2009 Digital Boundaries covering New Zealand are now available to download. Compressed in zip format, the files contain the following geographic layers: meshblock (MB), area unit (AU), urban area (UA), territorial authorities (TA), regional council (RC), wards, General (GEDs07) and Māori (MEDs07) electoral districts.
The annual pattern* starts from 2007 and covers only New Zealand. Also available are Census-based** digital boundaries for year 2001 which covers only New Zealand. The 2006 Census boundaries cover New Zealand and are broken down into regions.
Statistics New Zealand has made the digital boundaries from 2006 onwards available in two projections: New Zealand Map Grid (NZMG) and New Zealand Transverse Mercator (NZTM).
Instructions for download:
- download the files below
- download the metadata file
*Annual pattern digital boundaries are the most accurate. They contain all of the points digitised along the boundaries and are available annually.
** Census-based digital boundaries are generalised to a 20-metre tunnel width and are only available every five years.
To view Digital Boundaries, you need a geographic information system (GIS) installed. If you do not have a GIS, you can download software that can read these files.
Statistics New Zealand does not provide support for any of these free viewers:
MapInfo ProViewer available from MapInfo (.tab)
Supported platforms: Windows
http://www.mapinfo.com/products/applications/mapping-and-analytical-applications/mapinfo-proviewer
ArcExplorer available from ESRI (.shp)
Supported platforms: Windows, Unix, Linux
http://www.esri.com/software/arcexplorer/download9.html
Chatham Islands
The meshblock data is in NZGD2000 datum, in unprojected latitude, longitude available in ArcShp and MapInfo file formats. The Chatham Islands meshblocks have not changed since 1996.
Download Chatham Islands ArcShp (1148 KB)
Download Chatham Islands MapInfo (1157 KB)
Metadata
Metadata for Statistics NZ Digital Boundaries (126 KB)
The downloadable file is in Adobe Acrobat format. If you do not have the Adobe Acrobat Reader, you may download the reader to view or print the contents of this file.
Download Annual Pattern
ESRI Shapefile
Click on the links below to download .zip files.
New Zealand 2007 (NZMG) (380MB)
New Zealand 2008 (NZMG) (440MB)
New Zealand 2008 (NZTM) (447MB)
New Zealand 2009 (NZMG) (450MB)
New Zealand 2009 (NZTM) (456MB)
MapInfo TAB
New Zealand 2007 (NZMG) (232MB)
New Zealand 2008 (NZMG) (222MB)
New Zealand 2008 (NZTM) (223MB)
New Zealand 2009 (NZMG) (262MB)
New Zealand 2009 (NZTM) (230MB)
Download Census based
ESRI Shapefile
New Zealand 2001 (NZMG) (71.4MB)
New Zealand 2006 (NZMG) (37.9MB)
New Zealand 2006 (NZTM) (100MB)
Northland 2006 (NZMG) (8.07MB)
Auckland 2006 (NZMG) (7.62MB)
Waikato 2006 (NZMG) (7.88MB)
Bay of Plenty 2006 (NZMG) (3.38MB)
Gisborne 2006 (NZMG) (1.3MB)
Hawkes Bay 2006 (NZMG) (2.42MB)
Taranaki 2006 (NZMG) (2.25MB)
Manawatu Wanganui 2006 (NZMG) (4.13MB)
Wellington 2006 (NZMG) (3.06MB)
Tasman 2006 (NZMG) (1.72MB)
Nelson 2006 (NZMG) (272MB)
Marlborough 2006 (NZMG) (4.72MB)
West Coast 2006 (NZMG) (2.67MB)
Canterbury 2006 (NZMG) (5.65MB)
Otago 2006 (NZMG) (4.94MB)
Southland 2006 (NZMG) (6.16MB)
Area Outside 2006 (NZMG) (4.57MB)
MapInfoTAB
New Zealand 2001 (NZMG) (71.4MB)
New Zealand 2006 (NZMG) (37.9MB)
New Zealand 2006 (NZTM) (100MB)
Northland 2006 (NZMG) (8.07MB)
Auckland 2006 (NZMG) (7.62MB)
Waikato 2006 (NZMG) (7.88MB)
Bay of Plenty 2006 (NZMG) (3.38MB)
Gisborne 2006 (NZMG) (1.3MB)
Hawkes Bay 2006 (NZMG) (2.42MB)
Taranaki 2006 (NZMG) (2.25MB)
Manawatu Wanganui 2006 (NZMG) (4.13MB)
Wellington 2006 (NZMG) (3.06MB)
Tasman 2006 (NZMG) (1.72MB)
Nelson 2006 (NZMG) (272MB)
Marlborough 2006 (NZMG) (4.72MB)
West Coast 2006 (NZMG) (2.67MB)
Canterbury 2006 (NZMG) (5.65MB)
Otago 2006 (NZMG) (4.94MB)
Southland 2006 (NZMG) (6.16MB)
Area Outside 2006 (NZMG) (4.57MB)