Ward 2023

This dataset is the definitive version of the annually released ward boundaries as at 1 January 2023 as defined by the territorial authorities and Local Government Commission and maintained by Stats NZ. This version contains 224 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. Territorial authorities can now choose whether they would like to maintain electoral wards. As a result, the number of wards has steadily decreased since they were first created in 1989. 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 1 (SA1) geography or the statistical area 2 (SA2) 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, Westland District (057) has three wards, which are coded 05701, 05702, and 05703. Some territorial authorities do not use wards. In the classification, these territorial authorities use ‘99’ for the last two digits of the ward code, and the descriptor “Area Outside Ward”. Generalised version This generalised version has been simplified for rapid drawing and is designed for thematic or web mapping purposes. 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.本数据集为2023年1月1日生效的年度发布版官方地方选区边界最终版，由领地管理机构（territorial authorities）与地方政府委员会（Local Government Commission）划定，新西兰统计局（Stats NZ）维护。 本版本共包含224个地方选区，不含“选区外区域”。 地方选区依据《2001年地方选举法》划定，为满足选举需求而对领地管理机构辖区进行划分所形成。 最初，凡人口不少于20000的领地管理机构均可设立地方选区。 地方选区制度旨在认可领地管理机构辖区内的不同社区群体，并提升社区对地方治理体系的参与度。 如今领地管理机构可自主选择是否保留选举用地方选区，因此，自1989年地方选区首次设立以来，其总数呈稳步下降趋势。 地方选区边界会在每三年一度的地方政府选举前一年进行修订。 地方选区以网格块（meshblock）为最小划定单元，与统计区域1（SA1）或统计区域2（SA2）的地理边界并不重合。 编号规则：地方选区编号基于其所属的领地管理机构编制，每个地方选区均拥有唯一的五位数字编号。 编号前三位代表该选区所属的领地管理机构，后两位为顺序编号，代表该领地管理机构下辖的地方选区序号。 例如，韦斯特兰区（Westland District）的编号前缀为057，其下辖3个地方选区，编码分别为05701、05702及05703。 部分领地管理机构不设立地方选区，此类机构的选区编码后两位将使用“99”，对应的描述字段为“选区外区域”。 简化版：本简化版经过优化，可快速绘制，适用于专题制图或网络地图制作场景。 长元音标注：名称同时提供带长音符（tohutō）与不带长音符两种版本，不带长音符版本的列名后缀为“ascii”。 数字数据：本数据集的数字边界数据已于2007年7月1日对外免费开放。