Boundary Review 2002 Overview

From
August 2001
To
February 2002
The Representation Commission reviewed the boundaries and names of New Zealand’s electorates from August 2001 to February 2002.

This review fixed the electorate boundaries for the general elections in 2002 and 2005.

How are electorate boundaries decided?

Read the Representation Commission’s report

Report of the Representation Commission 2002 [PDF, 5.9MB]

The report includes:

  • an overview of the changes made
  • population data for each electorate
  • maps showing the electorate boundaries
  • a summary of objections and counter-objections received.

Get GIS files of the boundaries

You can download geographic information system (GIS) files for the general and Māori electorates on the Stats NZ website.

Browse GIS data (Stats NZ)

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