The geographic areas table 2025 is a downloadable csv file that classifies meshblocks into larger geographic areas, such as statistical areas, territorial authorities, and regional councils. You can use the areas file, also known as a concordance file, to see how the various geographic boundaries are related and how they have changed over time. For each...

Business demography statistics Business demography statistics provide an annual snapshot (as at February) of the structure and characteristics of New Zealand businesses. Statistics produced include counts of enterprises and geographic units by industry, geography such as region or statistical area 2 (SA2), institutional sector, business type, degree of...

This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released regional council boundaries for 2020 as defined by the regional councils and/or Local Government Commission, and maintained by Stats NZ (the custodian). This version contains 17 categories. The regional council is the top tier of local government in New Zealand. There are 16 regional councils...

This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released statistical area 2 (SA2) boundaries as at 1 January 2023, defined by Stats NZ and concorded to higher geographies. This version contains 2,395 statistical area 2 areas. (2,379 digitised and 16 with empty or null geometries (non-digitised)). ​ This dataset is the definitive version of...

This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released statistical area 3 boundaries as at 1 January 2023, defined by Stats NZ and concorded to higher geographies. This version contains 929 statistical 3 areas. ​ Statistical area 3 (SA3) is a new output geography, introduced in 2023, that allows aggregations of population data between the...

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....

District health board (DHB) boundaries are defined by the Ministry of Health and are defined at meshblock level using the Stats NZ meshblock geography. They commenced on 1 January 2001 but ceased to exist on 30 June 2022. From 1 July 2022, Te Whatu Ora/Health New Zealand (https://www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/) has taken over responsibility for planning and...

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), clipped to the coastline. This clipped version has been created for cartographic purposes and so does not fully represent...

A 1 kilometre population grid using the Estimated Resident Populations (ERP) published annually, dated as at 30 June. Population estimates by Statistical Area 1s (SA1s) are used as an input to derive population grids. These estimates are not official statistics. They are derived as a customised dataset used to produce the population grids. This is one of...

This dataset is the definitive set of annually released territorial authority boundaries for 2022 as defined the territorial authorities and/or Local Government Commission and maintained by Stats NZ (the custodian). This version contains 68 features. A territorial authority is defined under the Local Government Act 2002 as a city or a district council....

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...

Refer to the current geographies boundaries table for a list of all current geographies and recent updates. Territorial authorities Territorial Authority Local Board (TALB) is a derived classification. TALB is derived from the definitive version of the annually released local boards for Auckland and territorial authorities for the rest of New Zealand as...

This dataset is the definitive of the annually released meshblock boundaries as at 1 January 2023 as defined by Stats NZ (the custodian), 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 version contains 57,539 meshblocks. ​ Stats NZ...

The geographic areas file 2023 is a text file that classifies meshblocks into larger geographic areas, such as statistical areas, territorial authorities, and regional councils. You can use the areas file, also known as a concordance file, to see how the various geographic boundaries are related. For each meshblock, there is a series of codes that link to...

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 (SA3) boundaries as at 1 January 2025 as defined by Stats NZ. This version contains 929 SA3s, including 4 non-digitised SA3s. The SA3 geography aims to meet three...

The geographies table lists the most up to date versions of geographies maintained by Stats NZ. The geographies divide New Zealand into geographic areas, such as statistical areas, territorial authorities, and regional councils. From 2024 onwards, new geographies are published when they change, rather than annually, in a high-definition version not a...

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...

This dataset is the definitive of the annually released meshblock boundaries as at 1 January 2024 as defined by Stats NZ. This version contains 57,539 meshblocks, including 16 with empty or null geometries (non-digitised meshblocks). Stats NZ maintains an annual meshblock pattern for collecting and producing statistical data. This allows data to be...

This dataset is the definitive set of statistical area 2 (SA2) boundaries at 1 January 2018, clipped to the coastline. This clipped version has been created for map creation/cartographic purposes and may not fully represent the official full extent boundaries. SA2 is a new output geography that provides higher aggregations of population data than can be...

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 meshblock boundaries as at 1 January 2025 as defined by Stats NZ. This version contains 57,551 meshblocks, including 16 with empty or null geometries (non-digitised meshblocks). Stats...