This layer is derived from the definitive set of annually released territorial authority boundaries for 2021 as defined by the territorial authorities and/or Local Government Commission and maintained by Stats NZ (the custodian). 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 tohutā/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.------------------------------------------------------------------------ Processing steps applied by Stats NZ Geographic Data Service------------------------------------------------------------------------- imported to Stats NZ Geographic Data Service in Geodatabase format on 06 Dec 2020- clipped to (39.052°S 175.041°E)-(40.322°S 176.356°E)- converted by Stats NZ Geographic Data Service to Geodatabase on 30 Sep 2021 (reference #2312508)
