Stats NZ Geographic Data Service :: tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2008-10:feed:layers:category=401189:sort=rStats NZhttps://datafinder.stats.govt.nz//Regional Council 2023 (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-11:layers:1111822022-11-30T03:47:12.732013+00:00
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<p>This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released regional council boundaries as at 1 January 2023 as defined by regional councils and/or Local Government Commission, and maintained by Stats NZ (the custodian). This version contains 16 regional councils and area outside region (Chatham Islands Territory).</p>
<p></p>
<p>This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released regional council boundaries as at 1 January 2023 as defined by regional councils and/or Local Government Commission, and maintained by Stats NZ (the custodian). This version contains 16 regional councils and area outside region (Chatham Islands Territory). The annual boundaries are used for the full calendar year from 1 January. The annual update may have no changes from the previous release. </p>
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<p>The regional council is the top tier of local government in New Zealand. Regional councils are defined under schedule 2, part 1 of the Local Government Act 2002. They were established in November 1989 after the abolition of the 22 local government regions. Regional council boundaries must coincide with meshblock boundaries under schedule 3, clause 17 of the Local Government Act 2002. </p>
<p></p>
<p>Regional council boundaries are based largely on water catchments, such as rivers, lakes, and harbours. The seaward boundary of the regions is the 12 mile (19.3km) New Zealand territorial limit. In determining regions, consideration was also given to regional communities of interest, natural resource management, land use planning, and environmental matters. </p>
<p></p>
<p>There are 16 regions which cover every territorial authority in New Zealand, with the exception of the Chatham Islands Territory (included in 99 Area Outside Region). Five regions are administered as unitary authorities, which function as both regional council and territorial authority. These unitary authorities are Auckland Council, Nelson City Council, and Gisborne, Tasman, and Marlborough District Councils. The Chatham Islands Council also performs some of the functions of a regional council but is not strictly a unitary authority. Unitary authorities act as regional councils for legislative purposes. Regional councils are responsible for administrating many environmental and transport matters, such as land transport planning and harbour navigation and safety.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Some regional council boundaries are coterminous with territorial authority boundaries, but there are several exceptions. An example is Taupo District, which is geographically split between four regions, although most of its area falls within the Waikato Region. Where territorial authorities straddle regional council boundaries, the affected area is statistically defined by complete regional councils. In general, however, regional councils contain complete territorial authorities. </p>
<p></p>
<p>Auckland Council unitary authority was formed in 2010, under the Local Government (Tamaki Makarau Reorganisation) Act 2009, replacing the Auckland Regional Council and seven territorial authorities.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Regional councils are defined at meshblock level. Statistical area 1 and statistical area 2 geographies nest within regional council boundaries.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Numbering</strong></p>
<p>The standard classification of regional council is a flat classification and contains 17 categories (including ‘99 Area Outside Region’). </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 />
Regional Council 2023 Clipped (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2022-11:layers:1111812022-11-30T03:45:50.251929+00:00
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<p>This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released regional council boundaries as at 1 January 2023 as defined by regional councils 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 16 regional councils and area outside region (Chatham Islands Territory).</p>
<p></p>
<p>The regional council is the top tier of local government in New Zealand. Regional councils are defined under schedule 2, part 1 of the Local Government Act 2002. They were established in November 1989 after the abolition of the 22 local government regions. Regional council boundaries must coincide with meshblock boundaries under schedule 3, clause 17 of the Local Government Act 2002. </p>
<p></p>
<p>Regional council boundaries are based largely on water catchments, such as rivers, lakes, and harbours. The seaward boundary of the regions is the 12 mile (19.3km) New Zealand territorial limit. In determining regions, consideration was also given to regional communities of interest, natural resource management, land use planning, and environmental matters. </p>
<p></p>
<p>There are 16 regions which cover every territorial authority in New Zealand, with the exception of the Chatham Islands Territory (included in 99 Area Outside Region). Five regions are administered as unitary authorities, which function as both regional council and territorial authority. These unitary authorities are Auckland Council, Nelson City Council, and Gisborne, Tasman, and Marlborough District Councils. The Chatham Islands Council also performs some of the functions of a regional council but is not strictly a unitary authority. Unitary authorities act as regional councils for legislative purposes. Regional councils are responsible for administrating many environmental and transport matters, such as land transport planning and harbour navigation and safety.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Some regional council boundaries are coterminous with territorial authority boundaries, but there are several exceptions. An example is Taupo District, which is geographically split between four regions, although most of its area falls within the Waikato Region. Where territorial authorities straddle regional council boundaries, the affected area is statistically defined by complete regional councils. In general, however, regional councils contain complete territorial authorities. </p>
<p></p>
<p>Auckland Council unitary authority was formed in 2010, under the Local Government (Tamaki Makarau Reorganisation) Act 2009, replacing the Auckland Regional Council and seven territorial authorities.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Regional councils are defined at meshblock level. Statistical area 1 and statistical area 2 geographies nest within regional council boundaries.</p>
<p></p>
<p><strong>Numbering</strong></p>
<p>The standard classification of regional council is a flat classification and contains 17 categories (including ‘99 Area Outside Region’). </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 />
Regional Council 2022 Clipped (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2021-11:layers:1066672021-11-30T04:49:15.796239+00:002021-11-30T04:47:46.928445+00:00
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<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 30 Nov 2021</strong><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive set of the annually released regional council boundaries for 2022 as defined by the regional councils and/or Local Government Commission and maintained by Stats NZ (the custodian), clipped to coastline. This clipped version has been created for map creation/cartographic purposes and so does not fully represent the official full extent boundaries.</p>
<p>The regional council is the top tier of local government in New Zealand. There are 16 regional councils in New Zealand (defined by Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Local Government Act 2002). Eleven are governed by an elected regional council, while five are governed by territorial authorities (the second tier of local government), who also perform the functions of a regional council and are known as unitary authorities.</p>
<p>These unitary authorities are Auckland Council, Nelson City Council, and Gisborne, Tasman, and Marlborough District Councils. The Chatham Islands Council also performs some of the functions of a regional council but is not strictly a unitary authority. Unitary authorities act as regional councils for legislative purposes.</p>
<p>The seaward boundary of any coastal regional council is the twelve-mile New Zealand territorial limit. Regional councils are defined at meshblock level. Statistical area 1 and statistical area 2 geographies nest within regional council boundaries.</p>
<p>Names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons. The name field without macrons is suffixed ‘ascii’.</p>
<p>This generalised version has been simplified for rapid drawing and is designed for thematic or web mapping purposes.</p>
<p>Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 30 Nov 2021<br />
Updated: 30 Nov 2021<br />
Regional Council 2022 (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2021-11:layers:1066662021-11-30T04:46:33.538629+00:002021-11-30T04:45:17.772477+00:00
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<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 30 Nov 2021</strong><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive set of annually released regional council boundaries for 2022 as defined by the regional councils and/or Local Government Commission and maintained by Stats NZ (the custodian).</p>
<p>The regional council is the top tier of local government in New Zealand. There are 16 regional councils in New Zealand (defined by Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Local Government Act 2002). Eleven are governed by an elected regional council, while five are governed by territorial authorities (the second tier of local government), who also perform the functions of a regional council and are known as unitary authorities.</p>
<p>These unitary authorities are Auckland Council, Nelson City Council, and Gisborne, Tasman, and Marlborough District Councils. The Chatham Islands Council also performs some of the functions of a regional council but is not strictly a unitary authority. Unitary authorities act as regional councils for legislative purposes.</p>
<p>The seaward boundary of any coastal regional council is the twelve-mile New Zealand territorial limit. Regional councils are defined at meshblock level. Statistical area 1 and statistical area 2 geographies nest within regional council boundaries.</p>
<p>Names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons. The name field without macrons is suffixed ‘ascii’.</p>
<p>This generalised version has been simplified for rapid drawing and is designed for thematic or web mapping purposes.</p>
<p>Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 30 Nov 2021<br />
Updated: 30 Nov 2021<br />
Regional Council Urban Accessibility Indicator 2018tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2021-09:layers:1060112021-09-06T21:08:35.076887+00:002021-09-06T21:06:43.433842+00:00
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<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 06 Sep 2021</strong><br />
<p>RC_IUA 2018 contains urban accessibility classes by regional council geography. The dataset uses geographic boundaries (urban accessibility indicator (IUA), regional council (RC) as at 1 January 2018.</p>
<p>To download census and other data for this classification go to <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/106009-2018-census-selected-variables-by-regional-council-urban-accessibility-indicator-2018/">'</a><a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/106046-2018-census-selected-variables-by-regional-council-urban-accessibility-indicator/">2018 Census selected variables by Regional Council Urban Accessibility Indicator 2018'.</a></p>
<p>The urban accessibility (IUA) indicator measures the degree of urban influence New Zealand’s urban areas have on surrounding rural areas. It 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. The full classification is: 111 Major urban area 112 Large urban area 113 Medium urban area 221 High urban accessibility 222 Medium urban accessibility 223 Low urban accessibility 224 Remote 225 Very remote 331 Inland water 332 Inlet 333 Oceanic.</p>
<p>Regional council (RC) boundaries for 2018 are defined by the regional councils and/or Local Government Commission and maintained by Stats NZ. This version contains 16 regional councils. The full classification is: 01 Northland Region 02 Auckland Region 03 Waikato Region 04 Bay of Plenty Region 05 Gisborne Region 06Hawke's Bay Region 07 Taranaki Region 08 Manawatu-Wanganui Region 09 Wellington Region 12 West Coast Region 13 Canterbury Region 14 Otago Region 15 Southland Region 16 Tasman Region 17 Nelson Region 18 Marlborough Region 99 Area Outside Region.</p>
<p>The RC_IUA codes and names combine the RC and IUA codes and names, e.g. 01112 Northland Region_Major urban area.There are 140 classes. Some regional council areas do not contain all IUA classes but each region has at least four IUA classes.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 06 Sep 2021<br />
Updated: 06 Sep 2021<br />
Regional Council 2015 (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2021-07:layers:1057692021-07-29T03:52:16.304645+00:002021-07-29T03:50:44.101856+00:00
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<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 29 Jul 2021</strong><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive set of regional council boundaries for 2015 as defined by the Local Government Commission and/or regional councils themselves but maintained by Statistics New Zealand (the custodian).</p>
<p></p>
<p>The regional council is the top tier of local government in New Zealand. There are 16 regional councils in New Zealand (defined by Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Local Government Act 2002).</p>
<p></p>
<p>Digital boundary data became freely available in 1 July 2007.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 29 Jul 2021<br />
Updated: 29 Jul 2021<br />
Regional Council 2014 (clipped)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2021-07:layers:1057612021-07-28T20:32:05.580929+00:002021-07-28T20:30:31.467762+00:00
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<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 28 Jul 2021</strong><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive set of regional council boundaries for 2014 as defined by the Local Government Commission and/or regional councils themselves but maintained by Statistics New Zealand (the custodian).</p>
<p></p>
<p>The regional council is the top tier of local government in New Zealand. There are 16 regional councils in New Zealand (defined by Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Local Government Act 2002). </p>
<p></p>
<p>Regional councils are responsible for the administration of many environmental and transport matters such as land transport planning and harbour navigation and safety. Regional councils are defined at meshblock and area unit level.</p>
<p></p>
<p>As at 1st July 2007, Digital Boundary data became freely available.</p>
<p></p>
<p>This generalised version has been simplified for rapid drawing and is designed for thematic or web mapping purposes.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 28 Jul 2021<br />
Updated: 28 Jul 2021<br />
Regional Council 2012 (clipped)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2021-07:layers:1057542021-07-28T01:23:13.903104+00:002021-07-28T01:20:52.441646+00:00
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<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 28 Jul 2021</strong><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive set of regional council boundaries for 2012 as defined by the Local Government Commission and/or the territorial authorities themselves but maintained by Statistics New Zealand (who are the custodian).</p>
<p></p>
<p>The region is the top tier of local government in New Zealand. There are 16 regions of New Zealand (Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Local Government Act 2002). Regional council areas are based on water catchment areas. Regional councils are responsible for the administration of many environmental and public transport matters.</p>
<p></p>
<p>As at 1st July 2007, Digital Boundary data became freely available.</p>
<p></p>
<p>This generalised version has been simplified for rapid drawing and is designed for thematic or web mapping purposes.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 28 Jul 2021<br />
Updated: 28 Jul 2021<br />
Regional Council 2012 (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2021-07:layers:1057512021-07-27T23:53:04.825573+00:002021-07-27T23:51:39.134133+00:00
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<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 27 Jul 2021</strong><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive set of regional council boundaries for 2012 as defined by the Local Government Commission and/or the territorial authorities themselves but maintained by Statistics New Zealand (who are the custodian).</p>
<p></p>
<p>The region is the top tier of local government in New Zealand. There are 16 regions of New Zealand (Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Local Government Act 2002). Regional council areas are based on water catchment areas. Regional councils are responsible for the administration of many environmental and public transport matters.</p>
<p></p>
<p>As at 1st July 2007, Digital Boundary data became freely available.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 27 Jul 2021<br />
Updated: 27 Jul 2021<br />
Statistical Area 2 Higher Geographies 2018 Clipped (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2018-04:layers:950662018-04-04T01:13:21.428904+00:002019-04-26T01:47:37.106538+00:00
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<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 26 Apr 2019</strong><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive version of statistical area 2 (SA2) boundaries concorded to higher geographies as at 1 January 2018 as defined by Stats NZ, clipped to the coastline.<br>
This version contains 2,171 SA2s and has been created for map creation/cartographic purposes and does not fully represent the official full extent boundaries. 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: territorial authority (TA) and regional council (REGC).<br>
Statistical area 2 (SA2) is a new 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.<br>
Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007. This generalised version has been simplified for rapid drawing and is designed for thematic or web mapping purposes. </p>
<p>Please note that a review of SA2 names was undertaken in early 2018. The review addressed issues with inconsistent naming and applied corrections, resulting in an update to this dataset applied in May 2018. All SA2 codes are unchanged.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 04 Apr 2018<br />
Updated: 26 Apr 2019<br />
Regional Council 2018 (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2017-12:layers:922042017-12-03T22:06:57.660247+00:002017-12-03T21:58:25.967855+00:00
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<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 03 Dec 2017</strong><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive set of the annually released regional council boundaries at 1 January 2018 as defined by the regional council and/or Local Government Commission and maintained by Stats NZ. Regional council is the top tier of local government in New Zealand. Regional councils are defined at meshblock, statistical area 1 (SA1), and statistical area 2 (SA2) levels. </p>
<p>Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007. This generalised version has been simplified for rapid drawing and is designed for thematic or web mapping purposes. </p>
<p>For further information see ANZLIC Metadata 2018 Regional Council attachment below.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 03 Dec 2017<br />
Updated: 03 Dec 2017<br />
Regional Council 2018 Clipped (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2017-12:layers:922052017-12-03T22:07:11.767591+00:002017-12-03T21:58:40.043052+00:00
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<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 03 Dec 2017</strong><br />
<p>This dataset is the major released version of the annually released regional council boundaries at 1 January 2018, clipped to the coastline. This clipped version has been created for map creation/cartographic purposes and may not fully represent the official full extent boundaries. Regional council is the top tier of local government in New Zealand. Regional councils are defined at meshblock, statistical area 1 (SA1), and statistical area 2 (SA2) levels. </p>
<p>Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007. This generalised version has been simplified for rapid drawing and is designed for thematic or web mapping purposes. </p>
<p>For further information see ANZLIC Metadata 2018 Regional Council attachment below.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 03 Dec 2017<br />
Updated: 03 Dec 2017<br />
Regional Council 2021 (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2020-12:layers:1051332020-12-01T22:37:35.457169+00:002020-12-01T22:35:57.252311+00:00
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<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 01 Dec 2020</strong><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released regional council boundaries for 2021 as defined by the regional councils and/or Local Government Commission, and maintained by Stats NZ (the custodian). </p>
<p></p>
<p>The regional council is the top tier of local government in New Zealand. There are 16 regional councils in New Zealand (defined by Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Local Government Act 2002). Eleven are governed by an elected regional council, while five are governed by territorial authorities (the second tier of local government), who also perform the functions of a regional council and are known as unitary authorities.</p>
<p>Auckland Council unitary authority was formed in 2010, under the Local Government (Tamaki Makarau Reorganisation) Act 2009, replacing the Auckland Regional Council and seven territorial authorities.The seaward boundary of any coastal regional council is the twelve-mile New Zealand territorial limit. Regional councils are defined at meshblock and statistical area 2</p>
<p>Names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons. The name field without macrons is suffixed ‘ascii’.</p>
<p>This generalised version has been simplified for rapid drawing and is designed for thematic or web mapping purposes.</p>
<p>Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 01 Dec 2020<br />
Updated: 01 Dec 2020<br />
Regional Council 2021 Clipped (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2020-12:layers:1051342020-12-01T22:45:01.556394+00:002020-12-01T22:42:58.837312+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/105134-regional-council-2021-clipped-generalised/" title="Details for Regional Council 2021 Clipped (generalised)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=105134.340671,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Regional Council 2021 Clipped (generalised) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 01 Dec 2020</strong><br />
<p>This dataset contains the annually released regional council boundaries for 2021 as defined by the regional councils and/or Local Government Commission and maintained by Stats NZ (the custodian), clipped to coastline. This clipped version has been created for map creation/cartographic purposes and so does not fully represent the official full extent boundaries. </p>
<p>The regional council is the top tier of local government in New Zealand. There are 16 regional councils in New Zealand (defined by Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Local Government Act 2002). Eleven are governed by an elected regional council, while five are governed by territorial authorities (the second tier of local government), who also perform the functions of a regional council and are known as unitary authorities.</p>
<p>Auckland Council unitary authority was formed in 2010, under the Local Government (Tamaki Makarau Reorganisation) Act 2009, replacing the Auckland Regional Council and seven territorial authorities.The seaward boundary of any coastal regional council is the twelve-mile New Zealand territorial limit. Regional councils are defined at meshblock and statistical area 2</p>
<p>Names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons. The name field without macrons is suffixed ‘ascii’.</p>
<p>This generalised version has been simplified for rapid drawing and is designed for thematic or web mapping purposes.</p>
<p>Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 01 Dec 2020<br />
Updated: 01 Dec 2020<br />
Statistical Area 2 Higher Geographies 2019 (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2018-12:layers:987792018-12-03T03:18:39.594584+00:002020-06-29T02:33:05.720057+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/98779-statistical-area-2-higher-geographies-2019-generalised/" title="Details for Statistical Area 2 Higher Geographies 2019 (generalised)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=98779.335020,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Statistical Area 2 Higher Geographies 2019 (generalised) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 29 Jun 2020</strong><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive version of statistical area 2 (SA2) boundaries concorded to higher geographies as at 1 January 2019 as defined by Stats NZ. </p>
<p>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: territorial authority (TA) and regional council (REGC). </p>
<p>Statistical area 2 was created as part of the Statistical Standard for Geographic Areas 2018 (SSGA18) which replaces the 1992 New Zealand Standard Areas Classification (NZSAC92). The statistical standard for geographic areas is to be used from 2018 (SSGA18). It defines the Stats NZ input and output geographic classifications and describes their primary purposes, and sets out requirements and guidelines for the creation and maintenance of statistical geographies. </p>
<p>Statistical area 2 (SA2) 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>Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007. This generalised version has been simplified for rapid drawing and is designed for thematic or web mapping purposes.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 03 Dec 2018<br />
Updated: 29 Jun 2020<br />
Regional Council 2020 (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2019-11:layers:1042542019-11-28T20:06:59.451200+00:002020-01-30T00:38:59.918432+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/104254-regional-council-2020-generalised/" title="Details for Regional Council 2020 (generalised)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=104254.330119,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Regional Council 2020 (generalised) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 30 Jan 2020</strong><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released regional council boundaries for 2020 as defined by the regional councils and/or Local Government Commission, and maintained by Stats NZ (the custodian). This version contains 17 categories. </p>
<p>The regional council is the top tier of local government in New Zealand. There are 16 regional councils in New Zealand (defined by Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Local Government Act 2002). Eleven are governed by an elected regional council, while five are governed by territorial authorities (the second tier of local government), who also perform the functions of a regional council and are known as unitary authorities. </p>
<p>Auckland Council unitary authority was formed in 2010, under the Local Government (Tamaki Makarau Reorganisation) Act 2009, replacing the Auckland Regional Council and seven territorial authorities.The seaward boundary of any coastal regional council is the twelve-mile New Zealand territorial limit. Regional councils are defined at meshblock and statistical area 2 </p>
<p>Names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons. The name field without macrons is suffixed ‘ascii’. </p>
<p>This generalised version has been simplified for rapid drawing and is designed for thematic or web mapping purposes. </p>
<p>Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 28 Nov 2019<br />
Updated: 30 Jan 2020<br />
Regional Council 2020 Clipped (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2019-11:layers:1042532019-11-28T03:33:48.000820+00:002020-01-30T00:30:44.968079+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/104253-regional-council-2020-clipped-generalised/" title="Details for Regional Council 2020 Clipped (generalised)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=104253.330118,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Regional Council 2020 Clipped (generalised) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 30 Jan 2020</strong><br />
<p>This dataset contains the annually released regional council boundaries for 2020 as defined by the regional councils and/or Local Government Commission and maintained by Stats NZ (the custodian), clipped to coastline. This clipped version has been created for map creation/cartographic purposes and so does not fully represent the official full extent boundaries. This version contains 17 categories. </p>
<p>The regional council is the top tier of local government in New Zealand. There are 16 regional councils in New Zealand (defined by Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Local Government Act 2002). Eleven are governed by an elected regional council, while five are governed by territorial authorities (the second tier of local government), who also perform the functions of a regional council and are known as unitary authorities. </p>
<p>Auckland Council unitary authority was formed in 2010, under the Local Government (Tamaki Makarau Reorganisation) Act 2009, replacing the Auckland Regional Council and seven territorial authorities.The seaward boundary of any coastal regional council is the twelve-mile New Zealand territorial limit. Regional councils are defined at meshblock and statistical area 2 </p>
<p>Names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons. The name field without macrons is suffixed ‘ascii’. </p>
<p>This generalised version has been simplified for rapid drawing and is designed for thematic or web mapping purposes. </p>
<p>Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 28 Nov 2019<br />
Updated: 30 Jan 2020<br />
Regional Council 2019 Clipped (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2018-12:layers:987652018-12-03T00:11:32.098124+00:002019-05-03T01:16:16.768415+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/98765-regional-council-2019-clipped-generalised/" title="Details for Regional Council 2019 Clipped (generalised)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=98765.316098,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Regional Council 2019 Clipped (generalised) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 03 May 2019</strong><br />
<p>This dataset is the major released version of the annually released regional council boundaries at 1 January 2019, clipped to the coastline. This clipped version has been created for map creation/cartographic purposes and may not fully represent the official full extent boundaries. Regional council is the top tier of local government in New Zealand. Regional councils are defined at meshblock, statistical area 1 (SA1), and statistical area 2 (SA2) levels. </p>
<p>Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007. This generalised version has been simplified for rapid drawing and is designed for thematic or web mapping purposes. </p>
<p>For further information see ANZLIC Metadata 2019 Regional Council attachment below.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 03 Dec 2018<br />
Updated: 03 May 2019<br />
Regional Council 2019 (generalised)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2018-12:layers:987632018-12-02T23:53:37.885893+00:002019-05-03T01:08:52.014426+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/98763-regional-council-2019-generalised/" title="Details for Regional Council 2019 (generalised)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=98763.316097,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Regional Council 2019 (generalised) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 03 May 2019</strong><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive set of the annually released regional council boundaries at 1 January 2019 as defined by the regional council and/or Local Government Commission and maintained by Stats NZ. Regional council is the top tier of local government in New Zealand. Regional councils are defined at meshblock, statistical area 1 (SA1), and statistical area 2 (SA2) levels. </p>
<p>Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007. This generalised version has been simplified for rapid drawing and is designed for thematic or web mapping purposes. </p>
<p>For further information see ANZLIC Metadata 2019 Regional Council attachment below.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 02 Dec 2018<br />
Updated: 03 May 2019<br />
Regional Council 2001tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2016-10:layers:257402016-10-20T20:48:42.673165+00:002016-10-20T20:45:52.347221+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/25740-regional-council-2001/" title="Details for Regional Council 2001"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=25740.27201,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Regional Council 2001 thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 20 Oct 2016</strong><br />
<p>This is the definitive set of regional council boundaries for 2001 as defined by the Local Government Commission and/or regional councils themselves but maintained by Statistics New Zealand (the custodian) as at 1 January 2001.<br>
The regional council is the top tier of local government in New Zealand. There are 16 regional councils in New Zealand (defined by Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Local Government Act 2002). Eleven are governed by an elected regional council, while five are governed by territorial authorities (the second tier of local government) who also perform the functions of a regional council and are known as unitary authorities. These unitary authorities are Nelson City Council, and Gisborne, Tasman, and Marlborough District Councils. The Chatham Islands Council also performs some of the functions of a regional council, but is not strictly a unitary authority. Unitary authorities act as regional councils for the purposes of a wide range of legislative purposes. Regional councils are responsible for the administration of many environmental and transport matters such as land transport planning and harbour navigation and safety.<br>
Regional Councils were established in 1989 after the abolition of the 22 local government regions. The Local Government Act 2002 requires the boundaries of regions to conform, as far as possible, to one or more water catchments. When determining regional boundaries, the Local Government Commission gave consideration to regional communities of interest when selecting which water catchments to include in a region. It also considered factors such as natural resource management, land use planning and environmental matters. Some regional council boundaries are coterminous with territorial authority boundaries but there are several exceptions. An example is Taupo District, which is geographically split between four regions, although most of its area falls within the Waikato Region. Where territorial local authorities straddle regional council boundaries, the affected area is statistically defined by complete area units. In general, however, regional councils contain complete territorial authorities.<br>
The seaward boundary of any coastal regional council is the twelve mile New Zealand territorial limit.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 20 Oct 2016<br />
Updated: 20 Oct 2016<br />
Regional Council 2016 Generalised Versiontag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2015-12:layers:84052015-12-07T06:37:18.804367+00:002015-12-07T06:36:05.162114+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/8405-regional-council-2016-generalised-version/" title="Details for Regional Council 2016 Generalised Version"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=8405.9563,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Regional Council 2016 Generalised Version thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 07 Dec 2015</strong><br />
<p>Regional Council 2016 Generalised Version is the definitive set of regional council boundaries for 2016 as defined by the Local Government Commission and/or regional councils themselves but maintained by Statistics New Zealand (the custodian).</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 07 Dec 2015<br />
Updated: 07 Dec 2015<br />
Regional Council 2013tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2016-10:layers:257382016-10-20T20:56:00.976160+00:002016-10-20T20:45:49.483243+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/25738-regional-council-2013/" title="Details for Regional Council 2013"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=25738.27199,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Regional Council 2013 thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 20 Oct 2016</strong><br />
<p>This is the definitive set of regional council boundaries for 2013 as defined by the Local Government Commission and/or regional councils themselves but maintained by Statistics New Zealand (the custodian) as at 1 January 2013.<br>
The regional council is the top tier of local government in New Zealand. There are 16 regional councils in New Zealand (defined by Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Local Government Act 2002). Eleven are governed by an elected regional council, while five are governed by territorial authorities (the second tier of local government) who also perform the functions of a regional council and are known as unitary authorities. These unitary authorities are Auckland Council, Nelson City Council, and Gisborne, Tasman, and Marlborough District Councils. The Chatham Islands Council also performs some of the functions of a regional council, but is not strictly a unitary authority. Unitary authorities act as regional councils for the purposes of a wide range of legislative purposes. Regional councils are responsible for the administration of many environmental and transport matters such as land transport planning and harbour navigation and safety.<br>
Regional Councils were established in 1989 after the abolition of the 22 local government regions. The Local Government Act 2002 requires the boundaries of regions to conform, as far as possible, to one or more water catchments. When determining regional boundaries, the Local Government Commission gave consideration to regional communities of interest when selecting which water catchments to include in a region. It also considered factors such as natural resource management, land use planning and environmental matters. Some regional council boundaries are coterminous with territorial authority boundaries but there are several exceptions. An example is Taupo District, which is geographically split between four regions, although most of its area falls within the Waikato Region. Where territorial local authorities straddle regional council boundaries, the affected area is statistically defined by complete area units. In general, however, regional councils contain complete territorial authorities.<br>
The unitary authority of the Auckland Council was formed in 2010, under the Local Government (Tamaki Makarau Reorganisation) Act 2009, replacing the Auckland Regional Council and seven territorial authorities. The seaward boundary of any coastal regional council is the twelve mile New Zealand territorial limit.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 20 Oct 2016<br />
Updated: 20 Oct 2016<br />
Regional Council 2006tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2016-10:layers:257392016-10-20T20:48:35.033190+00:002016-10-20T20:45:50.830002+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/25739-regional-council-2006/" title="Details for Regional Council 2006"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=25739.27200,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Regional Council 2006 thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 20 Oct 2016</strong><br />
<p>This is the definitive set of regional council boundaries for 2006 as defined by the Local Government Commission and/or regional councils themselves but maintained by Statistics New Zealand (the custodian) as at 1 January 2006.<br>
The regional council is the top tier of local government in New Zealand. There are 16 regional councils in New Zealand (defined by Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Local Government Act 2002). Eleven are governed by an elected regional council, while five are governed by territorial authorities (the second tier of local government) who also perform the functions of a regional council and are known as unitary authorities. These unitary authorities are Nelson City Council, and Gisborne, Tasman, and Marlborough District Councils. The Chatham Islands Council also performs some of the functions of a regional council, but is not strictly a unitary authority. Unitary authorities act as regional councils for the purposes of a wide range of legislative purposes. Regional councils are responsible for the administration of many environmental and transport matters such as land transport planning and harbour navigation and safety.<br>
Regional Councils were established in 1989 after the abolition of the 22 local government regions. The Local Government Act 2002 requires the boundaries of regions to conform, as far as possible, to one or more water catchments. When determining regional boundaries, the Local Government Commission gave consideration to regional communities of interest when selecting which water catchments to include in a region. It also considered factors such as natural resource management, land use planning and environmental matters. Some regional council boundaries are coterminous with territorial authority boundaries but there are several exceptions. An example is Taupo District, which is geographically split between four regions, although most of its area falls within the Waikato Region. Where territorial local authorities straddle regional council boundaries, the affected area is statistically defined by complete area units. In general, however, regional councils contain complete territorial authorities.<br>
The seaward boundary of any coastal regional council is the twelve mile New Zealand territorial limit.</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 20 Oct 2016<br />
Updated: 20 Oct 2016<br />
Regional Council 2017 (generalised version)tag:datafinder.stats.govt.nz,2017-02:layers:277772017-02-09T00:56:50.733866+00:002017-02-09T00:52:27.817560+00:00
<a class="kxThumbnail" href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/layer/27777-regional-council-2017-generalised-version/" title="Details for Regional Council 2017 (generalised version)"><img src="//tiles-cdn.koordinates.com/services/tiles/v4/thumbnail/layer=27777.29899,style=auto/90x70.png" alt="Regional Council 2017 (generalised version) thumbnail"/></a><br />
<br /><strong>Updated with new data on 09 Feb 2017</strong><br />
<p>This dataset is the definitive set of regional council boundaries for 2017 as defined by the Local Government Commission and/or regional councils themselves but maintained by Statistics New Zealand (the custodian). </p>
<p>The regional council is the top tier of local government in New Zealand. There are 16 regional councils in New Zealand (defined by Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Local Government Act 2002).</p>
From: <a href="https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz/group/census/" title="Profile for GIS">GIS</a><br />
Added: 09 Feb 2017<br />
Updated: 09 Feb 2017<br />