Community Board 2026

Description Refer to the current geographies boundaries table for a list of all current geographies and recent updates. This dataset is the definitive version of community board boundaries as at 1 January 2026, as defined by the territorial authorities and/or Local Government Commission and maintained by Stats NZ. This classification includes community boards and local boards. This version contains 111 community boards and 21 Auckland local boards, excluding ‘area outside community board’. 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 geographies. Structure The purpose of community boards is to administer the affairs of communities with a population of 1,500 or more people within rural, urban, or metropolitan areas of a territorial authority. A community board’s functions, powers, and duties are at the discretion of its parent territorial authority, so these may differ between community boards. Community boards are a link between the council and the community. Community boards can be established at any time but may only be abolished as part of a council’s regular representation review carried out before the triennial local government elections; this is provided for in the Local Electoral Act 2001. Local boards can be established within any unitary authority. Local boards share governance with a council’s governing body, and each has complementary responsibilities guaranteed by legislation. Local boards can propose bylaws and they gather community views on local and regional matters. Community board and local board boundaries must coincide with meshblock boundaries under Local Government Act 2002 and Local Electoral Act 2001. Community boards, local boards and wards nest within territorial authorities. There is not a one-to-one relationship and community boards or local boards may straddle wards. Numbering The Community Board classification is a flat classification. Community boards are numbered based on their corresponding territorial authority. Each community board has a unique five-digit number. The first three digits refer to the territorial authority that the community board lies within. The following two digits are sequential and represent the number of community boards within the territorial authority. For example, Nameless District (084) has two community boards numbered 08401 and 08402. If part of Nameless District is not represented by a community board it is coded 08499 ‘Area outside community’. The descriptor ‘Area outside community’ is applied to each individual territorial authority that has any areas outside community board or does not have any community boards. There is also a code of 99999 ‘Area outside community’ for those areas outside of territorial authority areas. Maintenance The Local Electoral Act 2001 provides for community boards to be reviewed before every second triennial local government election. Local boards cannot be established, abolished or their boundaries changed except through a reorganisation process (Local Government Act 2002). The Community Board classification is released when there are updates for local body elections, or when a boundary or name change is initiated by another geography update. For example, if a territorial authority boundary is changed as part of a local government reorganisation. Lineage These boundaries are derived from the meshblock pattern. Using spatial processing tools, the meshblocks are dissolved to form higher-level geographies. The original vertices delineating the meshblock boundary pattern were digitised in 1991 from 1:5,000 scale urban maps and 1:50,000 scale rural maps. The magnitude of error of the original digital points would have been in the range of +/- 10 metres in urban areas and +/- 25 metres in rural areas. Where meshblock boundaries coincide with cadastral boundaries the magnitude of error will be within the range of 1–5 metres in urban areas and 1-100 metres in rural areas, this being the estimated magnitude of error in Landonline. 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. Liability While care has been taken to compile these boundary coordinates, Stats NZ gives no warranty that the data supplied is free from error. Stats NZ shall not be liable for any loss suffered through the use, directly or indirectly, of any information, product or service. Macrons Names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons. The column name for those without macrons is suffixed ‘ascii’. 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: [e-mail]数据集说明 请参照当前地理边界表，获取所有现行地理区域及最新更新清单。本数据集为截至2026年1月1日的权威社区委员会边界版本，由各领土当局及/或地方政府委员会（Local Government Commission）划定，由新西兰统计局（Stats NZ）维护。本分类涵盖社区委员会与地方委员会，本版本包含111个社区委员会及21个奥克兰地方委员会，不含「社区委员会辖区外区域」。 社区委员会与地方委员会负责社区层面的选举代表事务，其设立依据《2002年地方政府法》与《2001年地方选举法》。地方委员会是2010年奥克兰新地方治理体系的组成部分。社区委员会与地方委员会以统计区域块（meshblock）为定义单位，与统计区域地理范围并不重合。 ### 组织架构 社区委员会的设立宗旨是，在领土当局的乡村、城市或都会区域内，为人口达1500人及以上的社区管理相关事务。社区委员会的职能、权限与职责由其上级领土当局自主决定，因此不同社区委员会的权责可能存在差异。社区委员会是议会与社区之间的沟通桥梁。 社区委员会可随时设立，但仅可在每三年一度的地方政府选举前的议会常规代表审查中予以撤销，该规定载于《2001年地方选举法》。地方委员会可在任何单一管理当局辖区内设立。地方委员会与议会治理机构共享治理权，各自承担立法明确规定的互补职责。地方委员会可提出附例，并就地方及区域事务征集社区意见。 根据《2002年地方政府法》与《2001年地方选举法》，社区委员会与地方委员会的边界必须与统计区域块边界保持一致。社区委员会、地方委员会与选区嵌套于领土当局辖区内，二者并非一一对应关系，社区委员会或地方委员会可能跨越多个选区。 ### 编号规则 社区委员会分类采用扁平式分类体系。社区委员会的编号基于其所属的领土当局编制，每个社区委员会拥有唯一的五位数编码：前三位代表其所属的领土当局，后两位为顺序码，用于标识该领土当局下辖的社区委员会序号。例如，无名地区（084）下辖2个社区委员会，编号分别为08401与08402。若无名地区的部分区域未设有社区委员会，则编码为08499，对应「社区委员会辖区外区域」。 「社区委员会辖区外区域」这一描述适用于所有存在未覆盖区域或未设立社区委员会的领土当局。此外，对于所有领土当局辖区外的区域，统一使用编码99999「社区委员会辖区外区域」。 ### 数据维护 《2001年地方选举法》规定，每两届三年一度的地方政府选举前需对社区委员会进行审查。除非通过地方政府重组流程（《2002年地方政府法》），否则不得设立、撤销地方委员会或变更其边界。社区委员会分类数据集仅在地方选举需要更新、或因其他地理更新引发边界或名称变更时发布。例如，若领土当局边界因地方政府重组发生变更。 ### 数据溯源 本边界数据源自统计区域块的空间分布。通过空间处理工具，将统计区域块合并为更高层级的地理区域。最初用于勾勒统计区域块边界的顶点数据，于1991年根据1:5000比例尺城市地图与1:50000比例尺乡村地图数字化获取。原始数字点位的误差范围为：城市区域±10米，乡村区域±25米。若统计区域块边界与地籍边界重合，则误差范围为城市区域1–5米，乡村区域1–100米，该误差范围基于Landonline的估算误差。 ### 高清数据版本 本高清（HD）版本拥有最精细的几何精度，适用于地理信息系统（GIS）中的几何分析操作，以及面积、质心与其他指标的计算。 ### 责任限制 尽管新西兰统计局在编制本边界坐标数据时已尽审慎义务，但不对本数据无错误作出任何明示或默示担保。对于因直接或间接使用本信息、产品或服务而遭受的任何损失，新西兰统计局不承担任何责任。 ### 长音符号 地名包含带长音符号（tohutō/macrons）与不带长音符号两种形式，不带长音符号的列名后缀为「ascii」。 ### 数字化数据 本数字化边界数据于2007年7月1日起免费开放。 ### 附加信息 如需下载CSV等表格格式的地理分类数据，请使用Ariā平台。更多详情请参阅《2023年地理区域统计标准》。 联系方式：[e-mail]