Variable Description
Name
District health board 2015
en-NZ
Label
District health board 2015
en-NZ
Description
District Health Boards are responsible for providing or buying Government funded health care services for the population of a specific geographical area. There are 21 DHB's in New Zealand and they have existed since 1 January 2001.
District Health Boards are defined at meshblock level.
See the 'Meshblock' definition in Geographic definitions.
Variations of this classification are available for the following areas:
en-NZRepresentation
Representation Type
Code List
Selection Style
SelectOne
Codes
-
01 
Northland
en-NZ
-
02
Waitemata
en-NZ
-
03
Auckland
en-NZ
-
04
Counties Manukau
en-NZ
-
05
Waikato
en-NZ
-
06
Lakes
en-NZ
-
07
Bay of Plenty
en-NZ
-
08
Tairawhiti
en-NZ
-
09
Taranaki
en-NZ
-
10
Hawke's Bay
en-NZ
-
11
Whanganui
en-NZ
-
12
Mid Central
en-NZ
-
13
Hutt Valley
en-NZ
-
14
Capital and Coast
en-NZ
-
15
Wairarapa
en-NZ
-
16
Nelson Marlborough
en-NZ
-
17
West Coast
en-NZ
-
18
Canterbury
en-NZ
-
19
South Canterbury
en-NZ
-
22
Southern
en-NZ
-
99
Aggregation Method
Unspecified
Temporal
False
Geographic
False
Concept
Conceptual Variable
Geographic
en-NZ
Concept
Location
en-NZ
