GA Applications · New Zealand
How the New Zealand location platform is built
The platform starts with official geography and public sources, then connects each level of place to a clear business and customer purpose. The aim is a useful information architecture: broad enough to navigate nationally and specific enough to guide practical website decisions.
Evidence and structure
- Official region, council, city, town and locality relationships
- Dated Stats NZ and council sources
- Distinct sector, development and customer context
- Clear internal links between geography, services and industries
- Semantic, accessible text available without animation
Content principles
- State only supportable facts and avoid invented achievements.
- Keep cultural and historical context substantive and source-aware.
- Write for real decisions rather than keyword variants.
- Review changing population, development and service information.
Source framework
- Stats NZ detailed regional infographics from 2023 Census
- Stats NZ Geographic Data Service
- Department of Internal Affairs - Local Government Policy
- New Zealand Gazetteer / NZ Geographic Board
- NZHistory
- Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
- Tourism New Zealand destinations
- Stats NZ Place and ethnic group summaries
- Te Puni Kōkiri / iwi and hapū sources
- Individual council long-term plans, district plans and economic strategies
- Northland Regional Council
- Stats NZ - Our region: Northland