Projection: New Zealand Transverse Mercator (NZTM)
This layer is based on the definitive set of regional council Māori constituency boundaries for 2018 as defined by the regional councils and Local Government Commission but maintained by Stats NZ (the custodian).
Māori constituencies are established under the Local Electoral Act 2001 and
result from the division of a region for electoral purposes.
Māori constituencies are divisions of regional council areas. They are created,
based on population, to be the voting areas within councils. Māori
constituencies are defined at meshblock level, and do not coincide with the
statistical area 1 (SA1) geography or the statistical area 2 (SA2) geography.
If a regional council decides to have a Māori constituency, the constituencies
within the council are known as general constituencies and Māori
constituencies.
Classifications exist annually from 2005 to 2018.
The boundaries of Māori constituencies may be reviewed before each three yearly
local government election. Regional councils must review their
representation arrangements at least once every six years. The provisions for
such reviews are contained in the Local Government Act 2002.
Māori constituencies are numbered based on their corresponding regional
council. Each Māori constituency has a unique four-digit code. The first two
digits represent the regional council that the Māori constituency lies within. The
last two digits are sequential and represent the number of Māori constituencies
within a regional council. For example, the Waikato Regional Council (03)
contains two Māori constituencies which are coded 0301 and 0302.
This layer contains the following attributes (see data tab):
- Māori Constituency code
- Māori Constituency 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.