The Territorial Authority data table is part of NZ Suburbs and Localities Dataset. This table contains the linkage between suburbs and localities data and Territorial Authorities. Most suburbs and localities are located in one or multiple Territorial Authorities. Please note some offshore islands are not included in Territorial Authority boundaries.

NZ Suburbs and Localities is an easy to use layer generated from the normalised NZ Suburbs and Localities Dataset. It describes the spatial extent and name of communities in urban areas (suburbs) and rural areas (localities) for navigation and location purposes.

The suburb and locality boundaries cover New Zealand including North Island, South Island, Stewart Island/Rakiura, Chatham Islands, and nearby offshore islands.

Each suburb and locality is assigned a name, major name, Territorial Authority and, if appropriate, additional in use names. A population estimate is provided for each suburb and locality by Stats NZ.

For more information please refer to the NZ Suburbs and Localities Guidance documents:

Data Dictionary Change Request Process Change Request Principles, Requirements and Rules Changes to NZ Suburbs and Localities can be requested by emailing addresses@linz.govt.nz

This dataset provides boundaries of facilities, currently hospitals and schools, within mainland New Zealand originally sourced in early 2021 from a combination of NationalMap and authoritative sources, including NZ Ministry of Education and NZ Ministry of Health.

A facility represents a particular activity such as a hospital or school. A facility boundary represents the extent of the land which appears to be used by a facility. A facility boundary can be different to corresponding cadastral parcel polygons because a facility can span across multiple parcels or be located in only part of a parcel. For example, a parcel owned by the crown can include multiple schools and other facilities such as parks and reserves.

Facility boundaries in this dataset were used to apply hospital and school building names to the NZ Building Outlines dataset published on the LINZ Data Service.

A more detailed description of NZ Facilities can be found in the NZ Facilities Data Dictionary. This Data Dictionary also includes information on how NZ Facilities was used to support the attribution of NZ Building Outlines.

NZ Facilities contains data sourced from NationalMap, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health licensed for reuse under CC BY 4.0.

Related data

NZ Building Outlines - provides current building outlines only, derived from the latest LINZ aerial imagery.

NZ Building Outlines (All Sources) - contains all combinations of building outlines from multiple years of imagery that have existed since the beginning of this dataset, and the dates when each building outline existed in the associated aerial imagery.

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

**This dataset is not currently being maintained and includes some track information that is out-of-date. **

The NZ Tracks data identifies walking and biking tracks across New Zealand and has been developed through a collaboration between the Local Government Geospatial Alliance (LGGA), LINZ, Department of Conservation and the Walking Access commission.

The dataset is currently a work in progress. The data has been made available to enable users to access the data supplied to date in its relatively raw form, and to identify the gaps in data provision so that these can be addressed.

The ultimate aim is to provide a national network of walking and biking tracks, including track grade, conditions of use and supplementary information.

For more information about the Local Government Geospatial Alliance project which initiated the creation of this dataset please refer to http://lgga-nz.blogspot.co.nz/p/tracks-project.html Please be aware of the following:

• LINZ has not undertaken any data quality assurance on the data geometry or attribution.

• The existence of track does not necessarily indicate public right of access.

• Closed tracks are defined as being no longer maintained or passable and should not be used by recreationalists.

• The Department of Conservation or other authorities should be contacted for the latest information on tracks and huts.

Data is sourced from Local Government and Central Government Agencies, including: Department of Conservation, Walking Access Commission, NZ Transport Agency, Napier City Council, Hastings District Council, Environment Canterbury, Mackenzie District Council, Timaru District Council, Waitaki District Council, Nelson City Council, Tasman District Council, Marlborough District Council, Bay of Plenty Regional Council, Kawerau District Council, Opotiki District Council, Tauranga City Council, Whakatane District Council, Waipa District Council, Waikato District Council, Waikato Regional Council, Invercargill City Council, Environment Southland, New Plymouth District Council, Greater Wellington Regional Council, Wellington City Council, Palmerston North City Council and Ollivier & Company.

Open data records (CSV versions): https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/88b867fb-5237-4d4b-804e-83007b89151f Preliminary report: https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/bcbc2bc8-2ad1-45ef-96d2-8d0ae72569d2 Cash and budget accounts: https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/7764ba28-9b2f-436c-9441-bf0ab0675f72 https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/2091c943-8361-4549-9c31-6e6e472f167a VRV cross section: https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/d0b81b12-f7bf-4301-b6bd-c7c214b244cc Ordinary budget: https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/65d0bcdb-fdfd-47ca-9d35-6be61ba1c475 Extraordinary budget: https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/90e5811c-54ed-4bfe-ba6e-61acaf781e27 Continuous Presentation: https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/70a1f145-92be-4b32-a6d6-c145efb7fad2 Evidence of a special kind: https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/61948413-f47c-4164-abef-31ea008fcc91 Comments: https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/98db1261-a9f4-42be-a6cc-0bdcfe6c3355

Field records of information associated with GNSS observations collected during campaign GNSS surveys (eg Antenna heights, start and end times of observations, field observers, etc). Data have been collected during periodic campaign style GNSS surveys, with contribution from Otago University (http://www.otago.ac.nz/surveying) and Land Information NZ (https://www.linz.govt.nz/data/geodetic-services). Data are available as paper records up until the end of 2014. From 2015 onward the data is available as either PDF documents or comma seperatred value (CSV) files.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21420/4WHS-8N20

Cite as: GNS Science with the contribution of LINZ & University of Otago. (1993). New Zealand campaign GNSS field logsheets [Data set]. GNS Science. https://doi.org/10.21420/4WHS-8N20

Refer to the current geographies boundaries table for a list of all current geographies and recent updates.

This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released statistical area 3 boundaries as at 1 January 2025, defined by Stats NZ and concorded to higher geographies. This version contains 929 statistical 3 areas (925 digitised and 4 with empty or null geometries (non-digitised)).

Statistical area 3 (SA3) is a new output geography, introduced in 2023, that allows aggregations of population data between the SA3geography and territorial authority geography.

This dataset is the definitive version of statistical area 3 (SA3) boundaries concorded to higher geographies for 2025 as defined by Stats NZ.

This version contains 929 SA3s. This statistical area 3 higher geographies file is a correspondence, or concordance, which relates SA3s to larger geographic areas or 'higher geographies'.

The higher geography contained in this concordance is: territorial authority (TA).

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High-definition version

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 LINZ cadastre.

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Macrons

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

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Digital data

Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.

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Further information

To download geographic classifications in table formats such as CSV please use Ariā

For more information please refer to the Statistical standard for geographic areas 2023.

Contact: geography@stats.govt.nz

Geospatial data from Land Information New Zealand. Export to CAD, GIS, PDF, KML and CSV, and access via API.

Please read: This is the Road table, which is part of the set of NZ Roads tables. The Road table holds an identifier used to group one or many road sections that share a road name.

The NZ Roads dataset includes eight data tables and eleven lookup tables. The dataset has been sourced from LINZ’s NZ Roads database, a database for the management of national roads, including those managed for addressing purposes. This set of normalised tables replaces the Landonline: Road Centre Line layer and the Landonline: Road Name and Landonline: Road Name Association tables currently published on LDS.

These centrelines are required to indicate the presence of an authoritative road name. Named centrelines are not intended to represent the exact location of a road formation. Named centrelines do not indicate the presence of legal access.

For a simplified version of the data contained within these tables see NZ Roads (Addressing), which aggregates geometries based on road name, and NZ Roads Subsections (Addressing), which holds the individual geometries.

Please refer to the NZ Roads Data Dictionary for detailed metadata and information about this layer.

This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released statistical area 1 (SA1) boundaries as at 1 January 2025, as defined by Stats NZ. This version contains 33,164 SA1s (33,148 digitised and 16 with empty or null geometries (non-digitised)).

SA1 is an output geography that allows the release of more low-level data 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.

The SA1 should:

form a contiguous cluster of one or more meshblocks,

be either urban, rural, or water in character,

be small enough to:

• allow flexibility for aggregation to other statistical geographies,

• allow users to aggregate areas into their own defined communities of interest,

form a nested hierarchy with statistical output geographies and administrative boundaries. It must:

• be built from meshblocks,

• either define or aggregate to define SA2s, urban rural areas, territorial authorities, and regional councils.

SA1s generally have a population of 100–200 residents, with some exceptions:

• SA1s with nil or nominal resident populations are created to represent remote mainland areas, unpopulated islands, inland water, inlets, or oceanic areas.

• Some SA1s in remote rural areas and urban industrial or business areas have fewer than 100 residents.

• Some SA1s that contain apartment blocks, retirement villages, and large non-residential facilities (prisons, boarding schools, etc.) have more than 500 residents.

SA1 numbering

SA1s are not named. SA1 codes have seven digits starting with a 7 and are numbered approximately north to south. Non-digitised codes start with 79.

As new SA1s are created, they are given the next available numeric code. If the composition of an SA1 changes through splitting or amalgamating different meshblocks, the SA1 is given a new code. The previous code no longer exists within that version and future versions of the SA1 classification.

Digitised and non-digitised SA1s

The digital geographic boundaries are defined and maintained by Stats NZ.

Aggregated from meshblocks, SA1s cover the land area of New Zealand, the water area to the 12-mile limit, the Chatham Islands, Kermadec Islands, sub-Antarctic islands, off-shore oil rigs, and Ross Dependency. The following 16 SA1s are held in non-digitised form.

7999901; New Zealand Economic Zone, 7999902; Oceanic Kermadec Islands,7999903; Kermadec Islands, 7999904; Oceanic Oil Rig Taranaki,7999905; Oceanic Campbell Island, 7999906; Campbell Island, 7999907; Oceanic Oil Rig Southland, 7999908; Oceanic Auckland Islands, 7999909; Auckland Islands, 7999910; Oceanic Bounty Islands, 7999911; Bounty Islands, 7999912; Oceanic Snares Islands, 7999913; Snares Islands, 7999914; Oceanic Antipodes Islands, 7999915; Antipodes Islands, 7999916; Ross Dependency.

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High-definition version

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 LINZ cadastre.

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Macrons

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

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Digital data

Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.

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Further information

To download geographic classifications in table formats such as CSV please use Ariā

For more information please refer to the Statistical standard for geographic areas 2023.

Contact: geography@stats.govt.nz

Auflistung aller Spielplätze und Sportanlagen der Stadt Linz (Anlage, Name, Bereich, Bezirk, Stadtteil, Art, Url, Koordinaten,...)

Aktuellere Gedodaten siehe https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/spiel-und-sportanlagen-der-stadt-linz

Refer to the current geographies boundaries table for a list of all current geographies and recent updates.

This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released statistical area 2 (SA2) boundaries as at 1 January 2025 as defined by Stats NZ, clipped to the coastline. This clipped version has been created for cartographic purposes and so does not fully represent the official full extent boundaries. This clipped version contains 2,311 SA2 areas.

SA2 is an 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.

The SA2 should:

form a contiguous cluster of one or more SA1s,

excluding exceptions below, allow the release of multivariate statistics with minimal data suppression,

capture a similar type of area, such as a high-density urban area, farmland, wilderness area, and water area,

be socially homogeneous and capture a community of interest. It may have, for example:

• a shared road network,

• shared community facilities,

• shared historical or social links, or

• socio-economic similarity,

form a nested hierarchy with statistical output geographies and administrative boundaries. It must:

• be built from SA1s,

• either define or aggregate to define SA3s, urban areas, territorial authorities, and regional councils.

SA2s in city council areas generally have a population of 2,000–4,000 residents while SA2s in district council areas generally have a population of 1,000–3,000 residents.

In major urban areas, an SA2 or a group of SA2s often approximates a single suburb. In rural areas, rural settlements are included in their respective SA2 with the surrounding rural area.

SA2s in urban areas where there is significant business and industrial activity, for example ports, airports, industrial, commercial, and retail areas, often have fewer than 1,000 residents. These SA2s are useful for analysing business demographics, labour markets, and commuting patterns.

In rural areas, some SA2s have fewer than 1,000 residents because they are in conservation areas or contain sparse populations that cover a large area.

To minimise suppression of population data, small islands with zero or low populations close to the mainland, and marinas are generally included in their adjacent land-based SA2.

Zero or nominal population SA2s

To ensure that the SA2 geography covers all of New Zealand and aligns with New Zealand’s topography and local government boundaries, some SA2s have zero or nominal populations. These include:

• SA2s where territorial authority boundaries straddle regional council boundaries. These SA2s each have fewer than 200 residents and are: Arahiwi, Tiroa, Rangataiki, Kaimanawa, Taharua, Te More, Ngamatea, Whangamomona, and Mara.

• SA2s created for single islands or groups of islands that are some distance from the mainland or to separate large unpopulated islands from urban areas

• SA2s that represent inland water, inlets or oceanic areas including: inland lakes larger than 50 square kilometres, harbours larger than 40 square kilometres, major ports, other non-contiguous inlets and harbours defined by territorial authority, and contiguous oceanic areas defined by regional council.

• SA2s for non-digitised oceanic areas, offshore oil rigs, islands, and the Ross Dependency. Each SA2 is represented by a single meshblock. The following 16 SA2s are held in non-digitised form (SA2 code; SA2 name):

400001; New Zealand Economic Zone, 400002; Oceanic Kermadec Islands, 400003; Kermadec Islands, 400004; Oceanic Oil Rig Taranaki, 400005; Oceanic Campbell Island, 400006; Campbell Island, 400007; Oceanic Oil Rig Southland, 400008; Oceanic Auckland Islands, 400009; Auckland Islands, 400010 ; Oceanic Bounty Islands, 400011; Bounty Islands, 400012; Oceanic Snares Islands, 400013; Snares Islands, 400014; Oceanic Antipodes Islands, 400015; Antipodes Islands, 400016; Ross Dependency.

SA2 numbering and naming

Each SA2 is a single geographic entity with a name and a numeric code. The name refers to a geographic feature or a recognised place name or suburb. In some instances where place names are the same or very similar, the SA2s are differentiated by their territorial authority name, for example, Gladstone (Carterton District) and Gladstone (Invercargill City).

SA2 codes have six digits. North Island SA2 codes start with a 1 or 2, South Island SA2 codes start with a 3 and non-digitised SA2 codes start with a 4. They are numbered approximately north to south within their respective territorial authorities. To ensure the north–south code pattern is maintained, the SA2 codes were given 00 for the last two digits when the geography was created in 2018. When SA2 names or boundaries change only the last two digits of the code will change.

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Clipped Version

This clipped version has been created for cartographic purposes and so does not fully represent the official full extent boundaries.

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High-definition version

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 LINZ cadastre.

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Macrons

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

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Digital data

Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.

Further information

To download geographic classifications in table formats such as CSV please use Ariā

For more information please refer to the Statistical standard for geographic areas 2023.

Contact: geography@stats.govt.nz

Alle von der Stadt Linz betreuten Bäume mit Informationen zu Gattung, Art, Sorte, Höhe (Meter), Schirmdurchmesser (Meter), Stammumfang (Zentimeter), Typ (L=Laubbaum, N=Nadelbaum) und den Geokoordinaten. Die Koordinaten stehen zur Verfügung: EPSG:31255 das Landeskoordinatensystem für Zentral-Österreich (XPos, YPos) und EPSG:4326 WGS84 das Bezugssystem von GPS-Daten (lon, lat).

Die Files der jeweiligen Jahre enthalten den unveränderten Bestand. Das File "Baumkataster aktuell" jeweils den aktuellsten Stand im bisherigen Format.

Zusätzlich gibt es nun das File "Baumkataster", es wurde um Wikidata-IDs für die Baumgattungen erweitert und dafür ist eine JSON-Schema-Beschreibung im File Baumkataster-metadata.json nach https://csvw.org verfügbar.

Der Rechnungssabschluss einer Gebietskörperschaft gibt über ihre Wirtschaftsführung und das Jahresergebnis Aufschluss.

Der Rechnungssabschluss wird nach den geltenden Bestimmungen der Verordnung des Bundes-ministeriums für Finanzen erstellt, mit der Form und Gliederung der Voranschläge und Rechnungs-abschlüsse der Länder, der Gemeinden und Gemeindeverbände geregelt werden (Voranschlags- und Rechnungsabschlussverordnung - "VRV").

Die Gemeinden sind auf Grund der Bestimmungen in den Gemeindeordnungen verpflichtet, nach Abschluss des Finanzjahres einen Rechnungsabschluss zu erstellen.

Zu den Open Data Datensätzen (CSV-Versionen):

https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/99bfce17-3817-493d-ae7a-23a7d1e0ec49

Vorbericht:

https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/af5b48c7-e875-4937-973e-084a2603642c

Kassen- und Haushaltsrechnung:

https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/be1b5c22-00cd-4654-983b-bcd19329532c

https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/38595e93-1aef-4add-a492-e415e3cbe4f3

VRV-Querschnitt:

https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/126c70bd-5f11-47d7-8013-58fe55202787

Ordentlicher Haushalt:

https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/e6d048bf-7442-4474-81ac-6caaeedd1f1b

Ausserordentlicher Haushalt:

https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/684a22a1-a863-41cf-a631-ee858316fd76

Durchlaufende Gebarung:

https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/b4e6067b-a3c3-45c5-91f5-4ad40867e991

Nachweise besonderer Art:

https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/6d4e2b61-2665-4871-9e62-8951b16dc11f

Anmerkungen:

https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/0b1740f5-df90-40b7-907a-c5580ab698a1

Der Rechnungssabschluss einer Gebietskörperschaft gibt über ihre Wirtschaftsführung und das Jahresergebnis Aufschluss.

Der Rechnungssabschluss wird nach den geltenden Bestimmungen der Verordnung des Bundes-ministeriums für Finanzen erstellt, mit der Form und Gliederung der Voranschläge und Rechnungs-abschlüsse der Länder, der Gemeinden und Gemeindeverbände geregelt werden (Voranschlags- und Rechnungsabschlussverordnung - "VRV").

Die Gemeinden sind auf Grund der Bestimmungen in den Gemeindeordnungen verpflichtet, nach Abschluss des Finanzjahres einen Rechnungsabschluss zu erstellen.

Zu den Open Data Datensätzen (CSV-Versionen):

https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/88b867fb-5237-4d4b-804e-83007b89151f

Vorbericht:

https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/bcbc2bc8-2ad1-45ef-96d2-8d0ae72569d2

Kassen- und Haushaltsrechnung:

https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/7764ba28-9b2f-436c-9441-bf0ab0675f72

https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/2091c943-8361-4549-9c31-6e6e472f167a

VRV-Querschnitt:

https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/d0b81b12-f7bf-4301-b6bd-c7c214b244cc

Ordentlicher Haushalt:

https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/65d0bcdb-fdfd-47ca-9d35-6be61ba1c475

Ausserordentlicher Haushalt:

https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/90e5811c-54ed-4bfe-ba6e-61acaf781e27

Durchlaufende Gebarung:

https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/70a1f145-92be-4b32-a6d6-c145efb7fad2

Nachweise besonderer Art:

https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/61948413-f47c-4164-abef-31ea008fcc91

Anmerkungen:

https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/98db1261-a9f4-42be-a6cc-0bdcfe6c3355

En lokal myndighets räkenskaper ger information om sin ekonomiska förvaltning och årsresultat.

Räkenskapsavslutningen är upprättad i enlighet med gällande bestämmelser i förbundsfinansministeriets förordning, som reglerar form och struktur för delstaternas, kommunernas och kommunförbundens uppskattningar och redovisningar (förordning om räkenskapsavslut).

Kommunerna är skyldiga att upprätta en bokslutskommuniké efter räkenskapsårets slut på grundval av bestämmelserna i de kommunala föreskrifterna.

Öppna dataposter (CSV-versioner):

https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/88b867fb-5237-4d4b-804e-83007b89151f

Preliminär rapport:

https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/bcbc2bc8-2ad1-45ef-96d2-8d0ae72569d2

Kontant- och budgetkonton:

https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/7764ba28-9b2f-436c-9441-bf0ab0675f72 https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/2091c943-8361-4549-9c31-6e6e472f167a

VRV tvärsnitt:

https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/d0b81b12-f7bf-4301-b6bd-c7c214b244cc

Ordinarie budget:

https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/65d0bcdb-fdfd-47ca-9d35-6be61ba1c475

Extraordinär budget:

https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/90e5811c-54ed-4bfe-ba6e-61acaf781e27

Kontinuerlig presentation:

https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/70a1f145-92be-4b32-a6d6-c145efb7fad2

Bevis av ett särskilt slag:

https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/61948413-f47c-4164-abef-31ea008fcc91

Kommentarer:

https://www.data.gv.at/katalog/dataset/98db1261-a9f4-42be-a6cc-0bdcfe6c3355

This dataset is the definitive set of statistical area 2 (SA2) boundaries for 2022 as defined by Stats NZ (the custodian). This version contains 2,260 SA2 features.

SA2s were introduced as part of the Statistical Standard for Geographic Areas 2018 (SSGA2018) which replaced the New Zealand Standard Areas Classification (NZSAC1992). The SA2 geography replaces the (NZSAC1992) area unit geography.

SA2 is an 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.

SA2s are built from SA1s and either define or aggregate to define urban rural areas, territorial authorities, and regional councils. SA2s in city council areas generally have a population of 2,000–4,000 residents while SA2s in district council areas generally have a population of 1,000–3,000 residents. In rural areas, many SA2s have fewer than 1,000 residents because they are in conservation areas or contain sparse populations that cover a large area.

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.

This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released territorial authority boundaries as at 1 January 2023 as defined by territorial authorities and/or Local Government Commission, and maintained by Stats NZ (the custodian). This version contains 67 territorial authorities, excluding ‘area outside territorial authority’.

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Territorial authorities are the second tier of local government in New Zealand, below regional councils. They are defined under schedule 2, part 1 of the Local Government Act 2002 as city councils or district councils. Territorial authorities were established in 1989 when 205 territorial local authorities were replaced by 75 territorial authorities. Territorial boundaries must coincide with meshblock boundaries under schedule 3, clause 17 of the Local Government Act 2002.

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There are 67 territorial authorities: 12 city councils, 53 district councils, Auckland Council, and Chatham Islands Council. Five territorial authorities (Auckland Council, Nelson City Council, and the Gisborne, Tasman, and Marlborough district councils) also perform the functions of a regional council and are therefore unitary authorities. The Chatham Islands Council performs some regional council functions.

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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. When defining the boundaries of territorial authorities, the Local Government Commission bases considerable weight on the ‘community of interest’.

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Territorial authorities are defined at meshblock level. Statistical area 1, statistical area 2 and statistical area 3 geographies nest within territorial authority boundaries.

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Maintenance

Local government boundaries may be changed through the Local Government Act 2002, an Act of Parliament, or a natural process such as the middle line of a river changing its natural course.

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The Territorial Authority classification is released annually on 1 January to coincide with the update of meshblocks, but there are not always changes from the previous classification.

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1989:

New Zealand’s local government structural arrangements were significantly reformed by the Local Government Commission in 1989. Prior to reformation there were 205 territorial local authorities: 28 cities, 78 boroughs, 67 counties, 31 districts, and 1 town district, as well as a multitude of ad-hoc authorities such as pest control boards, drainage boards, catchment boards, and domain and reserve boards.

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These were replaced by 74 territorial local authorities, 15 of which were cities and 58 districts. The exception was Chatham Islands County which retained its county status.

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1990:

Invercargill was proclaimed a city.

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1992:

Nelson-Marlborough Regional Council was abolished by a Local Government Amendment Act. Kaikoura District was transferred to the Canterbury Region. Nelson City, and Tasman and Marlborough districts became unitary authorities.

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1995:

The Chatham Islands County was dissolved and reconstituted by a specific Act of Parliament as the "Chatham Islands Territory", with powers similar to those of territorial authorities and some functions similar to those of a regional council. This included the addition of territorial sea, a coastal buffer extending to twelve nautical miles from the coastline.

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1995:

Tasman District boundary extended to align with the Tasman Region boundary at the 12-mile limit.

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1998:

Not Applicable category changed to Area Outside Territorial Authority

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2004:

Tauranga District changed to Tauranga City.2006:Banks Peninsula District merged into Christchurch City as a result of a Local Government Commission decision following a 2005 referendum.

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2010:

Auckland Council established under the Local Government (Tamaki Makaurau Reorganisation) Act 2009. Rodney District, North Shore City, Waitakere City, Auckland City, Manukau City, Papakura District, and Franklin District territorial councils, and the Auckland Regional Council, were abolished to become a unitary authority known as the Auckland Council. The area now consists of one city council (with statutory provision for three Māori councillors), 13 wards, and 21 local boards.

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2015:

Wanganui District Council name changed to Whanganui District Council effective 1 December 2015.

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2020:

Otorohanga District Council name amended to Ōtorohanga District Council.

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Opotiki District Council name amended to Ōpōtiki District Council.

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Both changes were under schedule 2 of the Local Government Act 2002 and effective 17 January 2020.

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2021:

A local government reorganisation transferred land between two territorial authorities, Western Bay of Plenty District and Tauranga City. The changes took effect on 19 February 2021 under schedule 3 of the Local Government Act 2002. Refer to the New Zealand Gazette notice for further details.

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Numbering

The territorial authority classification is a flat classification. Territorial authorities are given a unique three-digit code. The classification contains 68 categories (including ‘999 – Area Outside Territorial Authority’).

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Generalised version

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

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Macrons

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

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Digital data

Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.

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To download geographic classifications in table formats such as CSV please use Ariā

Geospatial data from Land Information New Zealand. Export to CAD, GIS, PDF, KML and CSV, and access via API.

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