The data representing the extent of zonings relating to the rules within the Operative District Plan 2017 are administered under the Resource Management Act (1999).A zip file containing .lyr files with symbology can be downloaded from here.

Identifies the designations of requiring authorities as set out by s175(2) of the Resource Management Act 1991.

Identifies the zone as set out in the policy framework of each subject zone in H Zones.

The Future Development Strategy (FDS) is Auckland’s long-term approach to growth and development. It sets out how Auckland will grow and change over the next 30 years.The FDS is a key planning tool to identify strategic priorities for the coordination and alignment of the council’s infrastructure planning and investment decisions with the timing and sequencing of growth.Nodes are major growth areas critical to accommodating a high concentration of residential and employment development. Each node is based around a significant centre and serves a large catchment. They encompass surrounding employment and high-density residential areas. Auckland’s urban nodes are the city centre, Manukau, Westgate, and Albany. Together with the rural nodes of Warkworth and Pukekohe, they form the multi-nodal model set out in the in the FDS.This layer is intended to be viewed at a regional scale, not to show information at the individual property level. In future urban areas, areas indicate the council’s high level, strategic approach to greenfield growth. Boundaries shown are indicative only. Any changes to zoning at the individual property level will be determined through a plan change process and shown on the Auckland Unitary Plan maps.Further information about the Future Development Strategy is available here.

Identifies precincts, sub-precincts and their spatial extents.

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

Identifies areas being within an emergency management area from hazardous facilities and infrastructure set out in the policy framework of E29 Emergency Management Area Hazardous Facilities and Infrastructure.

We are working on a new draft Sheffield Local Plan that will guide the future of the city by setting out how and where development will take place up to 2039. We are calling it the ‘Sheffield Plan’ and, once it has been adopted, it will replace the Sheffield Core Strategy (2009) and ‘saved’ policies in the Sheffield Unitary Development Plan (1998). Refer to Adopted Sheffield Local Plan for more information about the Core Strategy and Unitary Development Plan.The Draft Sheffield Plan, together with amendments proposed by the City Council, was approved by the Council for submission to the Government on 6 September 2023.The Draft Plan was submitted on 6 October 2023.The next stage will be a Public Examination conducted by independent, Government-appointed Planning Inspectors. More information is available on the Sheffield Plan Examination webpage.

Identifies volcanic viewshafts and height sensitive areas as set out in the policy framework of D14 Volcanic Viewshafts and Height Sensitive Areas Overlay, D15 Ridgeline Protection Overlay and D16 Local Public Views Overlay and Schedules 9 and 11 of the Plan.

Purpose:The coastal inundation hazard layers map describes the areas exposed to extreme water levels caused by storm tides, wave setup and sea-level rise under the following scenarios (where AEP is the Annual Exceedance Probability or the chance of occurring each year, ARI is the Average Recurrence Interval):20% AEP (5 year return)5% AEP (20 year return)2% AEP (50 year return)1% AEP (100 year return): to demonstrate present day risk in alignment with the Auckland Unitary Plan activity controls2% AEP (50 year return) + 1m sea level rise2% AEP (50 year return) + 2m sea level rise1% AEP (100 year return) + 1m sea level rise: in alignment with Auckland Unitary Plan activity controls1% AEP (100 year return) + 2m sea level rise: to demonstrate longer term risk with ongoing sea-level riseThis is a generalised version of the data. Download the original full dataset with layer files here:https://data-aucklandcouncil.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/coastal-inundation-hazards-geodatabase/aboutThe layer takes into account extreme sea levels calculated between 2013 and 2019, as compiled in Carpenter, N., R Roberts and P Klinac (2020). Auckland’s exposure to coastal inundation by storm-tides and waves. Auckland Council technical report, TR2020/24. Auckland’s exposure to coastal inundation by storm-tides and waves (knowledgeauckland.org.nz)Sea-level rise values applied currently align with the projections by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change sixth assessment report (2021), and the Ministry for the Environment (2022) Interim guidance on the use of new sea-level rise projections, which updates the Ministry for the Environment Coastal Hazards and Climate Change Guidance for Local Government (2017). In MfE’s (2022) Interim guidance, (excluding vertical land movement) one metre sea-level rise is projected to occur between 2095 - >2200, depending on the emission scenario used. Two metre sea-level rise is projected to occur in the longer term (beyond 2150). MfE’s (2022) Interim guidance recommends the inclusion of vertical land movement (VLM) in relative sea level rise considerations. These are not included in the above sea level rise predictions due to the high VLM variability across the region. Vertical land movement is generally predicted to increase the rates of relative sea level rise for the Auckland region so should also be incorporated in planning and design.Refer to Interim guidance on the use of new sea-level rise projections | Ministry for the Environment for more information on MfE’s interim guidance on sea level rise and vertical land movement.Lineage:3Extreme sea levels for the Auckland region were derived by NIWA in 2013 (Part 1 of Technical Report 2020/24). From 2016-2019, additional extreme sea level data was gathered for:The east coast estuaries (NIWA, 2016; Part 2 of Technical Report 2020/24)Parakai/Helensville Harbour (DHI, 2019; Part 3 of Technical Report 2020/24)Great Barrier Island (NIWA, 2019; Part 4 of Technical Report 2020/24)In 2020, these levels were projected onto the land topography (derived from the 2016-2018 LiDAR survey) by Stantec to establish the extent of coastal flooding. Creation Date: 15/12/2020Update Cycle: Adhoc – when improved data becomes availableThis data is available to the public on the Geomaps viewer and is copied into LIMsContact Person: Natasha CarpenterContact Position:Coastal Management Practice Lead, Infrastructure and Environmental ServicesCouncil Contact:Natasha.Carpenter@aucklandcouncil.govt.nzConstraints – General:The Coastal Inundation data is subject to updates to reflect the latest, best available understanding of storm tides, waves and sea-level rise processes.The geodatabase contains a copy of the historic inundation mapping, which is superseded by the publication of the 2020 data. The superseded data is identified by having a validation state of 0, whereas the published data has a validation state of 3 (valid and public).Constraints – Legal: This data is available to the public on the Geomaps viewer and is copied into LIMsConstraints – Security: The Coastal Inundation data is available to the public Under Creative Commons license.

Identifying areas around the city centre to allow for additional office space.

By downloading this data you agree to be bound by the terms of the INSPIRE End User License. This dataset is live, the “Item updated” date above refers to the metadata only. The Unitary Development Plan (UDP) was adopted as the statutory development plan for Sheffield in March 1998. It consists of: a policy document and a proposals map

Background: This layer forms part of Auckland Councils Draft Plan Change on the NPSUD. This service is a replication of a Unitary Plan Layer to be used as a Qualifying Matter for the NPSUD Project.The NPSUD is a government policy aiming to improve housing affordability. It directs councils to plan for more housing and businesses to be built in places that give people good access to jobs, community services and public transport and in response to market demand.

Purpose:The coastal inundation hazard layers map describes the areas exposed to extreme water levels caused by storm tides, wave setup and sea-level rise under the following scenarios (where AEP is the Annual Exceedance Probability or the chance of occurring each year, ARI is the Average Recurrence Interval):20% AEP (5 year return)5% AEP (20 year return)2% AEP (50 year return)1% AEP (100 year return): to demonstrate present day risk in alignment with the Auckland Unitary Plan activity controls2% AEP (50 year return) + 1m sea level rise2% AEP (50 year return) + 2m sea level rise1% AEP (100 year return) + 1m sea level rise: in alignment with Auckland Unitary Plan activity controls1% AEP (100 year return) + 2m sea level rise: to demonstrate longer term risk with ongoing sea-level riseThis is a generalised version of the data. Download the original full dataset with layer files here:https://data-aucklandcouncil.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/coastal-inundation-hazards-geodatabase/aboutThe layer takes into account extreme sea levels calculated between 2013 and 2019, as compiled in Carpenter, N., R Roberts and P Klinac (2020). Auckland’s exposure to coastal inundation by storm-tides and waves. Auckland Council technical report, TR2020/24. Auckland’s exposure to coastal inundation by storm-tides and waves (knowledgeauckland.org.nz)Sea-level rise values applied currently align with the projections by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change sixth assessment report (2021), and the Ministry for the Environment (2022) Interim guidance on the use of new sea-level rise projections, which updates the Ministry for the Environment Coastal Hazards and Climate Change Guidance for Local Government (2017). In MfE’s (2022) Interim guidance, (excluding vertical land movement) one metre sea-level rise is projected to occur between 2095 - >2200, depending on the emission scenario used. Two metre sea-level rise is projected to occur in the longer term (beyond 2150). MfE’s (2022) Interim guidance recommends the inclusion of vertical land movement (VLM) in relative sea level rise considerations. These are not included in the above sea level rise predictions due to the high VLM variability across the region. Vertical land movement is generally predicted to increase the rates of relative sea level rise for the Auckland region so should also be incorporated in planning and design.Refer to Interim guidance on the use of new sea-level rise projections | Ministry for the Environment for more information on MfE’s interim guidance on sea level rise and vertical land movement.Lineage:3Extreme sea levels for the Auckland region were derived by NIWA in 2013 (Part 1 of Technical Report 2020/24). From 2016-2019, additional extreme sea level data was gathered for:The east coast estuaries (NIWA, 2016; Part 2 of Technical Report 2020/24)Parakai/Helensville Harbour (DHI, 2019; Part 3 of Technical Report 2020/24)Great Barrier Island (NIWA, 2019; Part 4 of Technical Report 2020/24)In 2020, these levels were projected onto the land topography (derived from the 2016-2018 LiDAR survey) by Stantec to establish the extent of coastal flooding. Creation Date: 15/12/2020Update Cycle: Adhoc – when improved data becomes availableThis data is available to the public on the Geomaps viewer and is copied into LIMsContact Person: Natasha CarpenterContact Position:Coastal Management Practice Lead, Infrastructure and Environmental ServicesCouncil Contact:Natasha.Carpenter@aucklandcouncil.govt.nzConstraints – General:The Coastal Inundation data is subject to updates to reflect the latest, best available understanding of storm tides, waves and sea-level rise processes.The geodatabase contains a copy of the historic inundation mapping, which is superseded by the publication of the 2020 data. The superseded data is identified by having a validation state of 0, whereas the published data has a validation state of 3 (valid and public).Constraints – Legal: This data is available to the public on the Geomaps viewer and is copied into LIMsConstraints – Security: The Coastal Inundation data is available to the public Under Creative Commons license.

Background: This layer forms part of Auckland Councils Draft Plan Change on the NPSUD. This service is a replication of a Unitary Plan Layer to be used as a Qualifying Matter for the NPSUD Project.The NPSUD is a government policy aiming to improve housing affordability. It directs councils to plan for more housing and businesses to be built in places that give people good access to jobs, community services and public transport and in response to market demand.

Auckland War Memorial Museum is located in a prominent location within Auckland Domain. The museum is a landmark building with historic, community and architectural significance and is one of Auckland’s most popular vantage points. Sited on relatively low grounds in relation to the surrounding ridges, the view to and from the museum could be easily compromised or lost through the erection of tall buildings. The combination of landform, dominant building presence and setting contribute to the museum’s unique visual quality. Special visual protection measures are applied to secure the highly appreciated views and aspect qualities associated with this historic heritage place. These controls limit building height and include parapets, chimneys communications antennae, support structures, housing, building services components and advertising signs.

The high water levels are provided for a range of Average Recurrence Interval (ARI) events. Average recurrence interval is often referred to as a return period. These can be approximately converted to Annual Exceedance Probability (AEP), the probability of occurrence each year, by the following conversion table:ARI (yr)AEP (%)25052010102055021001The high water level values (1% AEP + 1 m sea level) are used to calculate the required height of habitable floors for developments in the coastal inundation hazard zone, as per Unitary Plan rules. High sea level values for Auckland were collected between 2013 and 2019, via four separate studies:In 2013, Auckland Council’s Civil Defence & Emergency Management Department commissioned NIWA to calculate and model coastal-storm inundation elevations for the entire Auckland region, primarily for emergency management purposes. NIWA calculated extreme high-water level values at fixed locations across the region, focusing on the open coasts and harbour areas.In 2016, NIWA calculated high water level values for the east coast estuaries.In 2020, DHI calculated high water levels for the Parakai/Helensville area to the south of the Kaipara Harbour. Inundation in this area is particularly complex due to the wide, low lying coastal plains sitting above the confluence of the Kaipara river with the harbour.Also in 2019, NIWA calculated high water levels for Great Barrier and Little Barrier for 16 sites at ARI scenarios of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 yearsDetails of each study and the high water level calculations are available in Technical Report 2020/024Credit:Data supplied by Resilient Land and Coasts, Auckland CouncilUse Limitations:Constraints– General:The high water level values were collated from tables within Technical Report 2020/024. They are made available in GIS to improve the workflow of Regulatory development engineers, specifically in relation to the calculation of habitable floor levels. The dataset is not meant to stand alone, and users outside of Regulatory should be directed to Technical Report 2020/024.Constraints– Legal:There are no legal constraints in relation to this dataset.Constraints– Security:Creative Commons – All Records

Identifies historic heritage extents of place as set out in the policy framework of D17 Historic Heritage Overlay and Schedule 14 of the Plan.

Provides a typology of catchments for the purpose of describing the expected Macro Invertebrate Community Index (MCI) value (an indicator of fresh water quality) for freshwater.