Local and ad hoc bodies, service organisations, churches, help agencies, social services and sporting organisations divide the country into regions, zones, districts, branches, catchments, inspectorates, wards and other units, to suit their particular administrative needs. The Atlas of New Zealand Boundaries provides maps and a guide to these boundaries - information which is otherwise inaccessible to the ordinary user.

The Atlas of New Zealand Boundaries was originally published in 1986 in looseleaf format. This new hardback edition incorporates major changes that have occurred since the reorganisation of local government into districts, cities and regional councils and the restructuring of central government.

As a reference and information guide it will be a vital resource to government departments, government corporations, and local bodies; to private institutions; and to consultants and contractors in engineering and planning.