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Displays Timaru District Ward boundaries as determined by Stats NZ. |
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Displays Timaru District Ward boundaries as determined by Stats NZ. |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>This dataset is the definitive set of ward boundaries at 1 January 2016 as defined by the territorial authorities and/or Local Government and maintained by Stats NZ.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Wards were originally set up within any territorial authority with a population of at least 20,000. Wards are defined under the Local Electoral Act 2001 and result from dividing a territorial authority for electoral purposes. The ward system was designed to allow for the recognition of communities within a territorial author</SPAN><SPAN>it</SPAN><SPAN>y and to increase community involvement int he local government system.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Territorial authorities can now choose whether they would like to maintain electoral wards. As a result the number of wards has steadily decreased sing they were first created in 1989. Ward boundaries are reviewed in the year before the three-yearly local government elections.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>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. </SPAN><SPAN> F</SPAN><SPAN>or </SPAN><SPAN>example: -</SPAN><SPAN> W</SPAN><SPAN>e</SPAN><SPAN>stland District (051) has three wards, which are coded 05101, 05102, 05103.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Several territorial authorities do not use wards. In these territorial authorities use "99" at the end of the ward code.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Ward boundaries are defined at the meshblock level.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Twelve-mile NZ territorial limit.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Checked up to date</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;"> -</SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;"> </SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-style:italic;">February 2017.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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Boundaries - Wards |
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