Layers:

Layer: Meshblock Higher Geographies - 2026 (0)


Name: Meshblock Higher Geographies - 2026

Display Field: SA22026_V1_00_NAME

Type: Feature Layer

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Description:

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 the meshblock boundaries concorded to higher geographies as at 1 January 2026. This version contains 57,575 meshblocks, including 16 with empty or null geometries (non-digitised meshblocks).

Statistical geographies introduced since 2018 are:

2018: statistical area 1 (SA1), statistical area 2 (SA2), urban rural (UR), urban rural indicator (IUR) as part of the Statistical Standard for Geographic Areas 2018 (SSGA18) which replaced the 1992 New Zealand Standard Areas Classification (NZSAC92),

2020: urban accessibility indicator (IUA),

2021: functional urban area (FUA), functional urban area indicator (IFUA), functional urban area type (TFUA),

2023: statistical area 3 (SA3).

The higher geographies contained in this concordance are:

• meshblock (MB), landwater (LANDWATER), landwater_name (LANDWATER_NAME),

• statistical area 1 (SA1),

• statistical area 2 (SA2),

• statistical area 3 (SA3),

• urban rural (UR), urban rural indicator (IUR),

• urban accessibility indicator (IUA),

• functional urban area (FUA), functional urban area indicator (IFUA), functional urban area type (TFUA),

• territorial authority (TA), territorial authority and local board (TALB),

• regional council (REGC),

• constituency (CON), Māori constituency (MCON),

• ward (WARD), Māori ward (MWARD),

• community board (CB), subdivision (TASUB),

• area square kilometers (AREA_SQ_KM), land area square kilometers (LAND_AREA_SQ_KM).

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: geography@stats.govt.nz



Copyright Text: Stats NZ – Tatauranga Aotearoa

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Extent:

XMin: 1067061.1995
YMin: 4701317.1815
XMax: 2523319.4925
YMax: 6242140.2959
Spatial Reference: 2193 (2193)


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• MB2026_V1_00 (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Meshblock Code, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 7, nullable: true, editable: true)
• SA12026_V1_00 (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Statistical Area 1 Code, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 7, nullable: true, editable: true)
• SA22026_V1_00 (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Statistical Area 2 Code, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 10, nullable: true, editable: true)
• SA22026_V1_00_NAME (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Statistical Area 2 Name, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 250, nullable: true, editable: true)
• SA22026_V1_00_NAME_ASCII (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Statistical Area 2 Name (ASCII), SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 250, nullable: true, editable: true)
• SA32026_V1_00 (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Statistical Area 3 Code, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 10, nullable: true, editable: true)
• SA32026_V1_00_NAME (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Statistical Area 3 Name, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 250, nullable: true, editable: true)
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• UR2026_V1_00 (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Urban Rural Code, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 10, nullable: true, editable: true)
• UR2026_V1_00_NAME (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Urban Rural Name, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 250, nullable: true, editable: true)
• UR2026_V1_00_NAME_ASCII (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Urban Rural Name (ASCII), SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 250, nullable: true, editable: true)
• IUR2026_V1_00 (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Urban Rural Indicator Code, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 10, nullable: true, editable: true)
• IUR2026_V1_00_NAME (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Urban Rural Indicator Name, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 250, nullable: true, editable: true)
• CB2026_V1_00 (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Community Board Code, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 7, nullable: true, editable: true)
• CB2026_V1_00_NAME (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Community Board Name, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 250, nullable: true, editable: true)
• CB2026_V1_00_NAME_ASCII (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Community Board Name (ASCII), SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 250, nullable: true, editable: true)
• CON2026_V1_00 (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Constituency Code, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 4, nullable: true, editable: true)
• CON2026_V1_00_NAME (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Constituency Name, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 254, nullable: true, editable: true)
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• MCON2026_V1_00 (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Māori Constituency Code, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 4, nullable: true, editable: true)
• MCON2026_V1_00_NAME (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Māori Constituency Name, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 254, nullable: true, editable: true)
• MCON2026_V1_00_NAME_ASCII (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Māori Constituency Name (ASCII), SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 254, nullable: true, editable: true)
• MWARD2026_V1_00 (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Māori Ward Code, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 10, nullable: true, editable: true)
• MWARD2026_V1_00_NAME (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Māori Ward Name, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 250, nullable: true, editable: true)
• MWARD2026_V1_00_NAME_ASCII (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Māori Ward Name (ASCII), SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 250, nullable: true, editable: true)
• WARD2026_V1_00 (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Ward Code, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 10, nullable: true, editable: true)
• WARD2026_V1_00_NAME (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Ward Name, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 250, nullable: true, editable: true)
• WARD2026_V1_00_NAME_ASCII (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Ward Name (ASCII), SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 250, nullable: true, editable: true)
• REGC2025_V1_00 (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Regional Council Code, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 2, nullable: true, editable: true)
• REGC2025_V1_00_NAME (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Regional Council Name, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 254, nullable: true, editable: true)
• REGC2025_V1_00_NAME_ASCII (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Regional Council Name (ASCII), SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 200, nullable: true, editable: true)
• TA2026_V1_00 (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Territorial Authority Code, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 10, nullable: true, editable: true)
• TA2026_V1_00_NAME (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Territorial Authority Name, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 250, nullable: true, editable: true)
• TA2026_V1_00_NAME_ASCII (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Territorial Authority Name (ASCII), SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 250, nullable: true, editable: true)
• TALB2026_V1_00 (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Territorial Authority Local Board Code, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 10, nullable: true, editable: true)
• TALB2026_V1_00_NAME (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Territorial Authority Local Board Name, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 250, nullable: true, editable: true)
• TALB2026_V1_00_NAME_ASCII (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Territorial Authority Local Board Name (ASCII), SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 250, nullable: true, editable: true)
• TASUB2026_V1_00 (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Territorial Authority Subdivision Code, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 10, nullable: true, editable: true)
• TASUB2026_V1_00_NAME (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Territorial Authority Subdivision Name, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 250, nullable: true, editable: true)
• TASUB2026_V1_00_NAME_ASCII (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Territorial Authority Subdivision Name (ASCII), SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 250, nullable: true, editable: true)
• LANDWATER (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Landwater code, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 10, nullable: true, editable: true)
• LANDWATER_NAME (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Landwater Name, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 100, nullable: true, editable: true)
• LAND_AREA_SQ_KM (type: esriFieldTypeDouble, alias: Land area (Sq. km), SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true)
• AREA_SQ_KM (type: esriFieldTypeDouble, alias: Area (Sq. km), SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true)
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Last Edit Date: 5/19/2026 2:47:34 AM

Schema Last Edit Date: 5/19/2026 2:47:34 AM

Data Last Edit Date: 3/31/2026 9:52:39 PM