NZ Parcel Boundaries Wireframe provides a map of land, road and other parcel boundaries, and is especially useful for displaying property boundaries.
This map service is for visualisation purposes only and is not intended for download. You can download the full parcels data from the NZ Parcels dataset.
This map service provides a dark outline and transparent fill, making it perfect for overlaying on our basemaps or any map service you choose.
Data for this map service is sourced from the NZ Parcels dataset which is updated weekly with authoritative data direct from LINZ’s Survey and Title system. Refer to the NZ Parcel layer for detailed metadata.
To simplify the visualisation of this data, the map service filters the data from the NZ Parcels layer to display parcels with a status of 'current' only.
This map service has been designed to be integrated into GIS, web and mobile applications via LINZ’s WMTS and XYZ tile services. View the Services tab to access these services.
See the LINZ website for service specifications and help using WMTS and XYZ tile services and more information about this service.

With the spatial analysis tools now being available in the ArcGIS Online Map Viewer, you may want to permanently change the map viewer that your schools ArcGIS Online subscription opens when you or your students click the map option. This video takes you through how to make this change.Recorded 27 Feb 2023.There is no audio on this video.

Last updatedNovember 2025ProjectionNew Zealand Transverse Mercator 2000 (NZTM2000).This vector tile layer provides a detailed basemap for New Zealand in the NZ Transverse Mercator projection. The style is based on the classic Esri World Navigation style. This vector tile layer provides unique capabilities for customization and high-resolution display.This map includes highways, major roads, minor roads, railways, water features, cities, parks, landmarks, building footprints, and administrative boundaries for added context.Data sourcesLand Information New ZealandBuildings, Parcels, Place Names, Water-bodies, Vegetation, Protected Areas, Airports, Railways & Islands.Statistics New ZealandAdministrative Boundaries & Urban AreasNational Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA)River Environment Classification© OpenStreetMap ContributorsRoad Centrelines, Buildings, Landuse Types, Areas of Interest and Points of Interest.Natural EarthBathymetry & Marine LabelsThis map is offered by Eagle Technology (Official Esri Distributor). Eagle Technology offers layers and maps that can be used in the ArcGIS platform. The Content team at Eagle Technology updates the layers on a regular basis and regularly adds new content to the Living Atlas. By using this content and combining it with other data you can create new information products quickly and easily.If you have any questions or remarks about the content, please let us now at livingatlas@eagle.co.nzCustomize this MapBecause this map is delivered as a vector tile layer, users can customize the map to change its content and symbology, including fonts. Users are able to turn on and off layers and change symbols for layers.An easy way to change the style of this map is to use the Vector Basemap Style Editor:https://developers.arcgis.com/vector-tile-style-editor/

A collection of digital geological maps in GIS formats comprising geological, geophysical and topographic layers. Some geological map products include other components such as printed maps, printable PDF geological maps, accompanying explanatory text, 3D geological models and interpreted drill hole databases. The data are available for download and/or through web services.

The geological maps cover all or parts of New Zealand and its islands, Victoria Land and the Ross Sea region of Antarctica and the continent of Zealandia. Includes the national QMAP 1:250 000 Geological Map of New Zealand dataset and the 1:1 Million Geological Map of New Zealand as well as new geological map products as they are published.

These maps represent the post-2012 component of the Regional Geological Map Archive and Datafile, one of New Zealand Nationally Significant Collections and Databases, and complement older geological maps available from the Historic Geological Map Archive repository.

DOI:

             https://doi.org/10.21420/QF82-7D42?x=y

Cite as: GNS Science. (2012). Geological Map of New Zealand [Data set]. GNS Science. https://doi.org/10.21420/QF82-7D42?x=y

Shows the management zones used by Bay of Plenty Regional Council to manage and monitor water use and water quality in the region. Full Architecture for this project can be found here.Created as part of BOPRC Biosecurity GIS development, commenced in April 2020.Scott Sambell from Ethos Environmental is contracted by the Biosecurity Team to create integrated system on boprc.maps.arcgis.com for recording, analysing and reporting pest weed observations and actions. Sam Stephens and Juliet O'Connell are the BOPRC contacts.Contacts:Scott Sambell: scott@ethosgis.comSam Stephens: Sam.Stephens@boprc.govt.nzJuliet O'Connell: Juliet.O'Connell@boprc.govt.nz

Why use pre-published maps of earthquakes in New Zealand when you can create your own? This activity allows students to use ArcGIS Online to create an interactive map of earthquakes by magnitude somewhere in New Zealand from a table of data they have downloaded from the GeoNet quakesearch site.

Service for each NZTopo50 map sheet holding extents of each sheet. This is the same information that is printed on each NZTopo50 map

Data Dictionary for linz NZTopo50K: https://docs.topo.linz.govt.nz/data-dictionary/tdd-index-obj-A.html

This layer is a service of the NZTopo50 map series. The Topo50 map series provides topographic mapping for the New Zealand mainland, Chatham and New Zealand's offshore islands, at 1:50,000 scale. Georeferenced raster digital images are provided at a resolution of 300 DPI. Georeferencing allows adjacent maps to be accurately and automatically aligned within GIS systems.

Further information on Topo50: https://www.linz.govt.nz/products-services/maps/new-zealand-topographic-maps/topo50-map-chooser

Canterbury Three Waters Data consolidated from Canterbury's local authorities data feeds.(Currently updated monthly from the local council's data.)The data includes hyperlinks to the host dataset and webmap held at each local council.Line Datasets fields:AssetIDTypeDiameterMaterialLengthHyperlinkDistrictLoadedDateDepthPoint Datasets fields:AssetIDTypeMaterialLidLevelDepthHyperlinkDistrictLoadedDate

This provides a polygon coastline and islands layer which is based on the Topo50 products. It is a combination of the following layers:

• NZ Coastlines (Topo 1:50k)
• NZ Island Polygons (Topo 1:50k)
• NZ Auckland Is Island Polygons (Topo, 1:50k)
• NZ Campbell Is / Motu Ihupuku Island Polygons (Topo, 1:50k)
• NZ Antipodes Is Island Polygons (Topo, 1:25k)
• NZ Kermadec Is Island Polygons (Topo, 1:25k)
• NZ Bounty Is Island Polygons (Topo, 1:25k)
• NZ Snares Is / Tini Heke Island Polygons (Topo, 1:25k)
• NZ Chatham Is island polygons (Topo, 1:50k)

This topographic coastline is the line forming the boundary between the land and sea, defined by mean high water.

Islands from the NZ Island Polygons layer that lie within the NZ Coastline and Chatham Islands areas (i.e. islands in lakes, rivers and estuaries) have been removed.

The GIS workflow to create the layer is:

1. NZ Coastlines were converted from a polyline to a polygon using a polyline to polygon tool.
2. The resulting coastal polygon was then used as an input into an erase tool and run against the NZ Island Polygon layer to remove all islands lying within the NZ Mainland and Stewart Island.
3. This was then merged with the NZ Chatham Is island polygons (Topo, 1:50k) that have had the islands within the main island polygon removed, NZ Auckland Is Island Polygons (Topo, 1:50k), NZ Campbell Is / Motu Ihupuku Island, NZ Antipodes Is Island Polygons (Topo, 1:25k), NZ Kermadec Is Island Polygons (Topo, 1:25k), NZ Bounty Is Island Polygons (Topo, 1:25k) and NZ Snares Is / Tini Heke Island Polygons (Topo, 1:25k) layers using a merge tool.

For more detailed description of each layer refer to the layer urls above.

APIs and web services This dataset is available via ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS REST services, as well as our standard APIs. LDS APIs and OGC web services ArcGIS Online map services ArcGIS REST API

This dataset is the definitive set of annually released territorial authority boundaries for 2020 as defined the territorial authorities and/or Local Government Commission and maintained by Stats NZ (the custodian). This version contains 68 categories.

A territorial authority is defined under the Local Government Act 2002 as a city or a district council. There are 67 territorial authorities in New Zealand. Some territorial authority boundaries are coterminous with regional council boundaries but there are several exceptions. An example is Taupo District, which is split between four regions, although most of its area falls within the Waikato Region. Territorial authorities are defined at meshblock, statistical area 1 (SA1) and statistical area 2 (SA2) levels.

Names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons. The name field without macrons is suffixed ‘ascii’.

This generalised version has been simplified for rapid drawing and is designed for thematic or web mapping purposes.

Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.

A mapping tool for New Zealand teachers and students in New Zealand Schools created by Eagle Technology and Esri. It is easy-to-use and includes maps and data curated for social studies and earth science curricula.Based on the National Geographic MapMaker this mapping tool allows New Zealand school teachers and teachers to utilise a simple web based tool in the classroom with New Zealand layers available to do simple GIS tasks in New Zealand or an area close to them.

Topicality: 01-01-2025Projection: New Zealand Transverse Mercator (NZTM)This layer contains the archive of statistical area 1 (SA1) boundaries maintained by Stats NZ and as defined by Stats NZ. Statistical area 1 (SA1) is a geography that allows the release of more detailed information about population characteristics than is available at the meshblock level. Built by joining meshblocks, SA1s have an ideal size range of 100–200 residents, and a maximum population of about 500. This is to minimise suppression of population data in multivariate statistics tables.This layer get updated yearly with the latest boundary data. You can use this layer when you need any year of boundary data in your map. By setting a filter on the dataset year you can filter on specific year of the dataset.For information about the fields in this dataset go to the Data tab.The layer is further generalised by Eagle Technology for improved performance on the web, therefore it doesn't fully represent the official boundaries.If you only need the latest boundary data in your map you can use the current version of this dataset. All the current versions of Stats NZ Boundary layers can be found here.The official dataset can be found on https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz.This layer is offered by Eagle Technology (Official Esri Distributor). Eagle Technology offers services that can be used in the ArcGIS platform. The Content team at Eagle Technology updates the layers on a regular basis and regularly adds new content to the Living Atlas. By using this content and combining it with other data you can create new information products quickly and easily.If you have any questions or comments about the content, please let us now at livingatlas@eagle.co.nz.

This Story Map is designed to help teachers to create a web application that is similar to the National Geographic Map Maker app.This application is made with the Atlas ArrcGIS Online Instant App TemplateNo audio is included in any of the videos in this StoryMap

The Boundary of Rotorua and Mount Maunganui Airshed. For more information about airsheds in the Bay of Plenty region, please visit the BOPRC website.

Any standing body of fresh inland water.

Data Dictionary for lake_poly: https://docs.topo.linz.govt.nz/data-dictionary/tdd-class-lake_poly.html

This layer is a component of the Topo50 map series. The Topo50 map series provides topographic mapping for the New Zealand mainland, Chatham and New Zealand's offshore islands, at 1:50,000 scale.

Further information on Topo50: http://www.linz.govt.nz/topography/topo-maps/topo50

APIs and web services

This dataset is available via ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS REST services, as well as our standard APIs. LDS APIs and OGC web services ArcGIS Online map services

The Regional Geological Map and Data File (RGMAD) is a Nationally Significant Database and Collection for which GNS Science has custodianship. RGMAD is an archive of published and unpublished, hardcopy, and digital image and digital GIS format file geological maps for New Zealand, its offshore territories and Antarctica. The maps range from field sheets to draft compilations to complete maps as published. The collection includes maps dating back to the mid 19th century until the present and is regularly added to when new geological maps are completed. The hardcopy maps are stored in an archive facility at GNS Science's Lower Hutt building and some of the oldest maps are stored with the National Library. Most maps in the collection are available in digital formats; hardcopy maps have been scanned in high resolution during the 2010s, georeferenced and made available through a map image server. Vector GIS format maps created since the mid 1990s are stored on GNS Science servers and are available through web services and physical media sales.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21420/80GK-ZX10

Cite as: GNS Science. (1850). Regional Geological Map Archive and Data File(RGMAD) [Data set]. GNS Science. https://doi.org/10.21420/80GK-ZX10

At NASA they use Geographic Information systems to provide:maps and powerful capabilities to visualise, analyse and interact with big dataFind out more about how they do this in this ArcGIS StoryMap created by NASA in 2020. This StoryMap includes a section on where you can find NASA data.

Topicality: 01-01-2025Projection: New Zealand Transverse Mercator (NZTM)This layer contains the archive of Community Board boundaries as defined by the territorial authorities and Local Government Commission but maintained by Stats NZ. This classification includes community boards and local boards. Community boards and local boards provide voting representation at a community level. They are defined under the Local Government Act 2002 and Local Electoral Act 2001. Local boards were introduced as part of the new local government arrangements for Auckland in 2010. Community boards and local boards are defined at meshblock level and do not coincide with the statistical area 1 (SA1) or statistical area 2 (SA2) geographies. This layer get updated yearly with the latest boundary data. You can use this layer when you need any year of boundary data in your map. By setting a filter on the dataset year you can filter on specific year of the dataset.For information about the fields in this dataset go to the Data tab.The layer is further generalised by Eagle Technology for improved performance on the web, therefore it doesn't fully represent the official boundaries.If you only need the latest boundary data in your map you can use the current version of this dataset. All the current versions of Stats NZ Boundary layers can be found here.The official dataset can be found on https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz.This layer is offered by Eagle Technology (Official Esri Distributor). Eagle Technology offers services that can be used in the ArcGIS platform. The Content team at Eagle Technology updates the layers on a regular basis and regularly adds new content to the Living Atlas. By using this content and combining it with other data you can create new information products quickly and easily.If you have any questions or comments about the content, please let us now at livingatlas@eagle.co.nz

Topicality: 01-01-2025Projection: New Zealand Transverse Mercator (NZTM)This layer contains the latest set of statistical area 2 (SA2) boundaries maintained by Stats NZ and as defined by Stats NZ.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.This layer contains the definitive set of statistical area 2 (SA2) boundaries for 2021 as defined by Stats NZ. 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.This layer gets updated yearly with the latest boundary data. A layer with the full archive of the data for all the available years is available here.For information about the fields in this dataset go to the Data tab.The layer is further generalised by Eagle Technology for improved performance on the web, therefore it doesn't fully represent the official boundaries.The official dataset can be found on https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz.This layer is offered by Eagle Technology (Official Esri Distributor). Eagle Technology offers services that can be used in the ArcGIS platform. The Content team at Eagle Technology updates the layers on a regular basis and regularly adds new content to the Living Atlas. By using this content and combining it with other data you can create new information products quickly and easily.If you have any questions or comments about the content, please let us now at livingatlas@eagle.co.nz.

This Web Feature Layer contains data that will help you determine access to safe water at a regional scale with a global extent. The data for this map was compiled in 2018 and at this time some regional water access information was unknown.Access to safe water is a good example of global inequality.

Global Inequality: where something is not fairly shared out to everyone.

In many areas of the world, we take it for granted that the tap will always provide safe and clean water for drinking, cooking and for washing with. However, more than one billion people worldwide have no choice but to use potentially harmful sources of water for bathing, cooking and even drinking. Every day this has the result of causing the death of more than 6,000 children.

In the developing world more than one billion people have inadequate access to water.

It has been estimated that 12% of the world’s population uses 85% of its water.Student workbook associated with this WebMap