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
20
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
MCON2021_V1_00
Date
Presentation Form
Presentation Form Code
mapDigital
Abstract
This dataset is the definitive set of regional council Māori constituency boundaries for 2021 as defined by the regional councils and Local Government Commission but maintained by StatsNZ (the custodian).Māori constituencies are established under the Local Electoral Act 2001 and result from the division of a region for electoral purposes.Māori constituencies are divisions of regional council areas. They are created, based on population, to be the voting areas within councils. Māori constituencies are defined at meshblock level, and do not coincide with the statistical area 1 (SA1) or statistical area 2 (SA2) geographies.If a regional council decides to have a Māori constituency, the constituencies within the council are known as general constituencies and Māori constituencies.Classifications exist annually from 2005 to 2021.The boundaries of Māori constituencies may be reviewed before each three-yearly local government election. Regional councils must review their representation arrangements at least once every six years. The provisions for such reviews are contained in the Local Government Act 2002.Māori constituencies are numbered based on their corresponding regional council. Each Māori constituency has a unique four-digit code. The first two digits represent the regional council that the Māori constituency lies within. The last two digits are sequential and represent the number of Māori constituencies within a regional council. For example, the Waikato Regional Council (03) contains two Māori constituencies which are coded 0301 and 0302.In the 2021 classification two regional councils have Māori constituencies: Waikato and Bay of Plenty. The following table lists the Māori constituencies:Regional Council codeMāori constituency nameMāori constituencycode03Nga Hau e Wha Māori Constituency030103 NgaTai ki Uta Māori Constituency030204Mauao Māori Constituency040104Okurei Māori Constituency040204Kohi Māori Constituency0403Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.
Purpose
This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released Māori constituency boundaries as at 1 January 2021 as defined by the regional councils and/or Local Government Commission, and maintained by Stats NZ (the custodian). This version contains 5 Māori Constituencies, excluding area outside constituency.
Credit
Stats NZ
Point Of Contact
Responsible Party
Individual Name
Geospatial Team
Organisation Name
Stats NZ
Contact Info
Contact
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
mcon
Keyword
māori constituency
Keyword
MCon
Keyword
MCON
Keyword
Māori Constituency
Keyword
Stats NZ
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
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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
M?ori constituencies 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 M?ori constituency pattern, were dissolved using the dissolve tool in the Arc GIS suite.
