This polygon shapefile contains the first-level administrative divisions of New Zealand (adm1). Level 1 divisions include regional councils, territorial and unitary authorities. This layer is part of the Global Administrative Areas 2015 (v2.8) dataset. Hijmans, R. and University of California, Berkeley, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. (2015). First-level Administrative Divisions, New Zealand, 2015. UC Berkeley, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/pv084qp8629 This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.