Description: New Zealand Territorial Seas
The territorial sea is the belt of sea adjacent to the coast out to a distance of 12 nautical miles from prescribed baselines over which New Zealand, as the coastal state, has the same rights of sovereignty that it exercises over its land territory subject to the right of innocent passage (and transit passage through any straits used for international navigation) of ships of other states. 'Innocent passage' excludes fishing activities.
Maritime Boundary Definitions:
http://www.linz.govt.nz/hydro/nautical-info/maritime-boundaries/definitions#zones
Further References:
http://www.linz.govt.nz/hydro/nautical-info/maritime-boundaries
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone The exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is a zone extending from the outer limits of the territorial sea to a distance of 200 nautical miles from the baselines of the territorial sea in which New Zealand, as the coastal state, has sovereign rights over the living and non living resources of the sea and seabed and other states have certain freedoms, including the freedoms of navigation and overflight. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Maritime Boundary Definitions: http://www.linz.govt.nz/hydro/nautical-info/maritime-boundaries/definitions#zones </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Further References: </SPAN><A href="http://www.linz.govt.nz:80/hydro/nautical-info/maritime-boundaries" target="_blank" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>http://www.linz.govt.nz/hydro/nautical-info/maritime-boundaries</SPAN></A></P><P><SPAN>Mercator 41 Projection/ EPSG: 3994.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>As described in CMM 03-2019, Conservation and Management Measure for the Management of Bottom Fishing in the SPRFMO Convention Area.Evaluated Area’- starting at a point of 24°S latitude and 146°W, extending southward to latitude 57° 30S, then eastward to 150°E longitude, northward to 55°S, eastward to 143°E, northward to 24°S and eastward back to point of originWithin the Evaluated Area(called &quot;Management Regions&quot; in the attribute table):Westpac Bank means the high seas area adjacent to the New Zealand EEZ bounded by a line beginning at the intersection of the outer limit of the New Zealand EEZ at 39° 20S and 168° 34E; and extending:(i) from there west to 39° 20S and 166° 30E; and(ii) from there south to 40° 30S and 166° 30E; and(iii) from there due east to 40° 30S and 167° 24E; and(iv) from there generally north east to the point where the line began.South Tasman Rise means the high seas area adjacent to the Australian EEZ bounded by a line beginning at the intersection of the outer limit of the Australian EEZ with the meridian of longitude 150˚00 E; and running:(i) from there south along that meridian to its intersectionwith the parallel of 48˚30 S; and(ii) from there west along that parallel to its intersection with the meridian of longitude 146˚30 E; and(iii) from there north along that meridian to the intersection with the outer limit of the Australian EEZ; and(iv) from there generally north easterly along that outer limit to the point where the line began.Tasman Sea means all areas within the Evaluated Area to the west of 178°E, excluding the “Westpac Bank” and the “South Tasman Rise”Louisville Ridge means all areas within the Evaluated Area to the east of 178°E</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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Copyright Text: Ministry for Primary Industries - Manatū Ahu Matua
Description: This dataset is the definitive set of regional council boundaries for 2022 as defined by the Local Government Commission and/or regional councils themselves but maintained by Stats NZ (the custodian). The regional council is the top tier of local government in New Zealand. There are 16 regional councils in New Zealand (defined by Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Local Government Act 2002). Eleven are governed by an elected regional council, while five are governed by territorial authorities (the second tier of local government), who also perform the functions of a regional council and are known as unitary authorities. These unitary authorities are Auckland Council, Nelson City Council, and Gisborne, Tasman, and Marlborough District Councils. The Chatham Islands Council also performs some of the functions of a regional council, but is not strictly a unitary authority. Unitary authorities act as regional councils for legislative purposes. Regional councils are responsible for administrating many environmental and transport matters, such as land transport planning and harbour navigation and safety.Regional councils were established in 1989 after the abolition of the 22 local government regions. The Local Government Act 2002 requires the boundaries of regions to conform, as far as possible, to one or more water catchments. When determining regional boundaries, the Local Government Commission considered regional communities of interest when selecting which water catchments to include in a region. It also considered factors such as natural resource management, land use planning, and environmental matters. Some regional council boundaries are coterminous with territorial authority boundaries, but there are several exceptions. An example is Taupo District, which is geographically split between four regions, although most of its area falls within the Waikato Region. Where territorial authorities straddle regional council boundaries, the affected area is statistically defined by complete regional councils. In general, however, regional councils contain complete territorial authorities. Auckland Council unitary authority was formed in 2010, under the Local Government (Tamaki Makarau Reorganisation) Act 2009, replacing the Auckland Regional Council and seven territorial authorities.The seaward boundary of any coastal regional council is the twelve-mile New Zealand territorial limit. Regional councils are defined at meshblock level. Statistical area 1 and statistical area 2 geographies nest within regional council boundaries.Names are provided with and without tohutō/macrons. The column name for those without macrons is suffixed ‘ascii’.Digital boundary data became freely available on 1 July 2007.