Can I please request a shapefile of the generated map of the boundaries of New Zealand’s provinces, 1853–1876. this is needed to show as part of a university data set in GIS.
Be able to show the historical boundaries that are part of the holidays that are celebrated each year. It will mean that I can use this to help with the creation of a choropleth map of the historic census data within the Auckland region.
Data does not exist
We don’t have any records dating back to this period in any format within the Stats NZ geospatial datasets . This data I found on a website New Zealand’s provinces, 1853–1876 – Colonial and provincial government – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand that shows these boundaries looks like what they need. They should try and investigate this site and access the source data form them directly. Link: https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/35476/new-zealands-provinces-1853-1876#:~:text=In%201853%20New%20Zealand%20was%20divided%20into%20six,Plymouth%20%28later%20Taranaki%29%2C%20Wellington%2C%20Nelson%2C%20Canterbury%20and%20Otago. Otherwise as an idea you could try NZ archives?
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