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General Statistical Areas

See page 3 for a legal copy of the Map 9: ‘General Statistical Areas’ [http://www.nabis.govt.nz/LineageDocuments/General%20Statistical%20Areas%20Lineage.pdf]

Legal definitions for statistical areas (001 to 052) were sourced from the legally authoritative definition given on Map 9: General Statistical Areas. The boundaries for statistical areas 005, 006, 007, 009H, 043 and 044 are also defined in the Fisheries

(Auckland and Kermadec areas commercial fishing) Regulations, 1986, and it was these legally authoritative definitions that were used to map the boundaries of these

6 statistical areas. Ambiguity exists as to the precise nature of the boundary between statistical areas 016 and 017 through Cook Strait. This boundary has been digitised according to the boundary depicted on Map 9.

The boundaries for statistical areas 091 to 801 are defined in the map “Proposed Statistical Areas for New Zealand EEZ”, created in December, 1989 (The areas 091 to 801 are not authorized for statutory reporting purposes, and latitude and longitude positions are required if fishing occurs in these areas). Ambiguity exists with regard to the diagonal boundaries forming parts of statistical areas 101, 302, 303, 504, 603, 604, 605, 606, 701 and 801. These parts of the boundaries have been constructed according to the Fisheries Management Area boundaries they appear to follow.

A legally authoritative coastal boundary of these statistical areas would be dependant on the "mean high water mark". An accurate digital rendition of the mean high water mark for New Zealand is currently under development. For this reason the

best available digital rendition of the high water mark was used to create the coastal boundary for all of the statistical areas. Until a complete and up to date digital rendition of New Zealand's mean high water mark can be obtained, this information layer is considered reasonably accurate but not legally authoritative.

The intersection of areas 37,39 and 40 (near Wanganui) has been updated in Version 2 of the mapping of the General Statistical areas. The certified General Statistical Areas Map 9 shows a North East line between areas 37 and 39, meeting

area 40 at a point on the coast. However, on a fine scale, an exact North Easterly line creates an intersection approximately one kilometre off the Coast. One possible interpretation of map 9 is that the line between area 37 and 39 should be exactly

North East, or alternatively a line generally North East, meeting area 40 exactly on the coast. The interpretation shown is that the intersection of the areas should be exactly on the coast. The mapped intersection is now coincident with the coastline

on the line of latitude south 39degrees 56minutes.

Note

The boundary of New Zealand’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is defined in the Territorial Sea Contiguous Zone and Exclusive Economic Zone Act, 1997. The legally authoritative map of New Zealand’s EEZ is held by Land Information New

Zealand (LINZ) in their map library. The EEZ presented here has been determined from the legislation defining the extent of the EEZ and created using GIS software utilising base-point data supplied by LINZ. These base-points describe surveyed

locations around the coastline of New Zealand. This information layer is considered reasonably accurate but not legally authoritative. Shared boundaries are provisional only, and remain subject to delimitation.

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Ministry for Primary Industries

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2022-11-14T17:26:20

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