ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Metadata Standard Version
2007
Spatial Representation Info
Vector Spatial Representation
Topology Level Code
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Geometric Object Type Code
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Integer
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Spatial Representation Info
Grid Spatial Representation
Boolean
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Spatial Representation Info
Vector Spatial Representation
Topology Level Code
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Geometric Object Type Code
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Reference System Info
Reference System
Reference System Identifier
Identifier
Code
2193
Code Space
EPSG
Version
8.6.2
Identification Info
Data Identification
Citation
Citation
Title
CB2021_V1_00
Date
Presentation Form
Presentation Form Code
mapDigital
Abstract
Note: Local boards fall within the community board classification. See below for more detail. This dataset is the definitive set of community board boundaries for 2021 as defined by the territorial authorities and Local Government Commission but maintained by Stats NZ (the custodian).Community boards are set up under the Local Government Act 2002 and Local Electoral Act 2001. Their purpose is to administer the affairs of communities with populations not less than 1,500 within rural, urban, or metropolitan districts of a territorial authority. A community board’s functions, powers, and duties are delegated at the discretion of its parent territorial authority and these may differ between community boards. Community boards and their boundaries are reviewed in the year before the three-yearly local government elections. 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).Some territorial authorities do not have community boards and, if they do, the community boards do not necessarily cover the whole territorial authority area.The following table lists the total number of community boards by year:Year Community board totals2000147200114720021472003147200414720051442006 v11442006 v2144200714420081432009143201014320111372012137201313720141302015130201613020171292018129201912920201302021130Local boards also fall within the community board classification. Local boards were introduced as part of the new local government arrangements for Auckland in 2010. 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. Local 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. There are 21 local boards in the Auckland Council.Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.
Purpose
This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released community board boundaries as at 1 January 2021, as defined by the territorial authorities and/or Local Government Commission and maintained by Stats NZ. This version contains 109 community boards and 21 Auckland local boards, excluding area outside community board.
Credit
Stats NZ
Point Of Contact
Responsible Party
Individual Name
Geospatial Team
Organisation Name
Stats NZ
Contact Info
Contact
Phone
Telephone
Voice
0508 525 525
Address
Address
Electronic Mail Address
geography@stats.govt.nz
Online Resource
Online Resource
Linkage
URL
https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz
Role
Role Code
custodian
Descriptive Keywords
Keywords
Keyword
Local Board.
Keyword
LB
Keyword
lb
Keyword
Community Board
Keyword
local board
Keyword
community board
Keyword
CB
Keyword
cb
Descriptive Keywords
Keywords
Keyword
Downloadable Data
Resource Constraints
Constraints
Use Limitation
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Spatial Representation Type Code
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Language
Language Code
eng
Character Set
Character Set Code
utf8
Topic Category Code
boundaries
Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.3.1.4959
Extent
EX _ Extent
Geographic Element
EX _ Geographic Bounding Box
Extent Type Code
Boolean
true
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Extent
EX _ Extent
Geographic Element
EX _ Geographic Bounding Box
Extent Type Code
Boolean
true
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Distribution Info
Distribution
Distribution Format
Format
Name
File Geodatabase Feature Class
Data Quality Info
DQ _ Data Quality
Scope
DQ _ Scope
Level
Scope Code
dataset
Lineage
LI _ Lineage
Statement
Community boards are based on the meshblock pattern. Non-alignment of meshblock and cadastral boundaries are one of a number of reasons for meshblock boundary adjustments. Other reasons include requests from local authorities, Local Government Commission, Electoral Representation Commission and to make census enumeration processes easier. From the meshblock pattern, higher geographies, including the 2021 community board pattern, were dissolved using the dissolve tool in the Arc GIS suite.
