Term	Territorial Authority
Synonym	TA
Related Term
Source of Definition	Local Government Act 2002
Short Definition
Statistical Activity	Geographic

Definition
Territorial authority boundaries are defined by aggregations of area units. When defining the boundaries of territorial authorities, the Local Government Commission placed considerable weight on the ‘community of interest’. While the size of the community was a factor, the relevance of the components of the community to each other and the capacity of the unit to service the community in an efficient manner, were the factors on which the Commission placed most emphasis.

Example
2011 North Island Regional Councils and Territorial Authorities.pdf
2011 South Island Regional Councils and Territorial Authorities.pdf