Meshblock
New Zealand's countrywide meshblock framework was first set up in 1976,[1] although the term dates back to at least the 1916 census.Each of these borders another to form a network covering the whole country including inlets and coasts, and extending out to the 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) economic zone.[6] In Australia mesh blocks were developed by the Australian Bureau of Statistics from 2006, and released in February 2008, although they were not fully implemented until 2011.Political administrative boundaries (local, state and federal), suburbs, postal, and cadastral are approximated by mesh block allocations.This is so that statistics can be easily made available for the many types of uses needed, such as non-standard areas like water catchments etc.