Meshblock Higher Geographies 2022 (generalised)

This dataset is the definitive set of meshblock boundaries concorded to higher geographies for 2022. This version contains 56,982 meshblocks, including 16 with empty or null geometries (non-digitised meshblocks). This Meshblock Higher Geographies 2022 file is a correspondence, or concordance, which relates meshblocks to larger geographic areas or 'higher geographies'. The following geographies were first introduced in 2018: statistical area 1 (SA1), statistical area 2 (SA2), urban rural (UR), and 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). The Urban accessibility (UA) classification was introduced in 2020 and functional urban areas (FUAs) in 2021. Both geographies are based on UR2018 urban areas and rural SA1s.Higher geography names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons, as applicable. Column names for those without macrons are suffixed ‘ascii’.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 Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) cadastre. The higher geographies contained in this concordance are: - meshblock (MB2022)- statistical area 1 (SA12022)- statistical area 2 (SA22022)- urban rural (UR2022)- urban rural indicator (IUR2022)- urban accessibility indicator (IUA2022)- community board (CB2022)- constituency (CON2022)- Māori constituency (MCON2022)- Maāori ward (MWARD2022)- regional council (REGC2022)- territorial authority (TA2022)- territorial authority and local board (TALB2022)- subdivision (TASUB2022)- ward (WARD2022)- functional urban area (FUA2022)- functional urban area indicator (IFUA2022)- landwater indicator (LANDWATER)Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007