Ward 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 ward boundaries as at 1 January 2026, as defined by the territorial authorities and/or Local Government Commission and maintained by Stats NZ. This version contains 222 wards, excluding ‘area outside ward’. Wards are defined under the Local Electoral Act 2001 and result from dividing a territorial authority for electoral purposes. Wards were originally set up within any territorial authority with a population of at least 20,000. The ward system was designed to allow for the recognition of communities within a territorial authority and to increase community involvement in the local government system. Ward boundaries are reviewed in the year before the three-yearly local government elections. Wards are defined at meshblock level, and do not coincide with the statistical area geographies. Numbering Wards are numbered based on their corresponding territorial authority. Each ward has a unique five-digit number. The first three digits represent the territorial authority that the ward lies within. The following two digits are sequential and represent the number of wards within a territorial authority. For example, Nameless District (084) has three wards, which are coded 08401, 08402, and 08403. Several territorial authorities do not have wards. If part or all of Nameless District is not represented by a ward it is coded 08499 ‘Area Outside Ward’. There is also a code of 99999 for those areas outside of territorial authority areas. Maintenance The Local Electoral Act 2001 provides for ward boundaries to be reviewed before every second triennial local government election. The Ward 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. 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. 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. 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：请参阅当前地理边界表，以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日的权威选区边界版本，由地区主管部门及/或地方政府委员会（Local Government Commission）划定，并由新西兰统计局（Stats NZ）维护。本版本共包含222个选区，不含“选区外区域”。 选区依据《2001年地方选举法（Local Electoral Act 2001）》划定，为出于选举目的对地区主管管辖区进行划分的产物。最初，所有人口不少于20000的地区主管管辖区均设立了选区。选区制度旨在认可地区主管管辖区内的社区群体，并提升社区对地方治理体系的参与度。选区边界会在每三年一度的地方政府选举前一年进行复审。选区以统计区块（meshblock）为层级划定，且与统计区域地理边界并不重合。 编号规则：选区编号依据其所属的地区主管管辖区制定。每个选区均拥有唯一的五位数编码：前三位代表该选区所属的地区主管管辖区，后两位为顺序编号，代表该地区主管管辖区内的选区序号。例如，无名地区（Nameless District，编码084）设有3个选区，其编码分别为08401、08402及08403。部分地区主管管辖区未设立选区。若无名地区的部分或全部区域未被选区覆盖，则其编码为08499，对应“选区外区域”。对于地区主管管辖区范围外的区域，编码为99999。 维护说明：《2001年地方选举法（Local Electoral Act 2001）》规定，选区边界需在每两届三年一度的地方政府选举前进行复审。当地方选举有更新要求，或因其他地理边界更新引发选区边界或名称变更时，将发布新版选区分类数据。例如，若地区主管管辖区的边界因地方政府重组发生调整，则需更新相关选区数据。 数据溯源：本边界数据源自统计区块（meshblock）图层。通过空间处理工具将统计区块合并为更高层级的地理区域。1991年，研究人员从1:5000比例尺城市地图及1:50000比例尺乡村地图中数字化提取了统计区块边界的原始顶点。原始数字化点位的误差范围为：城区±10米，乡村±25米。当统计区块边界与地籍边界重合时，误差范围为：城区1-5米，乡村1-100米，该误差值参考自兰在线地籍系统（Landonline）的估算误差。 责任声明：尽管新西兰统计局（Stats NZ）已谨慎编制本次边界坐标数据，但不对本数据集不存在错误作出任何明示或默示担保。对于因直接或间接使用本数据、信息、产品或服务而遭受的任何损失，新西兰统计局概不承担责任。 高清版本：本高清（HD）版本为最精细的几何数据集，适用于地理信息系统（GIS）中的几何分析操作，以及面积、质心及其他指标的计算。 长元音标注：名称包含或省略长元音符号（tohutō/macrons）两种版本，其中省略长元音的列名后缀为“ascii”。 数字数据：本边界数字数据集自2007年7月1日起免费开放获取。 更多信息：如需下载CSV等表格格式的地理分类数据，请使用Ariā平台。更多详细信息请参阅《2023年地理区域统计标准（Statistical standard for geographic areas 2023）》。联系方式：[e-mail]