LINZ Data Service (LDS) Item Page - https://data.linz.govt.nz/layer/103631-nz-river-name-polygons-pilot/

This dataset provides river name polygons for mainland New Zealand. It is part of a pilot to understand the benefit of combining river names and location, and making these openly available through the LINZ Data Service.

Unnamed rivers are also included in this dataset.

How this data can be used

Together with the NZ River Name Lines (Pilot) dataset, these are the first openly available datasets with NZ river names attributed to geometry features (lines and polygons). This data can be used for searching for a named river and zooming to its extents, extracting geometries of a named river, creating digital cartographic products displaying river names, and analysing other features against named rivers (e.g. identifying buildings or properties within a specified distance of a particular river).

We want your feedback

To provide feedback on these pilot datasets, please complete our short survey.

Your feedback will be used to help inform future enhancements to LINZ river datasets.

Data vintage

The river names and extents in this dataset are based on the cartographic text shown on NZ Topo50 maps as of December 2018, and are an approximation and should not be taken as official. Further details are included in the 'Naming Extents Methodology' section in the 'Lineage' of this metadata.

Please refer to the NZ River Name Lines and Polygons (Pilot) Data Dictionary for detailed metadata and information about this dataset.

Related data

NZ River Name Lines (Pilot) - contains smaller rivers captured as line features instead of polygons.

We recommend using the two river name datasets with the following NZ Topo50 layers for connectivity and visualisation of inland hydrographic features.

NZ Coastlines (Topo, 1:50k)

NZ Island Polygons (Topo, 1:50k)

NZ Lagoon Polygons (Topo, 1:50k)

NZ Lake Polygons (Topo, 1:50k)

NZ Pond Polygons (Topo, 1:50k)

NZ Swamp Polygons (Topo, 1:50k)

The NZ River Name Lines and Polygons (Pilot) Data Dictionary provides details on how to download the matching time period snapshots of this data.

Please note

Official geographic names as listed in the New Zealand Gazetteer of place names must be used in all official documents as per the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008.

This pilot dataset is unlikely to be updated, however feedback will be used for future enhancements to LINZ river datasets.

Please note: This layer is updated (if updates are available) daily at 10:45 NZST (21:45 UTC) from the LINZ Data Service.

See Details on the right for when data was last updated and LDS layer history for more. Layer availability is unaffected during updates.