NZ Māori Wards - 2021 (Mature Support)

Important Note: This item is in mature support as of January 2024 and will retire in January 2025. When you need the most recent boundary layer please use this item. When you need the boundaries for a specific year, please use this item and set a filter on the required year. Topicality: 01-01-2021 Projection: New Zealand Transverse Mercator (NZTM) This layer is based on the definitive set of Māori Ward boundaries for 2021 as defined by the regional councils and Local Government Commission but maintained by Stats NZ (the custodian). The Local Electoral Act 2001 provides that Māori wards may be established in territorial authorities. The statutory provisions for establishing Māori wards are set out in sections 19Z to 19ZH of the Local Electoral Act 2001. The first Māori ward was established by representation review in 2019 and appears in the 2021 geographic boundaries released by Stats NZ. The first Māori ward to be created is Wairoa Māori ward (02901) in the Wairoa District. Māori ward boundaries are defined at meshblock level. This layer shows the data for 2021. If you would like to use the layer that gets updated yearly with the latest boundary data, you can use this item. All the boundary layers can be found here. All the boundary layers that are updated yearly can be found here. The official dataset can be found on https://datafinder.stats.govt.nz. This layer contains the following attributes (see data tab): Maori Ward code Maori Ward name Total area in square kilometers Total land area in square kilometers. The layer is further generalised by Eagle Technology for improved performance on the web, therefore it doesn't fully represent the official boundaries. This layer is offered by Eagle Technology (Official Esri Distributor). Eagle Technology offers services that can be used in the ArcGIS platform. The Content team at Eagle Technology updates the layers on a regular basis and regularly adds new content to the Living Atlas. By using this content and combining it with other data you can create new information products quickly and easily. If you have any questions or comments about the content, please let us now at [e-mail]