
<li>0016901 / Oceanic Kermadec Islands </li>
<li>0016902 / Kermadec Islands </li>
<li>1588000 / Oceanic Oil Rig Taranaki </li>
<li>3166401 / Oceanic Campbell Island </li>
<li>3166402 / Campbell Island </li>
<li>3166600 / Oceanic Oil Rig Southland </li>
<li>3166710 / Oceanic Auckland Islands </li>
<li>3166711 / Auckland Islands </li>
<li>3195000 / Ross Dependency </li>
<li>3196001 / New Zealand Economic Zone </li>
<li>3196002 / Oceanic Bounty Islands </li>
<li>3196003 / Bounty Islands </li>
<li>3196004 / Oceanic Snares Islands </li>
<li>3196005 / Snares Island </li>
<li>3196006 / Oceanic Antipodes Islands </li>
<li>3196007 / Antipodes Island</li>
</ul>
<p></p>
<p>For more information please refer to<a href="https://www.stats.govt.nz/methods/statistical-standard-for-geographic-areas-2023"> the Statistical standard for geographic areas 2023.</a></p>
<p><strong>High definition version</strong></p>
<p>This high definition (HD) version is the most detailed geometry, suitable for use in GIS for geometric analysis operations and for the computation of areas, centroids and other metrics. The HD version is aligned to the LINZ cadastre.</p>
<p><strong>Digital Data</strong></p>
<p>Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 27 Nov 2023<br />
Meshblock with Regional Tourism Organisation Areas 2023tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2023-07:layers:1139492023-07-11T23:59:50.902197+00:002023-07-11T23:52:01.046491+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/113949-meshblock-with-regional-tourism-organisation-areas-2023/" title="Details for Meshblock with Regional Tourism Organisation Areas 2023"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=113949.387611,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Meshblock with Regional Tourism Organisation Areas 2023 thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 11 Jul 2023</strong><br />
<p>Regional tourism organisation boundaries are meshblock based and are created by dissolving groupings of ward and territorial authority areas. This version of regional tourism organisation boundaries is displayed at meshblock level (meshblock 2023) and extends to the 12 mile limit. It is concorded to the annual ward 2023 and territorial authority 2023 geographies. Regional tourism organisations are responsible for the promotion of their regions to prospective domestic and international visitors.</p>
<p>RTO label represents the trading name of the organisation responsible for a region’s tourism marketing and/or economic development. The label is provided with and without tohutō/macrons for ease of data processing.</p>
<p>Note: Not all 39 categories representing regional tourism organisation areas are currently operating as regional tourism organisations at the time of publishing. Those areas not operating as regional tourism organisations are: South Waikato, Kawerau, Rangitīkei, Tararua, Horowhenua, Ashburton and Waimate.</p>
<p>Fiordland includes Fiordland National Park, Manapouri, Te Anau, and Te Anau Downs areas with the rest of the area assigned to Southland. Where a regional tourism organisation area boundary crossed a meshblock the meshblock was assigned to whichever regional tourism organisation area the majority of the meshblock fell within.</p>
<p>Names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons. The name field without macrons is suffixed ‘ascii’.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 11 Jul 2023<br />
Updated: 11 Jul 2023<br />
Regional Tourism Organisation Areas 2023 Clippedtag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2023-07:layers:1139412023-07-11T00:03:20.888839+00:002023-07-10T23:51:40.487521+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/113941-regional-tourism-organisation-areas-2023-clipped/" title="Details for Regional Tourism Organisation Areas 2023 Clipped"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=113941.387568,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Regional Tourism Organisation Areas 2023 Clipped thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 10 Jul 2023</strong><br />
<p>Regional tourism organisation boundaries are meshblock based and were created by dissolving groupings of ward and territorial authority areas. This version of regional tourism organisation boundaries is clipped to the coastline and excludes those meshblocks that had a land/water attribute of Inlet or Oceanic. Regional tourism organisations are responsible for the promotion of their regions to prospective domestic and international visitors. This version has been developed with input from Regional Tourism New Zealand.</p>
<p>RTO label represents the trading name of the organisation responsible for a region’s tourism marketing and/or economic development. The label is provided with and without tohutō/macrons for ease of data processing.</p>
<p>Note: Not all 39 categories representing regional tourism organisation areas are currently operating as regional tourism organisations at the time of publishing. Those areas not operating as regional tourism organisations are: South Waikato, Kawerau, Rangitīkei, Tararua, Horowhenua, Ashburton and Waimate.</p>
<p>Fiordland includes Fiordland National Park, Manapouri, Te Anau, and Te Anau Downs areas with the rest of the area assigned to Southland. Where a regional tourism organisation area boundary crossed a meshblock the meshblock was assigned to whichever regional tourism organisation area the majority of the meshblock fell within.</p>
<p>The classification relating to this version can be viewed and downloaded from the Stats NZ classifications management system Ariā: <a href="https://aria.stats.govt.nz/aria/?_ga=2.146390580.1417365219.1688937147-1280245947.1684884544#ClassificationView:uri=http://stats.govt.nz/cms/ClassificationVersion/DZYKLkMQizrpA5y1">Regional Tourism Organisation Areas V5.0.0</a>.</p>
<p>Names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons. The name field without macrons is suffixed ‘ascii’.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 11 Jul 2023<br />
Updated: 10 Jul 2023<br />
Regional Tourism Organisation Areas 2023tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2023-07:layers:1139502023-07-12T00:24:37.044714+00:002023-07-12T00:22:39.574131+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/113950-regional-tourism-organisation-areas-2023/" title="Details for Regional Tourism Organisation Areas 2023"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=113950.387612,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Regional Tourism Organisation Areas 2023 thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 12 Jul 2023</strong><br />
<p>Regional tourism organisation boundaries are meshblock based and were created by dissolving groupings of ward and territorial authority areas. This version of regional tourism organisation boundaries extends to the 12-mile limit. Regional tourism organisations are responsible for the promotion of their regions to prospective domestic and international visitors. This version has been developed with input from Regional Tourism New Zealand.</p>
<p>RTO label represents the trading name of the organisation responsible for a region’s tourism marketing and/or economic development. The label is provided with and without tohutō/macrons for ease of data processing.</p>
<p>Note: Not all 39 categories representing regional tourism organisation areas are currently operating as regional tourism organisations at the time of publishing. Those areas not operating as regional tourism organisations are: South Waikato, Kawerau, Rangitīkei, Tararua, Horowhenua, Ashburton and Waimate.</p>
<p>Fiordland includes Fiordland National Park, Manapouri, Te Anau, and Te Anau Downs areas with the rest of the area assigned to Southland. Where a regional tourism organisation area boundary crossed a meshblock the meshblock was assigned to whichever regional tourism organisation area the majority of the meshblock fell within.</p>
<p>The classification relating to this version can be viewed and downloaded from the Stats NZ classifications management system Ariā: <a href="https://aria.stats.govt.nz/aria/?_ga=2.46267047.1417365219.1688937147-1280245947.1684884544#ClassificationView:uri=http://stats.govt.nz/cms/ClassificationVersion/DZYKLkMQizrpA5y1">Regional Tourism Organisation Areas V5.0.0</a>.</p>
<p>Names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons. The name field without macrons is suffixed ‘ascii’.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 12 Jul 2023<br />
Updated: 12 Jul 2023<br />
Meshblock Higher Geographies 2022 (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2021-12:layers:1067252021-12-02T04:07:02.348812+00:002023-05-26T03:47:37.046436+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/106725-meshblock-higher-geographies-2022-generalised/" title="Details for Meshblock Higher Geographies 2022 (generalised)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=106725.385518,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Meshblock Higher Geographies 2022 (generalised) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 26 May 2023</strong><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive set of meshblock boundaries concorded to higher geographies for 2022. This version contains 56,982 meshblocks, including 16 with empty or null geometries (non-digitised meshblocks). This Meshblock Higher Geographies 2022 file is a correspondence, or concordance, which relates meshblocks to larger geographic areas or 'higher geographies'. The higher geographies contained in this concordance are: community board (CB2021), constituency (CON2021), Māori constituency (MCON2021), Māori ward (MWARD2021), regional council (REGC2021), statistical area 1 (SA12021), statistical area 2 (SA22021), territorial authority local board (TALB2021), territorial authority (TA2021), subdivision (TASUB2021), urban accessibility indicator (IUA2021), urban rural (UR2021), urban rural indicator (IUR2021), and ward (WARD2021).</p>
<p>The following geographies were first introduced in 2018: statistical area 1 (SA1), statistical area 2 (SA2), urban rural (UR), and urban rural indicator (IUR)as part of the Statistical Standard for Geographic Areas 2018(SSGA18) which replaced the 1992 New Zealand Standard Areas Classification (NZSAC92). The Urban accessibility (UA) classification was introduced in 2020 and functional urban areas (FUAs) in 2021. Both geographies are based on UR2018 urban areas and rural SA1s.</p>
<p>Higher geography names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons, as applicable. Column names for those without macrons are suffixed ‘ascii’. For further information on individual higher geographies, refer to the individual geography’s metadata. This generalised version has been simplified for rapid drawing and is designed for thematic or web mapping purposes.</p>
<p></p>
<p>A link to the Geographic Areas Table 2022 can be found <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/table/106721-geographic-areas-table-2022/">here.</a></p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 02 Dec 2021<br />
Updated: 26 May 2023<br />
Meshblock Higher Geographies 2022 (high definition)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2021-12:layers:1067272021-12-02T04:25:35.580962+00:002023-05-26T03:11:14.062116+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/106727-meshblock-higher-geographies-2022-high-definition/" title="Details for Meshblock Higher Geographies 2022 (high definition)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=106727.385517,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Meshblock Higher Geographies 2022 (high definition) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 26 May 2023</strong><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive set of meshblock boundaries concorded to higher geographies for 2022. This version contains 56,982 meshblocks, including 16 with empty or null geometries (non-digitised meshblocks). This Meshblock Higher Geographies 2022 file is a correspondence, or concordance, which relates meshblocks to larger geographic areas or 'higher geographies'. The higher geographies contained in this concordance are: community board (CB2022), constituency (CON2022), Māori constituency (MCON2022), Māori ward (MWARD2022), regional council (REGC2022), statistical area 1 (SA12022), statistical area 2 (SA22022), territorial authority local board (TALB2022), territorial authority (TA2022), subdivision (TASUB20212), urban accessibility indicator (IUA2022), urban rural (UR2022), urban rural indicator (IUR2022), and ward (WARD2022).</p>
<p>The following geographies were first introduced in 2018: statistical area 1 (SA1), statistical area 2 (SA2), urban rural (UR), and urban rural indicator (IUR)as part of the Statistical Standard for Geographic Areas 2018(SSGA18) which replaced the 1992 New Zealand Standard Areas Classification (NZSAC92). The Urban accessibility (UA) classification was introduced in 2020 and functional urban areas (FUAs) in 2021. Both geographies are based on UR2018 urban areas and rural SA1s.</p>
<p>Higher geography names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons, as applicable. Column names for those without macrons are suffixed ‘ascii’.For further information on individual higher geographies, refer to the individual geography’s metadata.This high definition (HD) version is the most detailed geometry, suitable for use in GIS for geometric analysis operations and for the computation of areas, centroids and other metrics. The HD version is aligned to the LINZ cadastre.</p>
<p></p>
<p>A link to the Geographic Areas Table 2022 can be found <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/table/106721-geographic-areas-table-2022/">here.</a></p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 02 Dec 2021<br />
Updated: 26 May 2023<br />
Meshblock 2022 (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2021-12:layers:1067292021-12-02T04:45:59.626218+00:002023-05-26T02:58:59.129100+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/106729-meshblock-2022-generalised/" title="Details for Meshblock 2022 (generalised)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=106729.385516,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Meshblock 2022 (generalised) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 26 May 2023</strong><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive set of annually released meshblock boundaries for 2022 as defined by Stats NZ (the custodian). This version contains 56,982 meshblocks.</p>
<p>Stats NZ maintains an annual meshblock geography for collecting and producing statistical data. This allows data to be compared over time. A meshblock is the smallest geographic unit for which statistical data is collected and processed by Stats NZ. A meshblock is defined by a geographic area, which can vary in size from part of a city block to a large area of rural land. Each meshblock borders on another to form a network covering all of New Zealand, including coasts and inlets and extending out to the 200-mile economic zone. Meshblocks are added together to build up larger geographic areas such as statistical area 1 (SA1), statistical area 2 (SA2), and urban rural. They are also used to define electoral districts, territorial authorities, and regional councils.</p>
<p>The following 16 meshblocks are outside the 12-mile limit and are not held in digitised form: 0016901, 0016902, 1588000, 3166401, 3166402, 3166600, 3166710, 3166711, 3195000, 3196001, 3196002, 3196003, 3196004, 3196005, 3196006, 3196007.</p>
<p>This generalised version has been simplified for rapid drawing and is designed for thematic or web mapping purposes.</p>
<p>Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.</p>
<p>The meshblock classification can also be downloaded from the Stats NZ classification and concordance tool <a href="http://aria.stats.govt.nz/aria/#ClassificationSearch:q=meshblock&facet.lifecycle=1&fl=name,abb&sort=relevance-&start=0&rows=20">Ariā</a>.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 02 Dec 2021<br />
Updated: 26 May 2023<br />
Meshblock 2022 Clipped (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2021-12:layers:1067232021-12-02T03:48:09.699139+00:002023-05-26T02:43:03.897631+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/106723-meshblock-2022-clipped-generalised/" title="Details for Meshblock 2022 Clipped (generalised)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=106723.385515,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Meshblock 2022 Clipped (generalised) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 26 May 2023</strong><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive set of annually released meshblock boundaries for 2022 as defined by Stats NZ (the custodian). This version contains 56,314 meshblocks, clipped to the coastline. This clipped version has been created for map creation/cartographic purposes and so does not fully represent the official full extent boundaries.</p>
<p>Stats NZ maintains an annual meshblock geography for collecting and producing statistical data. This allows data to be compared over time. A meshblock is the smallest geographic unit for which statistical data is collected and processed by Stats NZ. A meshblock is defined by a geographic area, which can vary in size from part of a city block to a large area of rural land. Each meshblock borders on another to form a network covering all of New Zealand, including coasts and inlets and extending out to the 200-mile economic zone.</p>
<p>This clipped version includes meshblocks for the land area of New Zealand. It does not include the water area to the 12-mile limit, the Chatham Islands, Kermadec Islands, sub-Antarctic islands, off-shore oil rigs, or Ross Dependency. Meshblocks are added together to build up larger geographic areas such as statistical area 1 (SA1), statistical area 2 (SA2), and urban rural. They are also used to define electoral districts, territorial authorities, and regional councils.</p>
<p>The following 16 meshblocks are outside the 12 mile limit and are not held in digitised form: 0016901, 0016902, 1588000, 3166401, 3166402, 3166600, 3166710, 3166711, 3195000, 3196001, 3196002, 3196003, 3196004, 3196005, 3196006, 3196007.</p>
<p>This generalised version has been simplified for rapid drawing and is designed for thematic or web mapping purposes.</p>
<p>Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.</p>
<p>The meshblock classification can also be downloaded from the Stats NZ classification and concordance tool <a href="http://aria.stats.govt.nz/aria/#ClassificationSearch:q=meshblock&facet.lifecycle=1&fl=name,abb&sort=relevance-&start=0&rows=20">Ariā</a>.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 02 Dec 2021<br />
Updated: 26 May 2023<br />
Meshblock 2022 (Centroid Inside)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2021-12:layers:1067182021-12-01T23:37:24.259294+00:002023-05-25T04:40:40.499663+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/106718-meshblock-2022-centroid-inside/" title="Details for Meshblock 2022 (Centroid Inside)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=106718.385480,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Meshblock 2022 (Centroid Inside) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 25 May 2023</strong><br />
<p>This dataset contains the inside centroid point layer for the annually released meshblock boundaries for 2022 as defined by Stats NZ (the custodian). The "inside" centroid is a point which always falls inside each meshblock polygon as this is often desirable. The placement of the point is typically in the widest part of the polygon.</p>
<p>The algorithms used are proprietary to ESRI and are related to label placement. Note that the "inside" centroid is NOT always the same as the center of gravity ("true" centroid) of the polygon as in some situations the true centroid may fall outside the meshblock polygon.</p>
<p>The dataset contains the EASTING and NORTHING attributes of the centroid point in NZGD2000 New Zealand Transverse Mercator (EPSG:2193) and LATITUDE and LONGITUDE of the centroid point in decimal degrees in WGS1984 (EPSG:4326) projection. Non-digitised meshblocks cannot have a centroid.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 01 Dec 2021<br />
Updated: 25 May 2023<br />
Meshblock 2022 (Centroid True)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2021-12:layers:1067162021-12-01T23:27:53.228564+00:002023-05-25T03:44:01.568007+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/106716-meshblock-2022-centroid-true/" title="Details for Meshblock 2022 (Centroid True)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=106716.385478,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Meshblock 2022 (Centroid True) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 25 May 2023</strong><br />
<p>This dataset contains the true centroid point layer for the annually released meshblock boundaries for 2022 as defined by Stats NZ (the custodian). The "true" centroid is the centre of mass of that polygon, such that if some flat substance of uniform thickness and density were cut into the shape of that polygon, then that object would balance at the centroid.</p>
<p>The centroid is a useful way of summarizing the locations of a set of polygons as points, particularly when used for comparative analysis. Note that the centroid could potentially fall outside the meshblock polygon, depending on the shape of the polygon.</p>
<p>The dataset contains the EASTING and NORTHING attributes of the centroid point in NZGD2000 New Zealand Transverse Mercator (EPSG:2193) and LATITUDE and LONGITUDE of the centroid point in decimal degrees in WGS1984 (EPSG:4326) projection. Non-digitised meshblocks cannot have a centroid.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 01 Dec 2021<br />
Updated: 25 May 2023<br />
Geographic Areas Table 2021tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2020-12:layers:1051722020-12-07T21:24:21.522952+00:002023-01-19T23:16:50.730785+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/table/105172-geographic-areas-table-2021/" title="Details for Geographic Areas Table 2021"><img src="https://assets.koordinates.com/kx-dandelion-live2-public/thumbs/layers/105172/378721/small.png" alt="Geographic Areas Table 2021 thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 19 Jan 2023</strong><br />
<p>The geographic areas file 2021 is a text file that classifies meshblocks into larger geographic areas, such as statistical area 2s, territorial authorities, and regional councils. You can use the areas file, also known as a concordance file, to see how the various geographic boundaries are related.</p>
<p>For each meshblock, there is a series of codes that link to any meshblock-defined geographic area. All areas are set as at 1 January of the specified year. Concordance files are available from different years, to enable data for the same area classification to be compared over time.</p>
<p>The areas file can be used in conjunction with the geographic boundary files available on Stats NZ's <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/">Geographic Data Service</a>.</p>
<p>Geographic areas files for earlier years are also available on Stats NZ’s Geographic Data Service.</p>
<p>From 2020 onwards, names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons, as applicable. Where a descriptor column has a macron, the corresponding column name without a macron is suffixed with ‘ascii’.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 07 Dec 2020<br />
Updated: 19 Jan 2023<br />
Meshblock Higher Geographies 2023 (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-12:layers:1112242022-12-01T22:30:06.096587+00:002022-12-01T22:15:35.699688+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/111224-meshblock-higher-geographies-2023-generalised/" title="Details for Meshblock Higher Geographies 2023 (generalised)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=111224.375806,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Meshblock Higher Geographies 2023 (generalised) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 01 Dec 2022</strong><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released meshblock boundaries concorded to higher geographies as at 1 January 2023. This version contains 57,539 meshblocks, including 16 with empty or null geometries (non-digitised meshblocks).</p>
<p></p>
<p>Statistical geographies introduced since 2018 are:</p>
<p></p>
<p>2018: statistical area 1 (SA1), statistical area 2 (SA2), urban rural (UR), urban rural indicator (IUR) as part of the Statistical Standard for Geographic Areas 2018 (SSGA18) which replaced the 1992 New Zealand Standard Areas Classification (NZSAC92),</p>
<p></p>
<p>2020: urban accessibility indicator (IUA),</p>
<p></p>
<p>2021: functional urban area (FUA), functional urban area indicator (IFUA), functional urban area type (TFUA),</p>
<p></p>
<p>2023: statistical area 3 (SA3).</p>
<p></p>
<p>The higher geographies contained in this concordance are: meshblock (MB), landwater (LANDWATER),</p>
<p>statistical area 1 (SA1),</p>
<p>statistical area 2 (SA2),</p>
<p>statistical area 3 (SA3),</p>
<p>urban rural (UR), urban rural indicator (IUR), urban accessibility indicator (IUA),</p>
<p>functional urban area (FUA), functional urban area indicator (IFUA), functional urban area type (TFUA),</p>
<p>territorial authority (TA), territorial authority and local board (TALB),</p>
<p>regional council (REGC), constituency (CON), Māori constituency (MCON),</p>
<p>ward (WARD), Māori ward (MWARD),</p>
<p>community board (CB), subdivision (TASUB).</p>
<p></p>
<p>For more information please refer to the <a href="https://www.stats.govt.nz/methods/statistical-standard-for-geographic-areas-2023">Statistical standard for geographic areas 2023.</a></p>
<p>A link to the Geographic Areas Table 2023 can be found <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/table/111243-geographic-areas-table-2023/">here.</a></p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Generalised version</strong></p>
<p>This generalised version has been simplified for rapid drawing and is designed for thematic or web mapping purposes.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Macrons</strong></p>
<p>Names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons. The column name for those without macrons is suffixed ‘ascii’.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Digital data</strong></p>
<p>Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 01 Dec 2022<br />
Updated: 01 Dec 2022<br />
Statistical Area 2 2023 (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-12:layers:1112272022-12-01T22:34:54.653098+00:002022-12-01T22:32:40.464555+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/111227-statistical-area-2-2023-generalised/" title="Details for Statistical Area 2 2023 (generalised)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=111227.375809,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Statistical Area 2 2023 (generalised) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 01 Dec 2022</strong><br />
<p><strong>Statistical Area 2 2023 update</strong></p>
<p>SA2 2023 is the first major update of the geography since it was first created in 2018. The update is to ensure SA2s are relevant and meet criteria before each five-yearly population and dwelling census. SA2 2023 contains 135 new SA2s. Updates were made to reflect real world change of population and dwelling growth mainly in urban areas, and to make some improvements to their delineation of communities of interest.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Description</strong></p>
<p>This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released statistical area 2 (SA2) boundaries as at 1 January 2023 as defined by Stats NZ. This version contains 2,395 SA2s (2,379 digitised and 16 with empty or null geometries (non-digitised)).</p>
<p></p>
<p>SA2 is an output geography that provides higher aggregations of population data than can be provided at the statistical area 1 (SA1) level. The SA2 geography aims to reflect communities that interact together socially and economically. In populated areas, SA2s generally contain similar sized populations.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The SA2 should:</p>
<p>form a contiguous cluster of one or more SA1s,</p>
<p>excluding exceptions below, allow the release of multivariate statistics with minimal data suppression,</p>
<p>capture a similar type of area, such as a high-density urban area, farmland, wilderness area, and water area,</p>
<p>be socially homogeneous and capture a community of interest. It may have, for example:</p>
<p></p>
<ul>
<li>a shared road network, </li>
<li>shared community facilities, </li>
<li>shared historical or social links, or </li>
<li>socio-economic similarity,</li>
</ul>
<p></p>
<p>form a nested hierarchy with statistical output geographies and administrative boundaries. It must:</p>
<p></p>
<ul>
<li>be built from SA1s, </li>
<li>either define or aggregate to define SA3s, urban areas, territorial authorities, and regional councils.</li>
</ul>
<p></p>
<p>SA2s in city council areas generally have a population of 2,000–4,000 residents while SA2s in district council areas generally have a population of 1,000–3,000 residents.</p>
<p></p>
<p>In major urban areas, an SA2 or a group of SA2s often approximates a single suburb. In rural areas, rural settlements are included in their respective SA2 with the surrounding rural area.</p>
<p></p>
<p>SA2s in urban areas where there is significant business and industrial activity, for example ports, airports, industrial, commercial, and retail areas, often have fewer than 1,000 residents. These SA2s are useful for analysing business demographics, labour markets, and commuting patterns.</p>
<p></p>
<p>In rural areas, some SA2s have fewer than 1,000 residents because they are in conservation areas or contain sparse populations that cover a large area.</p>
<p></p>
<p>To minimise suppression of population data, small islands with zero or low populations close to the mainland, and marinas are generally included in their adjacent land-based SA2.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Zero or nominal population SA2s</strong></p>
<p>To ensure that the SA2 geography covers all of New Zealand and aligns with New Zealand’s topography and local government boundaries, some SA2s have zero or nominal populations. These include:</p>
<p></p>
<ul>
<li>SA2s where territorial authority boundaries straddle regional council boundaries. These SA2s each have fewer than 200 residents and are: Arahiwi, Tiroa, Rangataiki, Kaimanawa, Taharua, Te More, Ngamatea, Whangamomona, and Mara. </li>
<li>SA2s created for single islands or groups of islands that are some distance from the mainland or to separate large unpopulated islands from urban areas </li>
<li>SA2s that represent inland water, inlets or oceanic areas including: inland lakes larger than 50 square kilometres, harbours larger than 40 square kilometres, major ports, other non-contiguous inlets and harbours defined by territorial authority, and contiguous oceanic areas defined by regional council. </li>
<li>SA2s for non-digitised oceanic areas, offshore oil rigs, islands, and the Ross Dependency. Each SA2 is represented by a single meshblock. The following 16 SA2s are held in non-digitised form (SA2 code; SA2 name):</li>
</ul>
<p>400001; New Zealand Economic Zone, 400002; Oceanic Kermadec Islands, 400003; Kermadec Islands, 400004; Oceanic Oil Rig Taranaki, 400005; Oceanic Campbell Island, 400006; Campbell Island, 400007; Oceanic Oil Rig Southland, 400008; Oceanic Auckland Islands, 400009; Auckland Islands, 400010 ; Oceanic Bounty Islands, 400011; Bounty Islands, 400012; Oceanic Snares Islands, 400013; Snares Islands, 400014; Oceanic Antipodes Islands, 400015; Antipodes Islands, 400016; Ross Dependency.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>SA2 numbering and naming</strong></p>
<p>Each SA2 is a single geographic entity with a name and a numeric code. The name refers to a geographic feature or a recognised place name or suburb. In some instances where place names are the same or very similar, the SA2s are differentiated by their territorial authority name, for example, Gladstone (Carterton District) and Gladstone (Invercargill City).</p>
<p></p>
<p>SA2 codes have six digits. North Island SA2 codes start with a 1 or 2, South Island SA2 codes start with a 3 and non-digitised SA2 codes start with a 4. They are numbered approximately north to south within their respective territorial authorities. To ensure the north–south code pattern is maintained, the SA2 codes were given 00 for the last two digits when the geography was created in 2018. When SA2 names or boundaries change only the last two digits of the code will change.</p>
<p></p>
<p>For more information please refer to the<a href="https://www.stats.govt.nz/methods/statistical-standard-for-geographic-areas-2023"> Statistical standard for geographic areas 2023.</a></p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Generalised version</strong></p>
<p>This generalised version has been simplified for rapid drawing and is designed for thematic or web mapping purposes.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Macrons</strong></p>
<p>Names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons. The column name for those without macrons is suffixed ‘ascii’.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Digital data</strong></p>
<p>Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.</p>
<p></p>
<p>To download geographic classifications in table formats such as CSV please use <a href="https://aria.stats.govt.nz/aria/">Ariā</a></p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 01 Dec 2022<br />
Updated: 01 Dec 2022<br />
Geographic Areas Table 2023tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-12:layers:1112432022-12-06T00:34:19.465186+00:002022-12-06T00:18:15.657542+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/table/111243-geographic-areas-table-2023/" title="Details for Geographic Areas Table 2023"><img src="https://assets.koordinates.com/kx-dandelion-live2-public/thumbs/layers/111243/376001/small.png" alt="Geographic Areas Table 2023 thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 06 Dec 2022</strong><br />
<p>The geographic areas file 2023 is a text file that classifies meshblocks into larger geographic areas, such as statistical areas, territorial authorities, and regional councils. You can use the areas file, also known as a concordance file, to see how the various geographic boundaries are related.</p>
<p>For each meshblock, there is a series of codes that link to any meshblock-defined geographic area. All areas are set as at 1 January of the specified year. Concordance files are available from different years, to enable data for the same area classification to be compared over time.</p>
<p>The areas file can be used in conjunction with the geographic boundary files available on Stats NZ's <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/">Geographic Data Service</a>.</p>
<p>Geographic areas files for earlier years are also available on Stats NZ’s Geographic Data Service.</p>
<p>From 2020 onwards, names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons, as applicable. Where a descriptor column has a macron, the corresponding column name without a macron is suffixed with ‘ascii’.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 06 Dec 2022<br />
Updated: 06 Dec 2022<br />
Statistical Area 1 Higher Geographies 2023 (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-12:layers:1112372022-12-05T22:27:05.809992+00:002022-12-05T22:21:57.349011+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/111237-statistical-area-1-higher-geographies-2023-generalised/" title="Details for Statistical Area 1 Higher Geographies 2023 (generalised)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=111237.375995,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Statistical Area 1 Higher Geographies 2023 (generalised) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 05 Dec 2022</strong><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive set of statistical area 1 (SA1) boundaries concorded to higher geographies for 2023. This version contains 33,164 SA1s, including 16 with empty or null geometries (non-digitised SA1s).</p>
<p></p>
<p>SA1 is an output geography that allows the release of more detailed information about population characteristics than is available at the meshblock level.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Built by joining meshblocks, SA1s have an ideal size range of 100–200 residents, and a maximum population of about 500. This is to minimise suppression of population data in multivariate statistics tables.</p>
<p></p>
<p>This SA1 higher geographies 2023 file is a correspondence, or concordance, which relates SA1s to larger geographic areas or 'higher geographies'. The higher geographies contained in this concordance are: statistical area 2 (SA22023), statistical area 3 (SA32023), urban rural (UR2023), and urban rural indicator (IUR2023), urban accessibility indicator (IUA), functional urban area (FUA), indicator functional urban area (IFUA) and functional urban area type (TFUA), territorial authority (TA2023), and regional council (REGC2023). The geography <a href="https://www.stats.govt.nz/methods/urban-accessibility-methodology-and-classification">urban accessibility indicator (IUA)</a>, was first published in 2020 and added to this concordance in 2022.</p>
<p></p>
<p>For more information please refer to the <a href="https://www.stats.govt.nz/methods/statistical-standard-for-geographic-areas-2023">Statistical standard for geographic areas 2023</a>.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Generalised version</strong></p>
<p>This generalised version has been simplified for rapid drawing and is designed for thematic or web mapping purposes.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Macrons</strong></p>
<p>Names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons. The column name for those without macrons is suffixed ‘ascii’.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Digital data</strong></p>
<p>Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.</p>
<p></p>
<p>To download geographic classifications in table formats such as CSV please use <a href="https://aria.stats.govt.nz/aria/">Ariā</a></p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 05 Dec 2022<br />
Updated: 05 Dec 2022<br />
Meshblock Higher Geographies 2023 (high definition)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-12:layers:1112252022-12-01T22:40:51.040315+00:002022-12-01T22:22:27.654171+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/111225-meshblock-higher-geographies-2023-high-definition/" title="Details for Meshblock Higher Geographies 2023 (high definition)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=111225.375807,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Meshblock Higher Geographies 2023 (high definition) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 01 Dec 2022</strong><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released meshblock boundaries concorded to higher geographies as at 1 January 2023. This version contains 57,539 meshblocks, including 16 with empty or null geometries (non-digitised meshblocks).</p>
<p>Statistical geographies introduced since 2018 are:</p>
<p></p>
<p>2018: statistical area 1 (SA1), statistical area 2 (SA2), urban rural (UR), urban rural indicator (IUR) as part of the Statistical Standard for Geographic Areas 2018 (SSGA18) which replaced the 1992 New Zealand Standard Areas Classification (NZSAC92),</p>
<p></p>
<p>2020: urban accessibility indicator (IUA),</p>
<p></p>
<p>2021: functional urban area (FUA), functional urban area indicator (IFUA), functional urban area type (TFUA),</p>
<p></p>
<p>2023: statistical area 3 (SA3).</p>
<p></p>
<p>The higher geographies contained in this concordance are: meshblock (MB), landwater (LANDWATER),</p>
<p>statistical area 1 (SA1),</p>
<p>statistical area 2 (SA2),</p>
<p>statistical area 3 (SA3),</p>
<p>urban rural (UR), urban rural indicator (IUR), urban accessibility indicator (IUA),</p>
<p>functional urban area (FUA), functional urban area indicator (IFUA), functional urban area type (TFUA),</p>
<p>territorial authority (TA), territorial authority and local board (TALB),</p>
<p>regional council (REGC), constituency (CON), Māori constituency (MCON),</p>
<p>ward (WARD), Māori ward (MWARD),</p>
<p>community board (CB), subdivision (TASUB).</p>
<p></p>
<p>For more information please refer to the <a href="https://www.stats.govt.nz/methods/statistical-standard-for-geographic-areas-2023">Statistical standard for geographic areas 2023.</a></p>
<p>A link to the Geographic Areas Table 2022 can be found <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/table/111243-geographic-areas-table-2023/">here.</a></p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>High definition version</strong></p>
<p>This high definition (HD) version is the most detailed geometry, suitable for use in GIS for geometric analysis operations and for the computation of areas, centroids and other metrics. The HD version is aligned to the LINZ</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Macrons</strong></p>
<p>Names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons. The column name for those without macrons is suffixed ‘ascii’.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Digital data</strong></p>
<p>Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 01 Dec 2022<br />
Updated: 01 Dec 2022<br />
Functional Urban Area 2023 Clipped (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-11:layers:1112002022-11-30T23:51:40.757521+00:002022-11-30T23:47:11.321151+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/111200-functional-urban-area-2023-clipped-generalised/" title="Details for Functional Urban Area 2023 Clipped (generalised)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=111200.375776,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Functional Urban Area 2023 Clipped (generalised) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 30 Nov 2022</strong><br />
<p><strong>2023 Functional Urban Area update</strong></p>
<p>For the 2023 FUA, there have been minor updates from the 2018 FUAs to align with changes to urban rural (UR) boundaries and statistical area 1 (SA1) composition. FUA 2023 is still based on the analysis of 2018 Census of Population and Dwellings commuting data. The Wanaka urban area, whose population has grown to be more than 10,000 based on population estimates, has been reclassified to a medium urban area in the 2023 UR and a medium regional centre in the FUA type.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Description</strong></p>
<p>This dataset is the definitive version of the Functional Urban Area boundaries as at 1 January 2023, as defined by Stats NZ.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The functional urban area (FUA) classification identifies small urban areas and rural areas that are integrated with major, large, and medium urban areas to create FUAs. In 2023, there are 53 FUAs,excluding ‘land area outside functional urban area’ (9001) and ‘water area outside functional urban area’ (9002). The FUA classificationuses the urban rural (UR) geography to demarcate urban areas, and statistical area 1 areas(SA1s) to demarcate surrounding hinterland (the commuting zone) within FUAs, and rural and water areas outside FUAs.</p>
<p></p>
<p>FUAs represent a populated urban core/s and its commuting zone. Workplace address and usual residence address data from the 2018 Census of Population and Dwellings were used to identify satellite urban areas (1,000–4,999 residents), rural settlements and other rural SA1s from which at least 40 percent of workers commuted to urban areas with more than 5,000 residents.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>FUA numbering and naming</strong></p>
<p>The FUA classification identifies FUAs by the name of the most highly populated urban area it contains, for example, the Christchurch FUA includes the Christchurch urban core and Rangiora, Kaiapoi, and Rolleston secondary urban cores. There is one exception to the naming rule. The Paraparaumu-Waikanae-Paekakariki conurbation and surrounding hinterland is named Kapiti Coast.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The FUA classification has a two-level hierarchical structure, joined together to create each FUA code. Level 1 is classified by FUA type (TFUA) a one-digit code and level 2, which has three-digit codes numbered approximately north to south. Some examples are: 1001 Auckland, 2001 Whangārei, 3001 Cambridge, and 4001 Kaitāia.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>FUA type (TFUA)</strong></p>
<p>FUAs are further categorised by population size. The urban core’s population rather than the entire FUA’s population is used to maintain consistency between the descriptions of UR urban area and FUA type. The categories are, by code:</p>
<p></p>
<p>1 Metropolitan area – more than 100,000 residents living in the urban core,</p>
<p>2 Large regional centre – urban core population 30,000–99,999,</p>
<p>3 Medium regional centre – urban core population 10,000–29,999,</p>
<p>4 Small regional centre – urban core population 5,000–9,999, and,</p>
<p>9 Area outside functional urban area.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The Greymouth urban area population is less than 10,000 but is classified as a medium regional centre, consistent with its treatment as a medium urban area in the UA classification.</p>
<p></p>
<p>To differentiate from the UR classification, when referring to FUAs by name, their FUA type should also be mentioned, for example, Christchurch metropolitan area, Whangarei regional centre.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>FUA indicator (IFUA)</strong></p>
<p>The IFUA classifies UR2023 urban areas and rural SA1s according to their character within their FUA. The indicators, with their codes in brackets, are:</p>
<p>• urban area within functional urban area – urban core (101), secondary urban core (102), satellite urban area (103),</p>
<p>• rural area within functional urban area – hinterland (201),</p>
<p>• area outside functional urban area – land area outside functional urban area (901), water area outside functional urban area (902).</p>
<p></p>
<p>Further information on the urban rural indicator is available on the Stats NZ classification tool <a href="https://aria-prod.stats.govt.nz/aria/#ClassificationSearch:q=indicator%2520functional%2520urban%2520area&facet.lifecycle=1&fl=name,abb&sort=relevance-&start=0&rows=20">Ariā</a>.</p>
<p>For more information please refer to the <a href="https://www.stats.govt.nz/methods/statistical-standard-for-geographic-areas-2023">Statistical standard for geographic areas 2023.</a></p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Clipped version</strong></p>
<p>This clipped version has been created for cartographic purposes and so does not fully represent the official full extent boundaries.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Macrons</strong></p>
<p>Names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons. The column name for those without macrons is suffixed ‘ascii’.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Digital data</strong></p>
<p>Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.</p>
<p></p>
<p>To download geographic classifications in table formats such as CSV please use <a href="https://aria.stats.govt.nz/aria/">Ariā</a></p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 30 Nov 2022<br />
Updated: 30 Nov 2022<br />
Functional Urban Area 2023 (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-12:layers:1112702022-12-07T00:16:22.587841+00:002022-12-07T00:11:09.090212+00:00
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<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 07 Dec 2022</strong><br />
<p><strong>2023 Functional Urban Area update</strong></p>
<p>For the 2023 FUA, there have been minor updates from the 2018 FUAs to align with changes to urban rural (UR) boundaries and statistical area 1 (SA1) composition. FUA 2023 is still based on the analysis of 2018 Census of Population and Dwellings commuting data. The Wanaka urban area, whose population has grown to be more than 10,000 based on population estimates, has been reclassified to a medium urban area in the 2023 UR and a medium regional centre in the FUA type.</p>
<p><strong>Description</strong></p>
<p>This dataset is the definitive version of the Functional Urban Area boundaries as at 1 January 2023, as defined by Stats NZ.</p>
<p>The functional urban area (FUA) classification identifies small urban areas and rural areas that are integrated with major, large, and medium urban areas to create FUAs. In 2023, there are 53 FUAs,excluding ‘land area outside functional urban area’ (9001) and ‘water area outside functional urban area’ (9002). The FUA classificationuses the urban rural (UR) geography to demarcate urban areas, and statistical area 1 areas(SA1s) to demarcate surrounding hinterland (the commuting zone) within FUAs, and rural and water areas outside FUAs.</p>
<p>FUAs represent a populated urban core/s and its commuting zone. Workplace address and usual residence address data from the 2018 Census of Population and Dwellings were used to identify satellite urban areas (1,000–4,999 residents), rural settlements and other rural SA1s from which at least 40 percent of workers commuted to urban areas with more than 5,000 residents.</p>
<p><strong>FUA numbering and naming</strong></p>
<p>The FUA classification identifies FUAs by the name of the most highly populated urban area it contains, for example, the Christchurch FUA includes the Christchurch urban core and Rangiora, Kaiapoi, and Rolleston secondary urban cores. There is one exception to the naming rule. The Paraparaumu-Waikanae-Paekakariki conurbation and surrounding hinterland is named Kapiti Coast.</p>
<p>The FUA classification has a two-level hierarchical structure, joined together to create each FUA code. Level 1 is classified by FUA type (TFUA) a one-digit code and level 2, which has three-digit codes numbered approximately north to south. Some examples are: 1001 Auckland, 2001 Whangārei, 3001 Cambridge, and 4001 Kaitāia.</p>
<p><strong>FUA type (TFUA)</strong></p>
<p>FUAs are further categorised by population size. The urban core’s population rather than the entire FUA’s population is used to maintain consistency between the descriptions of UR urban area and FUA type. The categories are, by code:</p>
<p>1 Metropolitan area – more than 100,000 residents living in the urban core,</p>
<p>2 Large regional centre – urban core population 30,000–99,999,</p>
<p>3 Medium regional centre – urban core population 10,000–29,999,</p>
<p>4 Small regional centre – urban core population 5,000–9,999, and,</p>
<p>9 Area outside functional urban area.</p>
<p>The Greymouth urban area population is less than 10,000 but is classified as a medium regional centre, consistent with its treatment as a medium urban area in the UA classification.</p>
<p>To differentiate from the UR classification, when referring to FUAs by name, their FUA type should also be mentioned, for example, Christchurch metropolitan area, Whangarei regional centre.</p>
<p><strong>FUA indicator (IFUA)</strong></p>
<p>The IFUA classifies UR2023 urban areas and rural SA1s according to their character within their FUA. The indicators, with their codes in brackets, are:</p>
<p>• urban area within functional urban area – urban core (101), secondary urban core (102), satellite urban area (103),</p>
<p>• rural area within functional urban area – hinterland (201),</p>
<p>• area outside functional urban area – land area outside functional urban area (901), water area outside functional urban area (902).</p>
<p></p>
<p>Further information on the urban rural indicator is available on the Stats NZ classification tool <a href="https://aria-prod.stats.govt.nz/aria/#ClassificationSearch:q=indicator%2520functional%2520urban%2520area&facet.lifecycle=1&fl=name,abb&sort=relevance-&start=0&rows=20">Ariā</a>.</p>
<p>For more information please refer to the <a href="https://www.stats.govt.nz/methods/statistical-standard-for-geographic-areas-2023">Statistical standard for geographic areas 2023.</a></p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Generalised version</strong></p>
<p>This generalised version has been simplified for rapid drawing and is designed for thematic or web mapping purposes.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Macrons</strong></p>
<p>Names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons. The column name for those without macrons is suffixed ‘ascii’.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Digital data</strong></p>
<p>Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 07 Dec 2022<br />
Updated: 07 Dec 2022<br />
Urban Rural 2023 (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-11:layers:1111982022-11-30T23:31:43.471003+00:002022-11-30T23:29:37.702788+00:00
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<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 30 Nov 2022</strong><br />
<p><strong>Urban rural 2023 update</strong></p>
<p>UR 2023 is the first major update of the geography since it was first created in 2018. The update is to ensure UR geographies are relevant and meet criteria before each five-yearly population and dwelling census. UR 2023 contains 13 new rural settlements and 7 new small urban areas. Updates were made to reflect real world change including new subdivisions and motorways, and to improve delineation of urban areas and rural settlements. The Wānaka urban area, whose population has grown to be more than 10,000 based on population estimates, has been reclassified to a medium urban area in the 2023 urban rural indicator.</p>
<p></p>
<p>In the 2023 classification there are:</p>
<ul>
<li>7 major urban areas </li>
<li>13 large urban areas </li>
<li>23 medium urban areas </li>
<li>152 small urban areas </li>
<li>402 rural settlements.</li>
</ul>
<p></p>
<p>This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released urban rural (UR) boundaries as at 1 January 2023 as defined by Stats NZ. This version contains 745 UR areas, including 195 urban areas and 402 rural settlements.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Urban rural (UR) is an output geography that classifies New Zealand into areas that share common urban or rural characteristics and is used to disseminate a broad range of Stats NZ’s social, demographic and economic statistics.</p>
<p>The UR separately identifies urban areas, rural settlements, other rural areas, and water areas. Urban areas and rural settlements are form-based geographies delineated by the inspection of aerial imagery, local government land designations on district plan maps, address registers, property title data, and any other available information. However, because the underlying meshblock pattern is used to define the geographies, boundaries may not align exactly with local government land designations or what can be seen in aerial images. Other rural areas, and bodies of water represent areas not included within an urban area.</p>
<p>Urban areas are built from the statistical area 2 (SA2) geography, while rural and water areas are built from the statistical area 1 (SA1) geography.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Non-digitised</strong></p>
<p>The following 4 non-digitised UR areas have been aggregated from the 16 non-digitised meshblocks/SA2s.</p>
<p>6901; Oceanic outside region, 6902; Oceanic oil rigs, 6903; Islands outside region, 6904; Ross Dependency outside region.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>UR numbering and naming</strong></p>
<p>Each urban area and rural settlement is a single geographic entity with a name and a numeric code.</p>
<p>Other rural areas, inland water areas, and inlets are defined by territorial authority; oceanic areas are defined by regional council; and each have a name and a numeric code.</p>
<p>Urban rural codes have four digits. North Island locations start with a 1, South Island codes start with a 2, oceanic codes start with a 6 and non-digitised codes start with 69.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Urban rural indicator (IUR)</strong></p>
<p>The accompanying urban rural indicator (IUR) classifies the urban, rural, and water areas by type. Urban areas are further classified by the size of their estimated resident population:</p>
<ul>
<li>major urban area – 100,000 or more residents, </li>
<li>large urban area – 30,000–99,999 residents, </li>
<li>medium urban area – 10,000–29,999 residents, </li>
<li>small urban area – 1,000–9,999 residents.</li>
</ul>
<p></p>
<p>This was based on 2018 Census data and 2021 population estimates. Their IUR status (urban area size/rural settlement) may change if the 2023 Census population count moves them up or down a category.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The indicators, by name, with their codes in brackets, are:</p>
<p>urban area – major urban (11), large urban (12), medium urban (13), small urban (14),</p>
<p>rural area – rural settlement (21), rural other (22),</p>
<p>water – inland water (31), inlet (32), oceanic (33).</p>
<p></p>
<p>The urban rural indicator complements the urban rural geography and is an attribute in this dataset. Further information on the urban rural indicator is available on the Stats NZ classification and coding tool <a href="http://aria-prod/cms-gwt-snz/#ClassificationSearch:q=urban%2520rural%2520indicator&facet.lifecycle=1&fl=name,abb&sort=relevance-&start=0&rows=20">ARIA</a>.</p>
<p></p>
<p>For more information please refer to the <a href="https://www.stats.govt.nz/methods/statistical-standard-for-geographic-areas-2023">Statistical standard for geographic areas 2023</a>.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Generalised version</strong></p>
<p>This generalised version has been simplified for rapid drawing and is designed for thematic or web mapping purposes.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Macrons</strong></p>
<p>Names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons. The column name for those without macrons is suffixed ‘ascii’.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Digital data</strong></p>
<p>Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.</p>
<p>To download geographic classifications in table formats such as CSV please use <a href="https://aria.stats.govt.nz/aria/">Ariā</a></p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 30 Nov 2022<br />
Updated: 30 Nov 2022<br />
Urban Rural 2023 Clipped (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-11:layers:1111962022-11-30T23:20:45.370664+00:002022-11-30T23:18:35.846183+00:00
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<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 30 Nov 2022</strong><br />
<p><strong>Urban rural 2023 update</strong></p>
<p>UR 2023 is the first major update of the geography since it was first created in 2018. The update is to ensure UR geographies are relevant and meet criteria before each five-yearly population and dwelling census. UR 2023 contains 13 new rural settlements and 7 new small urban areas. Updates were made to reflect real world change including new subdivisions and motorways, and to improve delineation of urban areas and rural settlements. The Wānaka urban area, whose population has grown to be more than 10,000 based on population estimates, has been reclassified to a medium urban area in the 2023 urban rural indicator.</p>
<p></p>
<p>In the 2023 classification there are:</p>
<ul>
<li>7 major urban areas </li>
<li>13 large urban areas </li>
<li>23 medium urban areas </li>
<li>152 small urban areas </li>
<li>402 rural settlements.</li>
</ul>
<p></p>
<p>This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released urban rural (UR) boundaries as at 1 January 2023 as defined by Stats NZ (the custodian), clipped to the coastline. This clipped version has been created for cartographic purposes and so does not fully represent the official full extent boundaries. This version contains 689 UR areas, including 195 urban areas and 402 rural settlements.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Urban rural (UR) is an output geography that classifies New Zealand into areas that share common urban or rural characteristics and is used to disseminate a broad range of Stats NZ’s social, demographic and economic statistics.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The UR separately identifies urban areas, rural settlements, other rural areas, and water areas. Urban areas and rural settlements are form-based geographies delineated by the inspection of aerial imagery, local government land designations on district plan maps, address registers, property title data, and any other available information. However, because the underlying meshblock pattern is used to define the geographies, boundaries may not align exactly with local government land designations or what can be seen in aerial images. Other rural areas, and bodies of water represent areas not included within an urban area.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Urban areas are built from the statistical area 2 (SA2) geography, while rural and water areas are built from the statistical area 1 (SA1) geography.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Non-digitised</strong></p>
<p>The following 4 non-digitised UR areas have been aggregated from the 16 non-digitised meshblocks/SA2s.</p>
<p>6901; Oceanic outside region, 6902; Oceanic oil rigs, 6903; Islands outside region, 6904; Ross Dependency outside region.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>UR numbering and naming</strong></p>
<p>Each urban area and rural settlement is a single geographic entity with a name and a numeric code.</p>
<p>Other rural areas, inland water areas, and inlets are defined by territorial authority; oceanic areas are defined by regional council; and each have a name and a numeric code.</p>
<p>Urban rural codes have four digits. North Island locations start with a 1, South Island codes start with a 2, oceanic codes start with a 6 and non-digitised codes start with 69.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Urban rural indicator (IUR)</strong></p>
<p>The accompanying urban rural indicator (IUR) classifies the urban, rural, and water areas by type. Urban areas are further classified by the size of their estimated resident population:</p>
<ul>
<li>major urban area – 100,000 or more residents, </li>
<li>large urban area – 30,000–99,999 residents, </li>
<li>medium urban area – 10,000–29,999 residents, </li>
<li>small urban area – 1,000–9,999 residents.</li>
</ul>
<p></p>
<p>This was based on 2018 Census data and 2021 population estimates. Their IUR status (urban area size/rural settlement) may change if the 2023 Census population count moves them up or down a category.</p>
<p>The indicators, by name, with their codes in brackets, are:</p>
<p>urban area – major urban (11), large urban (12), medium urban (13), small urban (14),</p>
<p>rural area – rural settlement (21), rural other (22),</p>
<p>water – inland water (31), inlet (32), oceanic (33).</p>
<p></p>
<p>The urban rural indicator complements the urban rural geography and is an attribute in this dataset. Further information on the urban rural indicator is available on the Stats NZ classification and coding tool <a href="http://aria-prod/cms-gwt-snz/#ClassificationSearch:q=urban%2520rural%2520indicator&facet.lifecycle=1&fl=name,abb&sort=relevance-&start=0&rows=20">ARIA</a>.</p>
<p></p>
<p>For more information please refer to the <a href="https://www.stats.govt.nz/methods/statistical-standard-for-geographic-areas-2023">Statistical standard for geographic areas 2023</a>.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Clipped version</strong></p>
<p>This clipped version has been created for cartographic purposes and so does not fully represent the official full extent boundaries.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Macrons</strong></p>
<p>Names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons. The column name for those without macrons is suffixed ‘ascii’.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Digital data</strong></p>
<p>Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.</p>
<p></p>
<p>To download geographic classifications in table formats such as CSV please use <a href="https://aria.stats.govt.nz/aria/">Ariā</a></p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 30 Nov 2022<br />
Updated: 30 Nov 2022<br />
Statistical Area 2 2023 Clipped (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-12:layers:1112062022-12-01T01:47:06.412326+00:002022-12-01T01:44:53.318615+00:00
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<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 01 Dec 2022</strong><br />
<p><strong>Statistical Area 2 2023 update</strong></p>
<p>SA2 2023 is the first major update of the geography since it was first created in 2018. The update is to ensure SA2s are relevant and meet criteria before each five-yearly population and dwelling census. SA2 2023 contains 135 new SA2s. Updates were made to reflect real world change ofpopulation and dwelling growthmainly in urban areas, and to make some improvements to their delineation of communities of interest.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Description</strong></p>
<p>This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released statistical area 2 (SA2) boundaries as at 1 January 2023 as defined by Stats NZ (the custodian), clipped to the coastline. This clipped version has been created for cartographic purposes and so does not fully represent the official full extent boundaries. This clipped version contains 2,311 SA2 areas.</p>
<p>SA2 is an output geography that provides higher aggregations of population data than can be provided at the statistical area 1 (SA1) level. The SA2 geography aims to reflect communities that interact together socially and economically. In populated areas, SA2s generally contain similar sized populations.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The SA2 should:</p>
<p>form a contiguous cluster of one or more SA1s,</p>
<p>excluding exceptions below, allow the release of multivariate statistics with minimal data suppression,</p>
<p>capture a similar type of area, such as a high-density urban area, farmland, wilderness area, and water area,</p>
<p>be socially homogeneous and capture a community of interest. It may have, for example:</p>
<p>· a shared road network,</p>
<p>· shared community facilities,</p>
<p>· shared historical or social links, or</p>
<p>· socio-economic similarity,</p>
<p>form a nested hierarchy with statistical output geographies and administrative boundaries. It must:</p>
<p>· be built from SA1s,</p>
<p>· either define or aggregate to define SA3s, urban areas, territorial authorities, and regional councils.</p>
<p>SA2s in city council areas generally have a population of 2,000–4,000 residents while SA2s in district council areas generally have a population of 1,000–3,000 residents.</p>
<p>In major urban areas, an SA2 or a group of SA2s often approximates a single suburb. In rural areas, rural settlements are included in their respective SA2 with the surrounding rural area.</p>
<p>SA2s in urban areas where there is significant business and industrial activity, for example ports, airports, industrial, commercial, and retail areas, often have fewer than 1,000 residents. These SA2s are useful for analysing business demographics, labour markets, and commuting patterns.</p>
<p>In rural areas, some SA2s have fewer than 1,000 residents because they are in conservation areas or contain sparse populations that cover a large area.</p>
<p>To minimise suppression of population data, small islands with zero or low populations close to the mainland, and marinas are generally included in their adjacent land-based SA2.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Zero or nominal population SA2s</strong></p>
<p>To ensure that the SA2 geography covers all of New Zealand and aligns with New Zealand’s topography and local government boundaries, some SA2s have zero or nominal populations. These include:</p>
<p>· SA2s where territorial authority boundaries straddle regional council boundaries. These SA2s each have fewer than 200 residents and are: Arahiwi, Tiroa, Rangataiki, Kaimanawa, Taharua, Te More, Ngamatea, Whangamomona, and Mara.</p>
<p>· SA2s created for single islands or groups of islands that are some distance from the mainland or to separate large unpopulated islands from urban areas</p>
<p>· SA2s that represent inland water, inlets or oceanic areas including: inland lakes larger than 50 square kilometres, harbours larger than 40 square kilometres, major ports, other non-contiguous inlets and harbours defined by territorial authority, and contiguous oceanic areas defined by regional council.</p>
<p>· SA2s for non-digitised oceanic areas, offshore oil rigs, islands, and the Ross Dependency. Each SA2 is represented by a single meshblock. The following 16 SA2s are held in non-digitised form (SA2 code; SA2 name):</p>
<p>400001; New Zealand Economic Zone, 400002; Oceanic Kermadec Islands, 400003; Kermadec Islands, 400004; Oceanic Oil Rig Taranaki, 400005; Oceanic Campbell Island, 400006; Campbell Island, 400007; Oceanic Oil Rig Southland, 400008; Oceanic Auckland Islands, 400009; Auckland Islands, 400010 ; Oceanic Bounty Islands, 400011; Bounty Islands, 400012; Oceanic Snares Islands, 400013; Snares Islands, 400014; Oceanic Antipodes Islands, 400015; Antipodes Islands, 400016; Ross Dependency.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>SA2 numbering and naming</strong></p>
<p>Each SA2 is a single geographic entity with a name and a numeric code. The name refers to a geographic feature or a recognised place name or suburb. In some instances where place names are the same or very similar, the SA2s are differentiated by their territorial authority name, for example, Gladstone (Carterton District) and Gladstone (Invercargill City).</p>
<p>SA2 codes have six digits. North Island SA2 codes start with a 1 or 2, South Island SA2 codes start with a 3 and non-digitised SA2 codes start with a 4. They are numbered approximately north to south within their respective territorial authorities. To ensure the north–south code pattern is maintained, the SA2 codes were given 00 for the last two digits when the geography was created in 2018. When SA2 names or boundaries change only the last two digits of the code will change.</p>
<p></p>
<p>For more information please refer to the <a href="https://www.stats.govt.nz/methods/statistical-standard-for-geographic-areas-2023">Statistical standard for geographic areas 2023</a>.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Macrons</strong></p>
<p>Names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons. The column name for those without macrons is suffixed ‘ascii’.</p>
<p><strong>Digital data</strong></p>
<p>Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.</p>
<p></p>
<p>To download geographic classifications in table formats such as CSV please use <a href="https://aria.stats.govt.nz/aria/">Ariā</a></p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 01 Dec 2022<br />
Updated: 01 Dec 2022<br />
Urban Accessibility Indicator 2023 (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-11:layers:1111952022-11-30T23:12:13.638522+00:002022-11-30T23:02:18.272263+00:00
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<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 30 Nov 2022</strong><br />
<p><strong>2023 Urban Accessibility Indicator update</strong></p>
<p>For the 2023 IUA, there have been minor updates to align with changes to the urban rural (UR) boundaries and SA1 composition. The drive time analysis has not been re-run since the release of IUA 2018. The Wānaka urban area, whose population has grown to bemore than 10,000 based on population estimates, has been reclassified to a medium urban area in the 2023 UR. However, it will continue to be classified as a small urban area in the IUA until the analysis is re-run for the next major update.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Description</strong></p>
<p>This dataset is the definitive version of the Urban Accessibility Indicator boundaries as at 1 January 2023, as defined by Stats NZ.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The Urban Accessibility Indicator (IUA) classificationprovides a consistent measure of urban accessibility in order to distinguish the degrees of rurality in New Zealand. IUA classifies the geographic accessibility of rural statistical area 1s (SA1s) and small urban areas according to their proximity, or degree of remoteness, to larger urban areas.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The IUA methodology uses drive time from an SA1 address weighted centroid to the outside boundary of the nearest major, large, and medium urban area (from the UR classification), to classify rural SA1s and small urban areas to one of five categories of accessibility or remoteness. Small urban areas and rural settlements are assigned to a single category based on the classification of the majority of their SA1s. The Open Source Routing Machine service using the OpenStreetMap road network was used to calculate the drive times.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Rural SA1s and small urban areas are classified to the following categories:</p>
<p></p>
<p>High urban accessibility:</p>
<p>0 to 15 minutes from major urban areas,</p>
<p></p>
<p>Medium urban accessibility:</p>
<p>15 to 25 minutes from major urban areas,</p>
<p>0 to 25 minutes from large urban areas,</p>
<p>0 to 15 minutes from medium urban areas,</p>
<p></p>
<p>Low urban accessibility:</p>
<p>25 to 60 minutes from major or large urban areas,</p>
<p>15 to 60 minutes from medium urban areas,</p>
<p></p>
<p>Remote:</p>
<p>60 to 120 minutes from major, large or medium urban areas,</p>
<p></p>
<p>Very remote:</p>
<p>more than 120 minutes from major, large or medium urban areas.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The urban accessibility indicator (IUA) classifies urban, rural, and water areas by type. The high and medium urban accessibility categories are considered to be peri-urban.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The indicators, with their codes in brackets, are:</p>
<p>urban areas – major urban area (111), large urban area (112), medium urban area (113),</p>
<p></p>
<p>small urban and rural areas – high urban accessibility (221), medium urban accessibility (222), low urban accessibility (223), remote (224), very remote (225),</p>
<p></p>
<p>water areas – inland water (331), inlet (332), oceanic (333).</p>
<p></p>
<p>A concordance between SA1 and Urban Accessibility can be found on <a href="https://aria.stats.govt.nz/aria/">Ariā</a>.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Urban accessibility indicator is also available as an attribute on <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/105177-statistical-area-1-higher-geographies-2021-generalised/">Statistical Area 1 Higher Geographies 2023 (generalised)</a>.</p>
<p></p>
<p>For more information refer to <a href="https://www.stats.govt.nz/methods/urban-accessibility-methodology-and-classification">Urban accessibility – methodology and classification</a> or the <a href="https://www.stats.govt.nz/methods/statistical-standard-for-geographic-areas-2023">Statistical standard for geographic areas 2023.</a></p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Generalised version</strong></p>
<p>This generalised version has been simplified for rapid drawing and is designed for thematic or web mapping purposes.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Digital data</strong></p>
<p>Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.</p>
<p></p>
<p>To download geographic classifications in table formats such as CSV please use <a href="https://aria.stats.govt.nz/aria/">Ariā</a></p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 30 Nov 2022<br />
Updated: 30 Nov 2022<br />
Geographic Areas File 2023 lookup.pdftag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-12:document:244122022-12-06T00:14:47.912978+00:00
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: <br />
Updated: 06 Dec 2022<br />
Statistical Area 3 Higher Geographies 2023 (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-12:layers:1112352022-12-05T21:02:32.331826+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/111235-statistical-area-3-higher-geographies-2023-generalised/" title="Details for Statistical Area 3 Higher Geographies 2023 (generalised)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=111235.375993,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Statistical Area 3 Higher Geographies 2023 (generalised) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released statistical area 3 boundaries as at 1 January 2023, defined by Stats NZ and concorded to higher geographies. This version contains 929 statistical 3 areas.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Statistical area 3 (SA3) is a new output geography, introduced in 2023, that allows aggregations of population data between the SA3geography and territorial authority geography.</p>
<p></p>
<p>This dataset is the definitive version of statistical area 3 (SA3) boundaries concorded to higher geographies for 2023 as defined by Stats NZ. This version contains 929 SA3s.</p>
<p>This statistical area 3 higher geographies file is a correspondence, or concordance, which relates SA3s to larger geographic areas or 'higher geographies'.</p>
<p>The higher geography contained in this concordance is: territorial authority (TA).</p>
<p>For more information please refer to the Statistical standard for geographic areas 2023.</p>
<p></p>
<p>For more information please refer to the <a href="https://www.stats.govt.nz/methods/statistical-standard-for-geographic-areas-2023">Statistical standard for geographic areas 2023.</a></p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Generalised version</strong></p>
<p>This generalised version has been simplified for rapid drawing and is designed for thematic or web mapping purposes.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Macrons</strong></p>
<p>Names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons. The column name for those without macrons is suffixed ‘ascii’.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Digital data</strong></p>
<p>Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.</p>
<p></p>
<p>To download geographic classifications in table formats such as CSV please use <a href="https://aria.stats.govt.nz/aria/">Ariā</a></p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 05 Dec 2022<br />
Meshblock 2023 (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-12:layers:1112282022-12-01T22:46:10.195952+00:002022-12-01T22:36:32.015830+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/111228-meshblock-2023-generalised/" title="Details for Meshblock 2023 (generalised)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=111228.375810,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Meshblock 2023 (generalised) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 01 Dec 2022</strong><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive of the annually released meshblock boundaries as at 1 January 2023 as defined by Stats NZ (the custodian), clipped to the coastline. This clipped version has been created for cartographic purposes and so does not fully represent the official full extent boundaries. This version contains 57,539 meshblocks.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Stats NZ maintains an annual meshblock pattern for collecting and producing statistical data. This allows data to be compared over time.</p>
<p></p>
<p>A meshblock is the smallest geographic unit for which statistical data is collected and processed by Stats NZ. A meshblock is a defined geographic area, which can vary in size from part of a city block to a large area of rural land. The optimal size for a meshblock is 30–60 dwellings (containing approximately 60–120 residents).</p>
<p></p>
<p>Each meshblock borders on another to form a network covering all of New Zealand, including coasts and inlets and extending out to the 200-mile economic zone (EEZ) and is digitised to the 12-mile (19.3km) limit. Meshblocks are added together to build up larger geographic areas such as statistical area 1 (SA1), statistical area 2 (SA2), statistical area 3 (SA3), and urban rural (UR). They are also used to define electoral districts, territorial authorities, and regional councils.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Meshblock boundaries generally follow road centrelines, cadastral property boundaries, or topographical features such as rivers. Expanses of water in the form of lakes and inlets are defined separately from land.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Meshblock maintenance</strong></p>
<p>Meshblock boundaries are amended by:</p>
<ol>
<li>Splitting – subdividing a meshblock into two or more meshblocks. </li>
<li>Nudging – shifting a boundary to a more appropriate position.</li>
</ol>
<p></p>
<p>Reasons for meshblock splits and nudges can include:</p>
<p>·to maintain meshblock criteria rules.</p>
<p>·to improve the size balance of meshblocks in areas where there has been population growth</p>
<p>·to maintain alignment to cadastre and other geographic features.</p>
<p>·Stats NZ requests for boundary changes so that statistical geography boundaries can be moved</p>
<p>·external requests for boundary changes so that administrative or electoral boundaries can be moved</p>
<p>·to separate land and water. Mainland, inland water, islands, inlets, and oceanic are defined separately</p>
<p></p>
<p>Meshblock changes are made throughout the year. A major release is made at 1 January each year with ad hoc releases available to users at other times.</p>
<p></p>
<p>While meshblock boundaries are continually under review, 'freezes' on changes to the boundaries are applied periodically. Such 'freezes' are imposed at the time of population censuses and during periods of intense electoral activity, for example, prior and during general and local body elections.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Meshblock numbering</strong></p>
<p>Meshblocks are not named and have seven-digit codes.</p>
<p></p>
<p>When meshblocks are split, each new meshblock is given a new code. The original meshblock codes no longer exist within that version and future versions of the meshblock classification. Meshblock codes do not change when a meshblock boundary is nudged.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Meshblocks that existed prior to 2015 and have not changed are numbered from 0000100 to 3210003. Meshblocks created from 2015 onwards are numbered from 4000000.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Digitised and non-digitised meshblocks</strong></p>
<p>The digital geographic boundaries are defined and maintained by Stats NZ.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Meshblocks cover the land area of New Zealand, the water area to the 12mile limit, the Chatham Islands, Kermadec Islands, sub-Antarctic islands, offshore oil rigs, and Ross Dependency. The following 16 meshblocks are not held in digitised form.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Meshblock / Location (statistical area 2 name)</p>
<ul>
<li>0016901 / Oceanic Kermadec Islands </li>
<li>0016902 / Kermadec Islands </li>
<li>1588000 / Oceanic Oil Rig Taranaki </li>
<li>3166401 / Oceanic Campbell Island </li>
<li>3166402 / Campbell Island </li>
<li>3166600 / Oceanic Oil Rig Southland </li>
<li>3166710 / Oceanic Auckland Islands </li>
<li>3166711 / Auckland Islands </li>
<li>3195000 / Ross Dependency </li>
<li>3196001 / New Zealand Economic Zone </li>
<li>3196002 / Oceanic Bounty Islands </li>
<li>3196003 / Bounty Islands </li>
<li>3196004 / Oceanic Snares Islands </li>
<li>3196005 / Snares Island </li>
<li>3196006 / Oceanic Antipodes Islands </li>
<li>3196007 / Antipodes Island</li>
</ul>
<p></p>
<p>For more information please refer to<a href="https://www.stats.govt.nz/methods/statistical-standard-for-geographic-areas-2023"> the Statistical standard for geographic areas 2023.</a></p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Generalised version</strong></p>
<p>This generalised version has been simplified for rapid drawing and is designed for thematic or web mapping purposes.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Digital data</strong></p>
<p>Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.</p>
<p></p>
<p>To download geographic classifications in table formats such as CSV please use <a href="https://aria.stats.govt.nz/aria/">Ariā</a></p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 01 Dec 2022<br />
Updated: 01 Dec 2022<br />
Meshblock 2023 Clipped (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-12:layers:1112232022-12-01T22:16:17.319060+00:002022-12-01T22:10:10.988842+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/111223-meshblock-2023-clipped-generalised/" title="Details for Meshblock 2023 Clipped (generalised)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=111223.375805,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Meshblock 2023 Clipped (generalised) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 01 Dec 2022</strong><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive of the annually released meshblock boundaries as at 1 January 2023 as defined by Stats NZ (the custodian), clipped to the coastline. This clipped version has been created for cartographic purposes and so does not fully represent the official full extent boundaries. This version contains 56,789 meshblocks.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Stats NZ maintains an annual meshblock pattern for collecting and producing statistical data. This allows data to be compared over time.</p>
<p></p>
<p>A meshblock is the smallest geographic unit for which statistical data is collected and processed by Stats NZ. A meshblock is a defined geographic area, which can vary in size from part of a city block to a large area of rural land. The optimal size for a meshblock is 30–60 dwellings (containing approximately 60–120 residents).</p>
<p></p>
<p>Each meshblock borders on another to form a network covering all of New Zealand, including coasts and inlets and extending out to the 200-mile economic zone (EEZ) and is digitised to the 12-mile (19.3km) limit. Meshblocks are added together to build up larger geographic areas such as statistical area 1 (SA1), statistical area 2 (SA2), statistical area 3 (SA3), and urban rural (UR). They are also used to define electoral districts, territorial authorities, and regional councils.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Meshblock boundaries generally follow road centrelines, cadastral property boundaries, or topographical features such as rivers. Expanses of water in the form of lakes and inlets are defined separately from land.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Meshblock maintenance</strong></p>
<p>Meshblock boundaries are amended by:</p>
<ol>
<li>Splitting – subdividing a meshblock into two or more meshblocks. </li>
<li>Nudging – shifting a boundary to a more appropriate position.</li>
</ol>
<p></p>
<p>Reasons for meshblock splits and nudges can include:</p>
<ul>
<li>to maintain meshblock criteria rules. </li>
<li>to improve the size balance of meshblocks in areas where there has been population growth </li>
<li>to maintain alignment to cadastre and other geographic features. </li>
<li>Stats NZ requests for boundary changes so that statistical geography boundaries can be moved </li>
<li>external requests for boundary changes so that administrative or electoral boundaries can be moved </li>
<li>to separate land and water. Mainland, inland water, islands, inlets, and oceanic are defined separately</li>
</ul>
<p></p>
<p>Meshblock changes are made throughout the year. A major release is made at 1 January each year with ad hoc releases available to users at other times.</p>
<p></p>
<p>While meshblock boundaries are continually under review, 'freezes' on changes to the boundaries are applied periodically. Such 'freezes' are imposed at the time of population censuses and during periods of intense electoral activity, for example, prior and during general and local body elections.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Meshblock numbering</strong></p>
<p>Meshblocks are not named and have seven-digit codes.</p>
<p></p>
<p>When meshblocks are split, each new meshblock is given a new code. The original meshblock codes no longer exist within that version and future versions of the meshblock classification. Meshblock codes do not change when a meshblock boundary is nudged.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Meshblocks that existed prior to 2015 and have not changed are numbered from 0000100 to 3210003. Meshblocks created from 2015 onwards are numbered from 4000000.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Digitised and non-digitised meshblocks</strong></p>
<p>The digital geographic boundaries are defined and maintained by Stats NZ.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Meshblocks cover the land area of New Zealand, the water area to the 12mile limit, the Chatham Islands, Kermadec Islands, sub-Antarctic islands, offshore oil rigs, and Ross Dependency. The following 16 meshblocks are not held in digitised form.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Meshblock / Location (statistical area 2 name)</p>
<ul>
<li>0016901 / Oceanic Kermadec Islands </li>
<li>0016902 / Kermadec Islands </li>
<li>1588000 / Oceanic Oil Rig Taranaki </li>
<li>3166401 / Oceanic Campbell Island </li>
<li>3166402 / Campbell Island </li>
<li>3166600 / Oceanic Oil Rig Southland </li>
<li>3166710 / Oceanic Auckland Islands </li>
<li>3166711 / Auckland Islands </li>
<li>3195000 / Ross Dependency </li>
<li>3196001 / New Zealand Economic Zone </li>
<li>3196002 / Oceanic Bounty Islands </li>
<li>3196003 / Bounty Islands </li>
<li>3196004 / Oceanic Snares Islands </li>
<li>3196005 / Snares Island </li>
<li>3196006 / Oceanic Antipodes Islands </li>
<li>3196007 / Antipodes Islands</li>
</ul>
<p></p>
<p>For more information please refer to<a href="https://www.stats.govt.nz/methods/statistical-standard-for-geographic-areas-2023"> the Statistical standard for geographic areas 2023.</a></p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Clipped version</strong></p>
<p>This clipped version has been created for cartographic purposes and so does not fully represent the official full extent boundaries.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Digital data</strong></p>
<p>Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.</p>
<p></p>
<p>To download geographic classifications in table formats such as CSV please use <a href="https://aria.stats.govt.nz/aria/">Ariā</a></p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 01 Dec 2022<br />
Updated: 01 Dec 2022<br />
Statistical Area 2 2023 (Centroid Inside)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-12:layers:1112202022-12-01T21:30:16.650589+00:002022-12-01T21:29:02.888057+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/111220-statistical-area-2-2023-centroid-inside/" title="Details for Statistical Area 2 2023 (Centroid Inside)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=111220.375802,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Statistical Area 2 2023 (Centroid Inside) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 01 Dec 2022</strong><br />
<p>This dataset contains the inside centroid point layer for the annually released statistical area 2 (SA2) boundaries as at 1 January 2023.</p>
<p>The "inside" centroid is a point which always falls inside each SA2 polygon as this is often desirable. The placement of the point is typically in the widest part of the polygon. The algorithms used are proprietary to ESRI and are related to label placement. Note that the "inside" centroid is NOT always the same as the center of gravity ("true" centroid) of the polygon as in some situations the true centroid may fall outside the SA1 geometry.The dataset contains the EASTING and NORTHING attributes of the centroid point in NZGD2000 New Zealand Transverse Mercator (EPSG:2193) and LATITUDE and LONGITUDE of the centroid point in decimal degrees in WGS1984 (EPSG:4326) projection.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 01 Dec 2022<br />
Updated: 01 Dec 2022<br />
Statistical Area 2 2023 (Centroid True)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-12:layers:1112112022-12-01T02:48:22.603499+00:002022-12-01T02:46:54.466720+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/111211-statistical-area-2-2023-centroid-true/" title="Details for Statistical Area 2 2023 (Centroid True)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=111211.375789,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Statistical Area 2 2023 (Centroid True) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 01 Dec 2022</strong><br />
<p>This dataset contains the true centroid point layer for the annually released statistical area 2 (SA2) boundaries as at 1 January 2023.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The "true" centroid is the centre of mass of that polygon, such that if some flat substance of uniform thickness and density were cut into the shape of that polygon, then that object would balance at the centroid. The centroid is a useful way of summarizing the location of a set of polygons as points, particularly when used for comparative analysis. Note that the centroid could potentially fall outside the SA2 polygon, depending on the shape of the polygon.The dataset contains the EASTING and NORTHING attributes of the centroid point in NZGD2000 New Zealand Transverse Mercator (EPSG:2193) and LATITUDE and LONGITUDE of the centroid point in decimal degrees in WGS1984 (EPSG:4326) projection.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 01 Dec 2022<br />
Updated: 01 Dec 2022<br />
Meshblock 2023 (Centroid Inside)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-12:layers:1112212022-12-01T21:36:15.976279+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/111221-meshblock-2023-centroid-inside/" title="Details for Meshblock 2023 (Centroid Inside)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=111221.375803,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Meshblock 2023 (Centroid Inside) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<p>This dataset contains the inside centroid point layer for the annually released meshblock boundaries as at 1 January 2023.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The "inside" centroid is a point which always falls inside each meshblock polygon as this is often desirable. The placement of the point is typically in the widest part of the polygon. The algorithms used are proprietary to ESRI and are related to label placement. Note that the "inside" centroid is NOT always the same as the center of gravity ("true" centroid) of the polygon as in some situations the true centroid may fall outside the meshblock polygon. </p>
<p></p>
<p>The dataset contains the EASTING and NORTHING attributes of the centroid point in NZGD2000 New Zealand Transverse Mercator (EPSG:2193) and LATITUDE and LONGITUDE of the centroid point in decimal degrees in WGS1984 (EPSG:4326) projection. </p>
<p></p>
<p>Non-digitised meshblocks cannot have a centroid.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 01 Dec 2022<br />
Meshblock 2023 (Centroid True)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-12:layers:1112192022-12-01T21:29:09.131457+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/111219-meshblock-2023-centroid-true/" title="Details for Meshblock 2023 (Centroid True)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=111219.375801,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Meshblock 2023 (Centroid True) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<p>This dataset contains the true centroid point layer for the annually released meshblock boundaries as at 1 January 2023.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The "true" centroid is the centre of mass of that polygon, such that if some flat substance of uniform thickness and density were cut into the shape of that polygon, then that object would balance at the centroid. The centroid is a useful way of summarizing the locations of a set of polygons as points, particularly when used for comparative analysis. Note that the centroid could potentially fall outside the meshblock polygon, depending on the shape of the polygon. </p>
<p></p>
<p>The dataset contains the EASTING and NORTHING attributes of the centroid point in NZGD2000 New Zealand Transverse Mercator (EPSG:2193) and LATITUDE and LONGITUDE of the centroid point in decimal degrees in WGS1984 (EPSG:4326) projection.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Non-digitised meshblocks cannot have a centroid.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 01 Dec 2022<br />
Statistical Area 2 Higher Geographies 2023 (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-12:layers:1112182022-12-01T21:25:10.246024+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/111218-statistical-area-2-higher-geographies-2023-generalised/" title="Details for Statistical Area 2 Higher Geographies 2023 (generalised)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=111218.375800,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Statistical Area 2 Higher Geographies 2023 (generalised) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released statistical area 2 (SA2) boundaries as at 1 January 2023, defined by Stats NZ and concorded to higher geographies. This version contains 2,395 statistical area 2 areas. (2,379 digitised and 16 with empty or null geometries (non-digitised)).</p>
<p></p>
<p>This dataset is the definitive version of statistical area 2 (SA2) boundaries concorded to higher geographies for 2023 as defined by Stats NZ.This version contains 2,395 SA2s. This statistical area 2 higher geographies file is a correspondence, or concordance, which relates SA2s to larger geographic areas or 'higher geographies'. The higher geographies contained in this concordance are: statistical area 3 (SA3), territorial authority (TA) and regional council (REGC).</p>
<p></p>
<p>Statistical area 2 is an output geography that provides higher aggregations of population data than can be provided at the statistical area 1 (SA1) level. The SA2 geography aims to reflect communities that interact together socially and economically. In populated areas, SA2s generally contain similar sized populations.</p>
<p></p>
<p>For further information on individual higher geographies, refer to each geography's metadata or the <a href="https://www.stats.govt.nz/methods/statistical-standard-for-geographic-areas-2023">Statistical standard for geographic areas 2023.</a></p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Generalised version</strong></p>
<p>This generalised version has been simplified for rapid drawing and is designed for thematic or web mapping purposes.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Macrons</strong></p>
<p>Names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons. The column name for those without macrons is suffixed ‘ascii’.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Digital data</strong></p>
<p>Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.</p>
<p></p>
<p>To download geographic classifications in table formats such as CSV please use <a href="https://aria.stats.govt.nz/aria/">Ariā</a></p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 01 Dec 2022<br />
Territorial Authority 2023 (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-11:layers:1111942022-11-30T22:59:45.990026+00:002022-11-30T22:57:43.031393+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/111194-territorial-authority-2023-generalised/" title="Details for Territorial Authority 2023 (generalised)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=111194.375763,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Territorial Authority 2023 (generalised) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 30 Nov 2022</strong><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released territorial authority boundaries as at 1 January 2023 as defined by territorial authorities and/or Local Government Commission, and maintained by Stats NZ (the custodian). This version contains 67 territorial authorities, excluding ‘area outside territorial authority’.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Territorial authorities are the second tier of local government in New Zealand, below regional councils. They are defined under schedule 2, part 1 of the Local Government Act 2002 as city councils or district councils. Territorial authorities were established in 1989 when 205 territorial local authorities were replaced by 75 territorial authorities. Territorial boundaries must coincide with meshblock boundaries under schedule 3, clause 17 of the Local Government Act 2002.</p>
<p></p>
<p>There are 67 territorial authorities: 12 city councils, 53 district councils, Auckland Council, and Chatham Islands Council. Five territorial authorities (Auckland Council, Nelson City Council, and the Gisborne, Tasman, and Marlborough district councils) also perform the functions of a regional council and are therefore unitary authorities. The Chatham Islands Council performs some regional council functions.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Some territorial authority boundaries are coterminous with regional council boundaries but there are several exceptions. An example is Taupo District, which is split between four regions, although most of its area falls within the Waikato Region. When defining the boundaries of territorial authorities, the Local Government Commission bases considerable weight on the ‘community of interest’.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Territorial authorities are defined at meshblock level. Statistical area 1, statistical area 2 and statistical area 3 geographies nest within territorial authority boundaries.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Maintenance</strong></p>
<p>Local government boundaries may be changed through the Local Government Act 2002, an Act of Parliament, or a natural process such as the middle line of a river changing its natural course.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The Territorial Authority classification is released annually on 1 January to coincide with the update of meshblocks, but there are not always changes from the previous classification.</p>
<p></p>
<p>1989:</p>
<p>New Zealand’s local government structural arrangements were significantly reformed by the Local Government Commission in 1989. Prior to reformation there were 205 territorial local authorities: 28 cities, 78 boroughs, 67 counties, 31 districts, and 1 town district, as well as a multitude of ad-hoc authorities such as pest control boards, drainage boards, catchment boards, and domain and reserve boards.</p>
<p></p>
<p>These were replaced by 74 territorial local authorities, 15 of which were cities and 58 districts. The exception was Chatham Islands County which retained its county status.</p>
<p></p>
<p>1990:</p>
<p>Invercargill was proclaimed a city.</p>
<p></p>
<p>1992:</p>
<p>Nelson-Marlborough Regional Council was abolished by a Local Government Amendment Act. Kaikoura District was transferred to the Canterbury Region. Nelson City, and Tasman and Marlborough districts became unitary authorities.</p>
<p></p>
<p>1995:</p>
<p>The Chatham Islands County was dissolved and reconstituted by a specific Act of Parliament as the "Chatham Islands Territory", with powers similar to those of territorial authorities and some functions similar to those of a regional council. This included the addition of territorial sea, a coastal buffer extending to twelve nautical miles from the coastline.</p>
<p></p>
<p>1995:</p>
<p>Tasman District boundary extended to align with the Tasman Region boundary at the 12-mile limit.</p>
<p></p>
<p>1998:</p>
<p>Not Applicable category changed to Area Outside Territorial Authority</p>
<p></p>
<p>2004:</p>
<p>Tauranga District changed to Tauranga City.2006:Banks Peninsula District merged into Christchurch City as a result of a Local Government Commission decision following a 2005 referendum.</p>
<p></p>
<p>2010:</p>
<p>Auckland Council established under the Local Government (Tamaki Makaurau Reorganisation) Act 2009. Rodney District, North Shore City, Waitakere City, Auckland City, Manukau City, Papakura District, and Franklin District territorial councils, and the Auckland Regional Council, were abolished to become a unitary authority known as the Auckland Council. The area now consists of one city council (with statutory provision for three Māori councillors), 13 wards, and 21 local boards.</p>
<p></p>
<p>2015:</p>
<p>Wanganui District Council name changed to Whanganui District Council effective 1 December 2015.</p>
<p></p>
<p>2020:</p>
<p>Otorohanga District Council name amended to Ōtorohanga District Council.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Opotiki District Council name amended to Ōpōtiki District Council.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Both changes were under schedule 2 of the Local Government Act 2002 and effective 17 January 2020.</p>
<p></p>
<p>2021:</p>
<p>A local government reorganisation transferred land between two territorial authorities, Western Bay of Plenty District and Tauranga City. The changes took effect on 19 February 2021 under schedule 3 of the Local Government Act 2002. Refer to the New Zealand Gazette notice for further details.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Numbering</strong></p>
<p>The territorial authority classification is a flat classification. Territorial authorities are given a unique three-digit code. The classification contains 68 categories (including ‘999 – Area Outside Territorial Authority’).</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Generalised version</strong></p>
<p>This generalised version has been simplified for rapid drawing and is designed for thematic or web mapping purposes.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Macrons</strong></p>
<p>Names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons. The column name for those without macrons is suffixed ‘ascii’.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Digital data</strong></p>
<p>Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.</p>
<p></p>
<p>To download geographic classifications in table formats such as CSV please use <a href="https://aria.stats.govt.nz/aria/">Ariā</a></p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 30 Nov 2022<br />
Updated: 30 Nov 2022<br />
Territorial Authority 2023 Clipped (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-11:layers:1111932022-11-30T22:57:35.202475+00:002022-11-30T22:55:15.344199+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/111193-territorial-authority-2023-clipped-generalised/" title="Details for Territorial Authority 2023 Clipped (generalised)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=111193.375762,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Territorial Authority 2023 Clipped (generalised) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 30 Nov 2022</strong><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released territorial authority boundaries as at 1 January 2023 as defined by territorial authorities and/or Local Government Commission, and maintained by Stats NZ (the custodian), clipped to the coastline. This clipped version has been created for cartographic purposes and so does not fully represent the official full extent boundaries. This version contains 67 territorial authorities, excluding ‘area outside territorial authority’.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Territorial authorities are the second tier of local government in New Zealand, below regional councils. They are defined under schedule 2, part 1 of the Local Government Act 2002 as city councils or district councils. Territorial authorities were established in 1989 when 205 territorial local authorities were replaced by 75 territorial authorities. Territorial boundaries must coincide with meshblock boundaries under schedule 3, clause 17 of the Local Government Act 2002.</p>
<p></p>
<p>There are 67 territorial authorities: 12 city councils, 53 district councils, Auckland Council, and Chatham Islands Council. Five territorial authorities (Auckland Council, Nelson City Council, and the Gisborne, Tasman, and Marlborough district councils) also perform the functions of a regional council and are therefore unitary authorities. The Chatham Islands Council performs some regional council functions.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Some territorial authority boundaries are coterminous with regional council boundaries but there are several exceptions. An example is Taupo District, which is split between four regions, although most of its area falls within the Waikato Region. When defining the boundaries of territorial authorities, the Local Government Commission bases considerable weight on the ‘community of interest’.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Territorial authorities are defined at meshblock level. Statistical area 1, statistical area 2 and statistical area 3 geographies nest within territorial authority boundaries.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Maintenance</strong></p>
<p>Local government boundaries may be changed through the Local Government Act 2002, an Act of Parliament, or a natural process such as the middle line of a river changing its natural course.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The Territorial Authority classification is released annually on 1 January to coincide with the update of meshblocks, but there are not always changes from the previous classification.</p>
<p></p>
<p>1989:</p>
<p>New Zealand’s local government structural arrangements were significantly reformed by the Local Government Commission in 1989. Prior to reformation there were 205 territorial local authorities: 28 cities, 78 boroughs, 67 counties, 31 districts, and 1 town district, as well as a multitude of ad-hoc authorities such as pest control boards, drainage boards, catchment boards, and domain and reserve boards.</p>
<p></p>
<p>These were replaced by 74 territorial local authorities, 15 of which were cities and 58 districts. The exception was Chatham Islands County which retained its county status.</p>
<p></p>
<p>1990:</p>
<p>Invercargill was proclaimed a city.</p>
<p></p>
<p>1992:</p>
<p>Nelson-Marlborough Regional Council was abolished by a Local Government Amendment Act. Kaikoura District was transferred to the Canterbury Region. Nelson City, and Tasman and Marlborough districts became unitary authorities.</p>
<p></p>
<p>1995:</p>
<p>The Chatham Islands County was dissolved and reconstituted by a specific Act of Parliament as the "Chatham Islands Territory", with powers similar to those of territorial authorities and some functions similar to those of a regional council. This included the addition of territorial sea, a coastal buffer extending to twelve nautical miles from the coastline.</p>
<p></p>
<p>1995:</p>
<p>Tasman District boundary extended to align with the Tasman Region boundary at the 12-mile limit.</p>
<p></p>
<p>1998:</p>
<p>Not Applicable category changed to Area Outside Territorial Authority</p>
<p></p>
<p>2004:</p>
<p>Tauranga District changed to Tauranga City.2006:Banks Peninsula District merged into Christchurch City as a result of a Local Government Commission decision following a 2005 referendum.</p>
<p></p>
<p>2010:</p>
<p>Auckland Council established under the Local Government (Tamaki Makaurau Reorganisation) Act 2009. Rodney District, North Shore City, Waitakere City, Auckland City, Manukau City, Papakura District, and Franklin District territorial councils, and the Auckland Regional Council, were abolished to become a unitary authority known as the Auckland Council. The area now consists of one city council (with statutory provision for three Māori councillors), 13 wards, and 21 local boards.</p>
<p></p>
<p>2015:</p>
<p>Wanganui District Council name changed to Whanganui District Council effective 1 December 2015.</p>
<p></p>
<p>2020:</p>
<p>Otorohanga District Council name amended to Ōtorohanga District Council.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Opotiki District Council name amended to Ōpōtiki District Council.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Both changes were under schedule 2 of the Local Government Act 2002 and effective 17 January 2020.</p>
<p></p>
<p>2021:</p>
<p>A local government reorganisation transferred land between two territorial authorities, Western Bay of Plenty District and Tauranga City. The changes took effect on 19 February 2021 under schedule 3 of the Local Government Act 2002. Refer to the New Zealand Gazette notice for further details.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Numbering</strong></p>
<p>The territorial authority classification is a flat classification. Territorial authorities are given a unique three-digit code. The classification contains 68 categories (including ‘999 – Area Outside Territorial Authority’).</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Clipped version</strong></p>
<p>This clipped version has been created for cartographic purposes and so does not fully represent the official full extent boundaries.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Macrons</strong></p>
<p>Names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons. The column name for those without macrons is suffixed ‘ascii’.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Digital data</strong></p>
<p>Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.</p>
<p></p>
<p>To download geographic classifications in table formats such as CSV please use <a href="https://aria.stats.govt.nz/aria/">Ariā</a></p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 30 Nov 2022<br />
Updated: 30 Nov 2022<br />
Statistical Area 1 2023 (Centroid True)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-12:layers:1112132022-12-01T02:59:16.684536+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/111213-statistical-area-1-2023-centroid-true/" title="Details for Statistical Area 1 2023 (Centroid True)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=111213.375791,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Statistical Area 1 2023 (Centroid True) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<p>This dataset contains the true centroid point layer for the annually released statistical area 1 (SA1) boundaries as at 1 January 2023.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The "true" centroid is the centre of mass of that polygon, such that if some flat substance of uniform thickness and density were cut into the shape of that polygon, then that object would balance at the centroid. The centroid is a useful way of summarizing the location of a set of polygons as points, particularly when used for comparative analysis. Note that the centroid could potentially fall outside the SA1 polygon, depending on the shape of the polygon.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The dataset contains the EASTING and NORTHING attributes of the centroid point in NZGD2000 New Zealand Transverse Mercator (EPSG:2193) and LATITUDE and LONGITUDE of the centroid point in decimal degrees in WGS1984 (EPSG:4326) projection.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 01 Dec 2022<br />