Stats NZ Geographic Data Service :: tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2008-10:feed:layers:mapstream=27719:sort=rStats NZhttps://datafinder.stats.govt.nz//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 cadastre.</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 />
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
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/115044-new-zealand-grid-250-metre-2023/" title="Details for New Zealand Grid 250 metre, 2023"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=115044.393655,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="New Zealand Grid 250 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 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 />
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 />
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 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 />
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 />
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
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<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 />
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>
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<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 />
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 />
Statistical Area 1 2023 (Centroid Inside)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-12:layers:1112122022-12-01T02:55:27.126625+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/111212-statistical-area-1-2023-centroid-inside/" title="Details for Statistical Area 1 2023 (Centroid Inside)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=111212.375790,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Statistical Area 1 2023 (Centroid Inside) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<p>This dataset contains the inside centroid point layer for the annually released statistical area 1 (SA1) boundaries as at 1 January 2023.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The "inside" centroid is a point which always falls inside each SA1 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. </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 />
Statistical Area 1 2023 Clipped (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-12:layers:1112092022-12-01T02:21:36.336462+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/111209-statistical-area-1-2023-clipped-generalised/" title="Details for Statistical Area 1 2023 Clipped (generalised)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=111209.375787,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Statistical Area 1 2023 Clipped (generalised) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<p><strong>Statistical Area 1 2023 update</strong></p>
<p>SA1 2023 is the first major update of the geography since it was first created in 2018. The update is to ensure SA1s are relevant and meet criteria before each five-yearly population and dwelling census. SA1 2023 contains 3,251 new SA1s. Updates were made to reflect real world changes including new subdivisions and motorways, improve the delineation of urban rural and other statistical areas and to ensure they meet population criteria by reducing the number of SA1s with small or large populations.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Description</strong></p>
<p>This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released statistical area 1 (SA1) boundaries as at 1 January 2023, as defined by Stats NZ. This version contains 33,164 SA1s (33,148 digitised and 16 with empty or null geometries (non-digitised).</p>
<p></p>
<p>SA1 is an output geography that allows the release of more low-level data than is available at the meshblock level. 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>The SA1 should:</p>
<p>form a contiguous cluster of one or more meshblocks,</p>
<p>be either urban, rural, or water in character,</p>
<p>be small enough to:</p>
<ul>
<li>allow flexibility for aggregation to other statistical geographies, </li>
<li>allow users to aggregate areas into their own defined communities of interest,</li>
</ul>
<p>form a nested hierarchy with statistical output geographies and administrative boundaries. It must:</p>
<ul>
<li>be built from meshblocks, </li>
<li>either define or aggregate to define SA2s, urban rural areas, territorial authorities, and regional councils.</li>
</ul>
<p></p>
<p>SA1s generally have a population of 100–200 residents, with some exceptions:</p>
<ul>
<li>SA1s with nil or nominal resident populations are created to represent remote mainland areas, unpopulated islands, inland water, inlets, or oceanic areas. </li>
<li>Some SA1s in remote rural areas and urban industrial or business areas have fewer than 100 residents. </li>
<li>Some SA1s that contain apartment blocks, retirement villages, and large non-residential facilities (prisons, boarding schools, etc) have more than 500 residents.</li>
</ul>
<p></p>
<p><strong>SA1 numbering</strong></p>
<p>SA1s are not named. SA1 codes have seven digits starting with a 7 and are numbered approximately north to south. Non-digitised codes start with 79.</p>
<p></p>
<p>As new SA1s are created, they are given the next available numeric code. If the composition of an SA1 changes through splitting or amalgamating different meshblocks, the SA1 is given a new code. The previous code no longer exists within that version and future versions of the SA1 classification.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Digitised and non-digitised SA1s</strong></p>
<p>The digital geographic boundaries are defined and maintained by Stats NZ.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Aggregated from meshblocks, SA1s cover the land area of New Zealand, the water area to the 12-mile limit, the Chatham Islands, Kermadec Islands, sub-Antarctic islands, off-shore oil rigs, and Ross Dependency. The following 16 SA1s are held in non-digitised form.</p>
<p></p>
<p>7999901; New Zealand Economic Zone, 7999902; Oceanic Kermadec Islands,7999903; Kermadec Islands, 7999904; Oceanic Oil Rig Taranaki,7999905; Oceanic Campbell Island, 7999906; Campbell Island, 7999907; Oceanic Oil Rig Southland, 7999908; Oceanic Auckland Islands, 7999909; Auckland Islands, 7999910; Oceanic Bounty Islands, 7999911; Bounty Islands, 7999912; Oceanic Snares Islands, 7999913; Snares Islands, 7999914; Oceanic Antipodes Islands, 7999915; Antipodes Islands, 7999916; Ross Dependency.</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>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 />
Statistical Area 1 2023 (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-12:layers:1112082022-12-01T02:14:13.254025+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/111208-statistical-area-1-2023-generalised/" title="Details for Statistical Area 1 2023 (generalised)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=111208.375786,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Statistical Area 1 2023 (generalised) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<p><strong>Statistical Area 1 2023 update</strong></p>
<p>SA1 2023 is the first major update of the geography since it was first created in 2018. The update is to ensure SA1s are relevant and meet criteria before each five-yearly population and dwelling census. SA1 2023 contains 3,251 new SA1s. Updates were made to reflect real world changes including new subdivisions and motorways, improve the delineation of urban rural and other statistical areas and to ensure they meet population criteria by reducing the number of SA1s with small or large populations. </p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Description</strong></p>
<p>This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released statistical area 1 (SA1) boundaries as at 1 January 2023, as defined by Stats NZ. This version contains 33,164 SA1s (33,148 digitised and 16 with empty or null geometries (non-digitised).</p>
<p></p>
<p>SA1 is an output geography that allows the release of more low-level data than is available at the meshblock level. 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>The SA1 should: </p>
<p>form a contiguous cluster of one or more meshblocks,</p>
<p>be either urban, rural, or water in character,</p>
<p>be small enough to: </p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>allow flexibility for aggregation to other statistical geographies,</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>allow users to aggregate areas into their own defined communities of interest,</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>form a nested hierarchy with statistical output geographies and administrative boundaries. It must: </p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>be built from meshblocks,</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>either define or aggregate to define SA2s, urban rural areas, territorial authorities, and regional councils.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p></p>
<p>SA1s generally have a population of 100–200 residents, with some exceptions:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>SA1s with nil or nominal resident populations are created to represent remote mainland areas, unpopulated islands, inland water, inlets, or oceanic areas.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Some SA1s in remote rural areas and urban industrial or business areas have fewer than 100 residents.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Some SA1s that contain apartment blocks, retirement villages, and large non-residential facilities (prisons, boarding schools, etc) have more than 500 residents.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p></p>
<p><strong>SA1 numbering</strong></p>
<p>SA1s are not named. SA1 codes have seven digits starting with a 7 and are numbered approximately north to south. Non-digitised codes start with 79. </p>
<p></p>
<p>As new SA1s are created, they are given the next available numeric code. If the composition of an SA1 changes through splitting or amalgamating different meshblocks, the SA1 is given a new code. The previous code no longer exists within that version and future versions of the SA1 classification.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Digitised and non-digitised SA1s</strong></p>
<p>The digital geographic boundaries are defined and maintained by Stats NZ.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Aggregated from meshblocks, SA1s cover the land area of New Zealand, the water area to the 12-mile limit, the Chatham Islands, Kermadec Islands, sub-Antarctic islands, off-shore oil rigs, and Ross Dependency. The following 16 SA1s are held in non-digitised form.</p>
<p></p>
<p>7999901; New Zealand Economic Zone, 7999902; Oceanic Kermadec Islands,7999903; Kermadec Islands, 7999904; Oceanic Oil Rig Taranaki,7999905; Oceanic Campbell Island, 7999906; Campbell Island, 7999907; Oceanic Oil Rig Southland, 7999908; Oceanic Auckland Islands, 7999909; Auckland Islands, 7999910; Oceanic Bounty Islands, 7999911; Bounty Islands, 7999912; Oceanic Snares Islands, 7999913; Snares Islands, 7999914; Oceanic Antipodes Islands, 7999915; Antipodes Islands, 7999916; Ross Dependency.</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>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 />
Statistical Area 3 2023 Clipped (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-12:layers:1112042022-12-01T00:08:51.403278+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/111204-statistical-area-3-2023-clipped-generalised/" title="Details for Statistical Area 3 2023 Clipped (generalised)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=111204.375780,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Statistical Area 3 2023 Clipped (generalised) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<p>Statistical area 3 (SA3) is a new output geography, introduced in 2023, that allows aggregations of population data between the SA2 geography and territorial authority geography.</p>
<p></p>
<p>This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released statistical area 3 (SA3) boundaries as at 1 January 2023 as defined by Stats NZ. This version contains 929 SA3s, including 4 non-digitised SA3s.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The SA3 geography aims to meet three purposes:</p>
<ol>
<li>approximate suburbs in major, large, and medium urban areas, </li>
<li>in predominantly rural areas, provide geographical areas that are larger in area and population size than SA2s but smaller than territorial authorities, </li>
<li>minimise data suppression.</li>
</ol>
<p></p>
<p>SA3s in major, large, and medium urban areas were created by combining SA2s to approximate suburbs as delineated in the Fire and Emergency NZ (FENZ) Localities dataset. Some of the resulting SA3s have very large populations.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Outside of major, large, and medium urban areas, SA3s generally have populations of 5,000–10,000. These SA3s may represent either a single small urban area, a combination of small urban areas and their surrounding rural SA2s, or a combination of rural SA2s.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Zero or nominal population SA3s</strong></p>
<p>To minimise the amount of unsuppressed data that can be provided in multivariate statistical tables, SA2s with fewer than 1,000 residents are combined with other SA2s wherever possible to reach the 1,000 SA3 population target. However, there are still a number of SA3s with zero or nominal populations.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Small population SA2s designed to maintain alignment between territorial authority and regional council geographies are merged with other SA2s to reach the 5,000–10,000 SA3 population target. These merges mean that some SA3s do not align with regional council boundaries but are aligned to territorial authority.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Small population island SA2s are included in their adjacent land-based SA3.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Island SA2s outside territorial authority or region are the same in the SA3 geography.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Inland water SA2s are aggregated and named by territorial authority, as in the urban rural classification.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Inlet SA2s are aggregated and named by territorial authority or regional council where the water area is outside the territorial authority.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Oceanic SA2s translate directly to SA3s as they are already aggregated to regional council.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The 16 non-digitised SA2s are aggregated to the following 4 non-digitised SA3s (SA3 code; SA3 name):</p>
<p>70001; Oceanic outside region, 70002; Oceanic oil rigs, 70003; Islands outside region, 70004; Ross Dependency outside region.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>SA3 numbering and naming</strong></p>
<p>Each SA3 is a single geographic entity with a name and a numeric code. The name refers to a suburb,recognised place name, or portion of a territorial authority. In some instances where place names are the same or very similar, the SA3s are differentiated by their territorial authority, for example, Hillcrest (Hamilton City) and Hillcrest (Rotorua District).</p>
<p></p>
<p>SA3 codes have five digits. North Island SA3 codes start with a 5, South Island SA3 codes start with a 6 and non-digitised SA3 codes start with a 7. They are numbered approximately north to south within their respective territorial authorities. When first created in 2023, the last digit of each code was 0. When SA3 boundaries change in future, only the last digit of the code will change to ensure the north-south pattern is maintained.</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: 01 Dec 2022<br />
Statistical Area 3 2023 (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-12:layers:1112022022-12-01T00:05:11.549681+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/111202-statistical-area-3-2023-generalised/" title="Details for Statistical Area 3 2023 (generalised)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=111202.375778,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Statistical Area 3 2023 (generalised) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<p>Statistical area 3 (SA3) is a new output geography, introduced in 2023, that allows aggregations of population data between the SA2 geography and territorial authority geography. </p>
<p></p>
<p>This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released statistical area 3 (SA3) boundaries as at 1 January 2023 as defined by Stats NZ. This version contains 929 SA3s, including 4 non-digitised SA3s.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The SA3 geography aims to meet three purposes: </p>
<ol>
<li>
<p>approximate suburbs in major, large, and medium urban areas, </p>
</li>
<li>
<p>in predominantly rural areas, provide geographical areas that are larger in area and population size than SA2s but smaller than territorial authorities, </p>
</li>
<li>
<p>minimise data suppression. </p>
</li>
</ol>
<p></p>
<p>SA3s in major, large, and medium urban areas were created by combining SA2s to approximate suburbs as delineated in the Fire and Emergency NZ (FENZ) Localities dataset. Some of the resulting SA3s have very large populations.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Outside of major, large, and medium urban areas, SA3s generally have populations of 5,000–10,000. These SA3s may represent either a single small urban area, a combination of small urban areas and their surrounding rural SA2s, or a combination of rural SA2s.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Zero or nominal population SA3s</strong></p>
<p>To minimise the amount of unsuppressed data that can be provided in multivariate statistical tables, SA2s with fewer than 1,000 residents are combined with other SA2s wherever possible to reach the 1,000 SA3 population target. However, there are still a number of SA3s with zero or nominal populations. </p>
<p></p>
<p>Small population SA2s designed to maintain alignment between territorial authority and regional council geographies are merged with other SA2s to reach the 5,000–10,000 SA3 population target. These merges mean that some SA3s do not align with regional council boundaries but are aligned to territorial authority.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Small population island SA2s are included in their adjacent land-based SA3.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Island SA2s outside territorial authority or region are the same in the SA3 geography.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Inland water SA2s are aggregated and named by territorial authority, as in the urban rural classification.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Inlet SA2s are aggregated and named by territorial authority or regional council where the water area is outside the territorial authority. </p>
<p></p>
<p>Oceanic SA2s translate directly to SA3s as they are already aggregated to regional council. </p>
<p></p>
<p>The 16 non-digitised SA2s are aggregated to the following 4 non-digitised SA3s (SA3 code; SA3 name):</p>
<p>70001; Oceanic outside region, 70002; Oceanic oil rigs, 70003; Islands outside region, 70004; Ross Dependency outside region.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>SA3 numbering and naming</strong></p>
<p>Each SA3 is a single geographic entity with a name and a numeric code. The name refers to a suburb,recognised place name, or portion of a territorial authority. In some instances where place names are the same or very similar, the SA3s are differentiated by their territorial authority, for example, Hillcrest (Hamilton City) and Hillcrest (Rotorua District). </p>
<p></p>
<p>SA3 codes have five digits. North Island SA3 codes start with a 5, South Island SA3 codes start with a 6 and non-digitised SA3 codes start with a 7. They are numbered approximately north to south within their respective territorial authorities. When first created in 2023, the last digit of each code was 0. When SA3 boundaries change in future, only the last digit of the code will change to ensure the north-south pattern is maintained. </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 />
Māori Ward 2023 (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-11:layers:1111922022-11-30T22:33:40.810519+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/111192-maori-ward-2023-generalised/" title="Details for Māori Ward 2023 (generalised)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=111192.375759,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Māori Ward 2023 (generalised) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released Māori ward boundaries as at 1 January 2023 as defined by the territorial authorities and/or Local Government Commission, and maintained by Stats NZ (the custodian). In 2023, there are 34 Māori wards (excluding Area Outside Māori Ward) within 29 territorial authorities.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The Local Electoral Act 2001 provides that Māori wards may be established in territorial authorities. If a territorial authority decides to have Māori wards, the wards within the council are known as general wards and Māori wards. </p>
<p></p>
<p>The first Māori ward was established by representation review in 2019 and first appeared in the 2020 geographic boundaries released by Stats NZ. Changes to government legislation that allowed councils to decide on whether to include Māori wards in their arrangements resulted in 33 new Māori wards being added to the 2023 classification. </p>
<p></p>
<p>Māori ward boundaries are defined at meshblock level. </p>
<p></p>
<p>**Numbering **</p>
<p>Māori wards are numbered based on their corresponding territorial authority. Each Māori ward has a unique five-digit code. The first three digits represent the territorial authority that the Māori ward lies within. The following two digits are sequential and represent the number of Māori wards within a territorial authority. </p>
<p></p>
<p>Territorial authorities that do not have Māori wards use “99” at the end of the Māori ward code, and the descriptor “Area Outside Māori Ward”.</p>
<p></p>
<p>There is also a code of 99999 for those areas outside of territorial authority areas.</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 />
Māori Ward 2023 Clipped (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-11:layers:1111912022-11-30T22:29:45.051775+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/111191-maori-ward-2023-clipped-generalised/" title="Details for Māori Ward 2023 Clipped (generalised)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=111191.375757,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Māori Ward 2023 Clipped (generalised) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released Māori ward boundaries as at 1 January 2023 as defined by the 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. In 2023, there are 34 Māori wards (excluding Area Outside Māori Ward) within 29 territorial authorities.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The Local Electoral Act 2001 provides that Māori wards may be established in territorial authorities. If a territorial authority decides to have Māori wards, the wards within the council are known as general wards and Māori wards. </p>
<p></p>
<p>The first Māori ward was established by representation review in 2019 and first appeared in the 2020 geographic boundaries released by Stats NZ. Changes to government legislation that allowed councils to decide on whether to include Māori wards in their arrangements resulted in 33 new Māori wards being added to the 2023 classification. </p>
<p></p>
<p>Māori ward boundaries are defined at meshblock level. </p>
<p></p>
<p>**Numbering **</p>
<p>Māori wards are numbered based on their corresponding territorial authority. Each Māori ward has a unique five-digit code. The first three digits represent the territorial authority that the Māori ward lies within. The following two digits are sequential and represent the number of Māori wards within a territorial authority. </p>
<p></p>
<p>Territorial authorities that do not have Māori wards use “99” at the end of the Māori ward code, and the descriptor “Area Outside Māori Ward”.</p>
<p></p>
<p>There is also a code of 99999 for those areas outside of territorial authority areas.</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 />
Ward 2023 (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-11:layers:1111902022-11-30T22:21:32.901116+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/111190-ward-2023-generalised/" title="Details for Ward 2023 (generalised)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=111190.375755,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Ward 2023 (generalised) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released ward boundaries as at 1 January 2023 as defined by the territorial authorities and Local Government Commission and maintained by Stats NZ. This version contains 224 wards, excluding ‘area outside ward’.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Wards are defined under the Local Electoral Act 2001 and result from dividing a territorial authority for electoral purposes. Wards were originally set up within any territorial authority with a population of at least 20,000. The ward system was designed to allow for the recognition of communities within a territorial authority and to increase community involvement in the local government system.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Territorial authorities can now choose whether they would like to maintain electoral wards. As a result, the number of wards has steadily decreased since they were first created in 1989. Ward boundaries are reviewed in the year before the three-yearly local government elections. </p>
<p></p>
<p>Wards are defined at meshblock level, and do not coincide with the statistical area 1 (SA1) geography or the statistical area 2 (SA2) geographies. </p>
<p></p>
<p>**Numbering **</p>
<p>Wards are numbered based on their corresponding territorial authority. Each ward has a unique five-digit number. The first three digits represent the territorial authority that the ward lies within. The following two digits are sequential and represent the number of wards within a territorial authority. For example, Westland District (057) has three wards, which are coded 05701, 05702, and 05703. </p>
<p></p>
<p>Some territorial authorities do not use wards. In the classification, these territorial authorities use ‘99’ for the last two digits of the ward code, and the descriptor “Area Outside Ward”. </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 />
Ward 2023 Clipped (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-11:layers:1111892022-11-30T22:16:32.123208+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/111189-ward-2023-clipped-generalised/" title="Details for Ward 2023 Clipped (generalised)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=111189.375753,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Ward 2023 Clipped (generalised) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released ward boundaries as at 1 January 2023 as defined by the territorial authorities and 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 224 wards, excluding ‘area outside ward’.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Wards are defined under the Local Electoral Act 2001 and result from dividing a territorial authority for electoral purposes. Wards were originally set up within any territorial authority with a population of at least 20,000. The ward system was designed to allow for the recognition of communities within a territorial authority and to increase community involvement in the local government system.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Territorial authorities can now choose whether they would like to maintain electoral wards. As a result, the number of wards has steadily decreased since they were first created in 1989. Ward boundaries are reviewed in the year before the three-yearly local government elections.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Wards are defined at meshblock level, and do not coincide with the statistical area 1 (SA1) geography or the statistical area 2 (SA2) geographies. </p>
<p></p>
<p>**Numbering **</p>
<p>Wards are numbered based on their corresponding territorial authority. Each ward has a unique five-digit number. The first three digits represent the territorial authority that the ward lies within. The following two digits are sequential and represent the number of wards within a territorial authority. For example, Westland District (057) has three wards, which are coded 05701, 05702, and 05703. </p>
<p></p>
<p>Some territorial authorities do not use wards. In the classification, these territorial authorities use ‘99’ for the last two digits of the ward code, and the descriptor “Area Outside Ward”. </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 />
Community Board 2023 (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-11:layers:1111882022-11-30T22:12:06.042239+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/111188-community-board-2023-generalised/" title="Details for Community Board 2023 (generalised)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=111188.375751,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Community Board 2023 (generalised) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive set of community board boundaries for 2023 as defined by the territorial authorities and Local Government Commission but maintained by Stats NZ. This classification includes community boards and local boards. </p>
<p></p>
<p>Community boards and local boards provide voting representation at a community level. They are defined under the <a href="https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2002/0084/167.0/DLM170873.html">Local Government Act 2002</a> and<a href="https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2001/0035/48.0/whole.html"> Local Electoral Act 2001</a>. Local boards were introduced as part of the new local government arrangements for Auckland in 2010. Community boards and local boards are defined at meshblock level and do not coincide with the statistical area 1 (SA1) or statistical area 2 (SA2) geographies. </p>
<p></p>
<p>**Structure **</p>
<p>The purpose of community boards is to administer the affairs of communities with a population of 1,500 or more people within rural, urban, or metropolitan areas of a territorial authority. A community board’s functions, powers, and duties are at the discretion of its parent territorial authority, so these may differ between community boards. </p>
<p></p>
<p>Community boards are a link between the council and the community. Community boards can be established at any time but may only be abolished as part of a council’s regular representation review carried out before the triennial local government elections; this is provided for in the Local Electoral Act 2001. </p>
<p></p>
<p>Local boards can be established within any unitary authority. Local boards share governance with a council’s governing body, and each has complementary responsibilities guaranteed by legislation. Local boards can propose bylaws and they gather community views on local and regional matters. </p>
<p></p>
<p>Community board and local board boundaries must coincide with meshblock boundaries under Local Government Act 2002 and Local Electoral Act 2001. Community boards, local boards and wards both sit within territorial authorities. There is not a one-to-one relationship and community boards and local boards may straddle wards.</p>
<p></p>
<p>**Numbering **</p>
<p>The Community Board classification is a flat classification. Community boards are numbered based on their corresponding territorial authority. Each community board has a unique five-digit number. The first three digits refer to the territorial authority that the community board lies within. The following two digits are sequential and represent the number of community boards within the territorial authority. For example, Tararua District (041) has two community boards numbered 04101 and 04102. The rest of the district is not represented by a community board and is coded ‘04199 Area outside community’.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The descriptor ‘Area outside community’ is applied to each individual territorial authority that has any areas outside community board or does not have community boards. </p>
<p></p>
<p>There is also a code of 99999 for those areas outside of territorial authority areas. </p>
<p></p>
<p>**Maintenance **</p>
<p>The Local Electoral Act 2001 provides for community boards to be reviewed before every second triennial local government election. </p>
<p></p>
<p>Local boards cannot be abolished or their boundaries changed except through a reorganisation process. </p>
<p></p>
<p>The Community Board 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><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 />
Community Board 2023 Clipped (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-11:layers:1111872022-11-30T21:55:58.171144+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/111187-community-board-2023-clipped-generalised/" title="Details for Community Board 2023 Clipped (generalised)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=111187.375750,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Community Board 2023 Clipped (generalised) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released community board boundaries as at 1 January 2023, as defined by the territorial authorities and/or Local Government Commission and maintained by Stats NZ, 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 111 community boards and 21 Auckland local boards, excluding ‘area outside community board’</p>
<p></p>
<p>Community boards and local boards provide voting representation at a community level. They are defined under the Local Government Act 2002and Local Electoral Act 2001. Local boards were introduced as part of the new local government arrangements for Auckland in 2010. Community boards and local boards are defined at meshblock level and do not coincide with the statistical area 1 (SA1) or statistical area 2 (SA2) geographies. </p>
<p></p>
<p>**Structure **</p>
<p>The purpose of community boards is to administer the affairs of communities with a population of 1,500 or more people within rural, urban, or metropolitan areas of a territorial authority. A community board’s functions, powers, and duties are at the discretion of its parent territorial authority, so these may differ between community boards. </p>
<p></p>
<p>Community boards are a link between the council and the community. Community boards can be established at any time but may only be abolished as part of a council’s regular representation review carried out before the triennial local government elections; this is provided for in the Local Electoral Act 2001. </p>
<p></p>
<p>Local boards can be established within any unitary authority. Local boards share governance with a council’s governing body, and each has complementary responsibilities guaranteed by legislation. Local boards can propose bylaws and they gather community views on local and regional matters. </p>
<p></p>
<p>Community board and local board boundaries must coincide with meshblock boundaries under Local Government Act 2002 and Local Electoral Act 2001. Community boards, local boards and wards both sit within territorial authorities. There is not a one-to-one relationship and community boards and local boards may straddle wards.</p>
<p></p>
<p>**Numbering **</p>
<p>The Community Board classification is a flat classification. Community boards are numbered based on their corresponding territorial authority. Each community board has a unique five-digit number. The first three digits refer to the territorial authority that the community board lies within. The following two digits are sequential and represent the number of community boards within the territorial authority. For example, Tararua District (041) has two community boards numbered 04101 and 04102. The rest of the district is not represented by a community board and is coded ‘04199 Area outside community’.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The descriptor ‘Area outside community’ is applied to each individual territorial authority that has any areas outside community board or does not have community boards. </p>
<p></p>
<p>There is also a code of 99999 for those areas outside of territorial authority areas. </p>
<p></p>
<p>**Maintenance **</p>
<p>The Local Electoral Act 2001 provides for community boards to be reviewed before every second triennial local government election. </p>
<p></p>
<p>Local boards cannot be abolished or their boundaries changed except through a reorganisation process. </p>
<p></p>
<p>The Community Board 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><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 />
Territorial Authority Local Board 2023 (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-11:layers:1111842022-11-30T20:43:41.489342+00:002022-11-30T20:41:33.940915+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/111184-territorial-authority-local-board-2023-generalised/" title="Details for Territorial Authority Local Board 2023 (generalised)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=111184.375747,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Territorial Authority Local Board 2023 (generalised) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 30 Nov 2022</strong><br />
<p>**Territorial authorities **</p>
<p>Territorial Authority Local Board (TALB) is a derived classification. TALB is derived from the definitive version of the annually released local boards for Auckland and territorial authorities for the rest of New Zealand as at 1 January 2023, as defined by the territorial authorities and/or Local Government Commission and maintained by Stats NZ (the custodian). This version contains 21 local boards in the Auckland Council and 66 territorial authority boundaries for the rest New Zealand.</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><strong>Local boards</strong></p>
<p>Local boards share governance with a council’s governing body and each has complementary responsibilities, guaranteed by legislation. Local boards can propose bylaws and they gather community views on local and regional matters. Legislation enacted in 2012 allows for the establishment of local boards in areas of new unitary authorities that are predominantly urban and have a population of more than 400,000. The boundaries of local boards cannot be abolished or changed except through a reorganisation process. If new local boards are created they will be incorporated into this classification.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Local boards are defined at meshblock level. Stats NZ must be consulted if there is a proposed boundary change that does not align with the meshblock pattern. Local boards do not coincide with the statistical area 1 (SA1) or statistical area 2 (SA2) geographies. </p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Auckland Council local boards</strong></p>
<p>The Auckland Council was established in November 2010 under the Local Government (Tamaki Makaurau Reorganisation) Act 2009. Seven territorial authorities within the Auckland Region were abolished and replaced by the unitary authority Auckland Council. Local boards fall within the community board classification. Changes were reflected in the 2011 and subsequent community board classifications. </p>
<p></p>
<p>For statistical outputs that use territorial authorities to aggregate and report data Auckland Council is treated as a single geographic entity, whereas previously data was provided for the seven territorial authorities. Presenting data for this single territorial authority hides meaningful patterns and trends for a significant portion of the population. A solution was to create a new classification of territorial authorities that includes the local boards for Auckland. </p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Numbering</strong></p>
<p>TALB is a flat classification. Each category has a unique five-digit code. The first three digits represent the territorial authority code, ranging from 001 to 076 (with 999 being Area Outside Territorial Authority). The last two digits indicate if the territorial authority is further defined at local board level: 00 indicates the territorial authority is “not further defined”. Auckland retains sequential codes from the community board classification. The names for the classification are retained from the territorial authority and community board classifications.</p>
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<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>
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<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>
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<p><strong>Digital data</strong></p>
<p>Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.</p>
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<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 Local Board 2023 Clipped (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-11:layers:1111832022-11-30T20:35:07.992804+00:002022-11-30T20:33:09.665725+00:00
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<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 30 Nov 2022</strong><br />
<p>**Territorial authorities **</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>
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<p><strong>Local boards</strong></p>
<p>Local boards share governance with a council’s governing body and each has complementary responsibilities, guaranteed by legislation. Local boards can propose bylaws and they gather community views on local and regional matters. Legislation enacted in 2012 allows for the establishment of local boards in areas of new unitary authorities that are predominantly urban and have a population of more than 400,000. The boundaries of local boards cannot be abolished or changed except through a reorganisation process. If new local boards are created they will be incorporated into this classification.</p>
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<p>Local boards are defined at meshblock level. Stats NZ must be consulted if there is a proposed boundary change that does not align with the meshblock pattern. Local boards do not coincide with the statistical area 1 (SA1) or statistical area 2 (SA2) geographies. </p>
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<p><strong>Auckland Council local boards</strong></p>
<p>The Auckland Council was established in November 2010 under the Local Government (Tamaki Makaurau Reorganisation) Act 2009. Seven territorial authorities within the Auckland Region were abolished and replaced by the unitary authority Auckland Council. Local boards fall within the community board classification. Changes were reflected in the 2011 and subsequent community board classifications. </p>
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<p>For statistical outputs that use territorial authorities to aggregate and report data Auckland Council is treated as a single geographic entity, whereas previously data was provided for the seven territorial authorities. Presenting data for this single territorial authority hides meaningful patterns and trends for a significant portion of the population. A solution was to create a new classification of territorial authorities that includes the local boards for Auckland. </p>
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<p><strong>Numbering</strong></p>
<p>TALB is a flat classification. Each category has a unique five-digit code. The first three digits represent the territorial authority code, ranging from 001 to 076 (with 999 being Area Outside Territorial Authority). The last two digits indicate if the territorial authority is further defined at local board level: 00 indicates the territorial authority is “not further defined”. Auckland retains sequential codes from the community board classification. </p>
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<p>The names for the classification are retained from the territorial authority and community board classifications.</p>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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 />
Subdivision 2023 (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-11:layers:1111862022-11-30T21:31:03.995286+00:00
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<p>This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released (territorial authority) subdivision boundaries as at 1 January 2023 as defined by the territorial authorities and Local Government Commission and maintained by Stats NZ. This version contains 81 subdivisions, excluding area outside subdivision.</p>
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<p>Subdivisions are set up under the Local Government Act 2002 and Local Electoral Act 2001. They are provided to ensure fair geographical representation on a community or local board. A subdivision is a division of a community or local board area for electoral purposes. As such, they nest within community or local boards. Subdivision boundaries are reviewed in the year before the three-yearly local government elections.</p>
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<p>A number of territorial authorities do not have subdivisions, and if they do, the subdivisions do not necessarily cover the whole territorial authority area. Where a community or local board is divided into subdivisions all of the community or local board area must be included in a subdivision.</p>
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<p>There was a large increase in the number of subdivisions between 2010 and 2011. This was due to the creation of the Auckland Council to replace Auckland Regional Council and seven territorial authorities in 2010. Twenty-one local boards were established, a number of which contain subdivisions. </p>
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<p>Subdivisions are defined at meshblock level, and do not coincide with the statistical area 1 (SA1) or statistical area 2 (SA2) geographies. </p>
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<p>**Numbering **</p>
<p>Subdivisions are numbered based on their corresponding territorial authority. Each subdivision has a unique five-digit number. The first three digits refer to the territorial authority that the subdivision lies within. The following two digits are sequential and represent the number of subdivisions within the territorial authority. For example, Waipa District (017) has four subdivisions numbered 01701, 01702, 01703 and 01704. The rest of the district is not represented by a subdivision and is coded 01799 (Area Outside Subdivision).</p>
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<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 />