ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Metadata Standard Version
2007
Spatial Representation Info
Vector Spatial Representation
Topology Level Code
geometryOnly
Geometric Object Type Code
composite
Integer
88
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
TALB2021_V1_00
Date
Presentation Form
Presentation Form Code
mapDigital
Abstract
Territorial Authority Local Board (TALB) is a derived classification. TALB is derived from the definitive versions of the annually released local boards for Auckland and territorial authorities for the rest of New Zealand, 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.For statistical outputs that use territorial authorities to aggregate and report data Auckland Council is treated as a single geographic entity. This can hide 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. The Auckland Council was established in 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.StructureLocal boards fall within the community board classification.Auckland Local Boards have been in place since the November 2010 reorganisation and changes are reflected in the 2011 and subsequent community board classifications.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. NumberingThe Territorial Authority Local Board classification 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.MaintenanceLocal boards must align to meshblocks but not to statistical area 1 or 2. Stats NZ must be consulted if there is a proposed boundary change that does not align with the meshblock pattern.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.Changes to the territorial authority and community board classifications may trigger an update to this classification.Names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons. The name field without macrons is suffixed ‘ascii’.Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.
Purpose
This dataset is derived from the definitive versions of the annually released local boards for Auckland and territorial authorities for the rest of New Zealand, 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.
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
Downloadable Data
Descriptive Keywords
Keywords
Keyword
Territorial Authority Local Board
Keyword
Local Boards
Keyword
TALB
Keyword
CB
Keyword
Statistics New Zealand
Keyword
StatsNZ
Keyword
2021
Resource Constraints
Constraints
Use Limitation
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Spatial Representation Type Code
vector
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
-180180-47.841491-33.559984
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
Territorial authorities 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 territorial authority pattern, were dissolved using the dissolve tool in the Arc GIS suite. To derive the territorial authority boundaries clipped to the coastline, meshblock polygons were dissolved to exclude meshblocks with a land/water attribute of Inlet or Oceanic. 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. To derive the community board boundaries clipped to the coastline, meshblock polygons were dissolved to exclude meshblocks with a land/water attribute of Inlet or Oceanic.
