Counties of New Zealand
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Category | County |
Location | New Zealand |
Created | 1876 |
Abolished | 1989 |
A system of counties of New Zealand was instituted after the country dissolved its provinces in 1876, and these counties were similar to other countries' systems, lasting with little change (except mergers and other localised boundary adjustments) until 1989, when they were reorganised into district and city councils within a system of larger regions.
The "Counties Bill of 1876" was initiated to merge 314 road boards into 39 counties. However, as a result of lobbying the number of counties had grown to 63 by the time the bill was enacted.[1]
They had chairmen, not mayors as boroughs and cities had; many legislative provisions (such as burial and land subdivision control) were different for the counties. By 1966, there were 112 counties.[2]
During the second half of the 20th century, many counties received overflow population from nearby cities. The result was often a merger of the two into a "district" (e.g., Rotorua) or a change of name to "district' (e.g., Waimairi) or "city" (e.g., Manukau).
The Local Government Act 1974 began the process of bringing urban, mixed, and rural councils into the same legislative framework. Substantial reorganisations under that Act resulted in the 1989 local government reforms, which covered the country in (non-overlapping) cities and districts and abolished all the counties except for the Chatham Islands County, which survived under that name for a further six years but then became a "territory" under the "Chatham Islands Council".
The term is perpetuated in the name "Counties-Manukau", which refers to areas of South Auckland and the Franklin District and adjoining districts, and is applied to bodies as diverse as football clubs and health providers.
Counties
Administrative subdivisions of New Zealand as of the 1901 census.[3]
County | Ridings | Population (1901) |
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Mongonui County | Mongonui, Kaitaia | 2,274 |
Whangaroa County | Totara, Kaeo, Whangaroa | 927 |
Hokianga County | Waihou, Kohukohu, Omapere, Waipoua, Whangape, Rawene, Horeke, Taheke | 1,767 |
Bay of Islands County | Pakaraka, Waimate, Russell, Kawakawa | 2,587 |
Hobson County | Okahu, Wairoa, Dargaville, Tangowahine, Te Kopuru, Aratapu, Kaihu | 4,813 |
Whangarei County | Otonga, Kiripaka, Manaia, Hikurangi, Wairua, Maunu, Mangapai, Waipu | 6,380 |
Otamatea County | Paparoa, Mareretu, Matakohe, Tokatoka, Kaiwaka, Whakapirau, Wairau | 2,721 |
Rodney County | Albert, Tauhoa, Omaha, Matakana, Puhoi, Upper Mahurangi, Hoteo | 3,678 |
Waitemata County | Wainui, Waitakerei, Mairetahi, Takapuna, Northcote, Birkenhead, Kaukapakapa, Waikomiti | 7,035 |
Eden County | Newton, Grafton, Tamaki, Whau, Parnell, Epsom | 19,314 |
Manukau County | Awhitu, Otahuhu, Waiuku, Pukekohe, Howick, Papakura, Maungatawhiri | 12,306 |
Coromandel County | Harataunga, Mercury Bay | 4,169 |
Thames County | Parawai, Kauaeranga, Hastings, Waiotahi, Totara | 5,043 |
Ohinemuri County | Paeroa, Karangahake, Waitekauri, Waihi, Waitoa | 9,978 |
Piako County | Te Aroha, Waitoa, Matamata, Taotaoroa, Paterere | 2,436 |
Waikato County | Huntly, Whangamarino, Kirikiriroa, Tamahere, Cambridge | 3,183 |
Waipa County | Hamilton, Pukekura, Rangiaohia, Mangapiko, Newcastle, Tuhikaramea | 3,580 |
Raglan County | Pirongia, Karamu, Whangape, Waingaro, Onewhero, To Akau, Karioi | 1,697 |
Kawhia County | n/a | 1,113 |
West Taupo County | n/a | 287 |
East Taupo County | n/a | 256 |
Rotorua County | North, South | 1,307 |
Tauranga County | Katikati, Te Puna, Waimapu, Maketu | 1,720 |
Whakatane County | Matata, Omataroa, Opouriao, Waimana | 779 |
Opotiki County | Ohiwa, Opotiki, Waioeka | 1,438 |
Waiapu County | Matakaoa, Awanui, Tokomaru, Piritarau, Waipiro | 711 |
Cook County | Tolago Bay, Gisborne, Arai, Waimata, Whataupoko, Waikohu | 6,393 |
Wairoa County | Waikaremoana, Clyde, Mohaka | 1,773 |
Hawke's Bay County | Petane, Meanee, Puketapu, Heretaunga, Clive, Havelock, Maraekakahu, Okawa, Erewhon | 6,833 |
Clifton County | Tikoranei, Waihi, Ngatimaru, Mokau, Urenui | 2,535 |
Taranaki County | Waitara, Parihaka, Omata, Moa | 11,194 |
Stratford County | North, South, East, West | 5,081 |
Hawera County | Hawera, Mangatoki, Mokoia, Okaiawa, Eltham, Waimate | 8,347 |
Patea County | Otoia, Waverley, Kapara | 3,046 |
Waitotara County | Tokomaru, Brunswick, Westmere, Waitotara | 3,476 |
Wanganui County | Mangawhero, Purua, Kaitoke, Upper Wangaehu, Kaukatea, Mataongaonga | 4,018 |
Rangitikei County | Maungahoe, Maungaraupi, Wangaehu, Ohingaiti, Otaire, Rangitoto, Otakapu, Porewa, Paraekaretu | 7,570 |
Kiwitea County | Ongo, Apiti, Rangiwahia, Hautapu, Otamakapua, Waituna, Oroua, Kimbolton, Makino | 2,844 |
Oroua County | Taonui, Fitzherbert, Waituna, Ashhurst | 6,778 |
Pohangina County | Mangaone, Pohangina, Awahou, Tamaki, Coal Creek, Umutoi, Mangapikopiko | 1,536 |
Manawatu County | Awahou, Campbell, Carnarvon, Kawakawa, Waitohi, Sandon, Mount Stewart | 3,000 |
Horowhenua County | Te Horo, Otaki, Wirokino, Tokomaru | 4,654 |
Waipawa County | Woodville, Ormondville, Norsewood, Dannevirke, Ruataniwha, Waipukurau, Waipawa | 9,495 |
Patangata County | Porangahau, Oero, Patangata, Taumumu, Eparaima | 2,376 |
Pahiatua County | Puketoi, Mangaone, Makuri, Pukemiku, Mangahao | 3,600 |
Akitio County | Akitio, Mataikona, Pongorua, Rakaunui, Waihi | 1,048 |
Castlepoint County | East, West | 457 |
Mauriceville County | East, West | 1,127 |
Eketahuna County | East, West | 2,332 |
Masterton County | Upper Taueru, Te Whaiti, Opaki, Alfredton, Rangitumau, Wainuioru | 3,123 |
Wairarapa South County | Carterton, Gladstone, Featherston, Greytown, Otaraia, Awhea | 5,419 |
Hutt County | Whareroa, Horokiwi, Makara, Porirua, Epuni, Wainuiomata, Mungaroa | 7,171 |
Sounds County | n/a | 946 |
Marlborough County | Havelock, Spring Creek, Pelorus, Picton, Wairau, Awatere, Omaka | 6,518 |
Kaikoura County | Clarence, Suburban, Peninsula, Conway | 1,765 |
Collingwood County | Aorere, Takaka | 2,490 |
Waimea County | Wai-iti, Motueka, Motupiko, Wangapeka, Moutere, Stoke, Wangamoa | 7,833 |
Buller County | Karamea, Wareatea North, Lyell, Charleston, Wareatea South | 4,868 |
Inangahua County | Antonios, Boatmans, Crushington, Hampden, Murray, Reefton | 4,595 |
Grey County | Brunnerton, Red Jacks, Nelson Creek, Waipuna, Cobden, Maori Creek, Paroa, Marsden, Hohonu | 4,971 |
Westland County | Kanieri, Southern, Arahura | 4,405 |
Amuri County | Hanmer, Waiau, Rotherham, Pahau | 1,142 |
Cheviot County | Hawkswood, Lowry, Kaiwarra, Waiau, Seaward, Hurunui | 1,120 |
Ashley County | Eyreton, West Eyreton, Cust, Waipara, Kowai, Mandeville, Oxford, Mount Thomas | 11,599 |
Selwyn County | Malvern, Lincoln, Halswell, Heathcote, Ellesmere, Avon, Riccarton, Coleridge, Courtenay | 30,787 |
Akaroa County | Little River, Port Levy, Okains Bay, Le Bons Bay, Wainui | 3,069 |
Ashburton County | Upper Ashburton, Wakanui, Mount Hutt, South Rakaia, Mount Somers, Rangitata, Ashburton | 11,342 |
Geraldine County | Temuka, Raukapuka, Mount Peel | 5,991 |
Levels County | Tengawai, Point, Glen-iti, Otipua, Seadown, Claremont, Waimataitai | 5,496 |
Mackenzie County | Fairlie, Tekapo, Albury | 1,642 |
Waimate County | Lower Pareora, Upper Pareora, Otaio, Makikihi, North Waihao, Deep Creek, Hakataramea | 5,653 |
Waitaki County | Ahuriri, Otekaika, Awamoko, Papakaio, Waiareka, Incholme, Kakanui, Otepopo, Moeraki | 9,086 |
Waihemo County | Macraes, Green Valley, Dunback, Meadow Bank, Goodwood, Blue Mountain, Bushey | 2,014 |
Waikouaiti County | Blueskin, North-east Valley, Morton, Hawksbury | 4,082 |
Peninsula County | Portobello Bay, North-east Harbour, Broad Bay, Sandymount, Highcliff, Andersons Bay, Tomahawk | 2,561 |
Taieri County | North Taieri, Strath Taieri, Deep Stream, Otokia, Outram, East Taieri, Maungatua, Kaikorai | 7,179 |
Bruce County | Tokomairiro, Clarendon, Glenledi, Mount Stuart, Kaitangata, Waihola, Matau, Balmoral, Crichton | 4,762 |
Tuapeka County | Waitahuna, Waipori, Clarkes, Gabriels, Teviot, Tapanui, Browns, Beaumont, James | 6,272 |
Clutha County | South Molyneux, Catlins, Clinton, Clydevale, Waipahi, Pomahaka, Clutha, Glenkenich, Richardson | 6,445 |
Maniototo County | Mount Ida, Kyeburn, Puketoi, Hyde, Serpentine, St Bathans, Idaburn | 3,792 |
Vincent County | Dunstan, Earnscleugh, Manuherikia, Matakanui, Clutha, Lindis, Hawea, Carrick | 4,362 |
Lake County | Matukituki, Cardrona, Greenstone, Shotover, Kingston, Arrow, Queenstown | 2,535 |
Southland County | Oreti, Wakaia, Winton, Hokonui, Mataura, Wallacetown, Awarua, Waihopai, Toetoes | 22,583 |
Wallace County | Otautau, Mararoa, Waiau, Aparima, Wairio, Orepuki | 7,989 |
Fiord County | n/a | 124 |
Stewart Island County | North, South | 253 |
Whangarei Borough | n/a | 1,429 |
Birkenhead Borough | n/a | 1,057 |
Devonport Borough | n/a | 3,823 |
Auckland Borough | n/a | 34,213 |
Grey Lynn Borough | n/a | 4,110 |
Newmarket Borough | n/a | 2,060 |
Parnell Borough | n/a | 4,566 |
Onehunga Borough | n/a | 3,015 |
Te Aroha Borough | n/a | 888 |
Thames Borough | n/a | 4,009 |
Hamilton Borough | n/a | 1,253 |
Cambridge Borough | n/a | 989 |
Tauranga Borough | n/a | 945 |
Gisborne Borough | n/a | 2,737 |
New Plymouth Borough | n/a | 4,405 |
Stratford Borough | n/a | 2,027 |
Hawera Borough | n/a | 2,131 |
Patea Borough | n/a | 691 |
Wanganui Borough | n/a | 7,329 |
Marton Borough | n/a | 1,101 |
Feilding Borough | n/a | 2,298 |
Palmerston North Borough | n/a | 6,534 |
Foxton Borough | n/a | 1,211 |
Hastings Borough | n/a | 3,650 |
Napier Borough | n/a | 8,774 |
Dannevirke Borough | n/a | 2,315 |
Woodville Borough | n/a | 926 |
Pahiatua Borough | n/a | 1,209 |
Masterton Borough | n/a | 3,949 |
Carterton Borough | n/a | 1,205 |
Greytown Borough | n/a | 1,122 |
Lower Hutt Borough | n/a | 1,822 |
Petone Borough | n/a | 3,780 |
Onslow Borough | n/a | 1,499 |
Wellington Borough | n/a | 43,638 |
Karori Borough | n/a | 1,212 |
Melrose Borough | n/a | 2,995 |
Picton Borough | n/a | 875 |
Blenheim Borough | n/a | 3,222 |
Nelson Borough | n/a | 7,010 |
Richmond Borough | n/a | 543 |
Motueka Borough | n/a | 886 |
Westport Borough | n/a | 2,922 |
Greymouth Borough | n/a | 3,748 |
Brunner Borough | n/a | 1,572 |
Kumara Borough | n/a | 1,121 |
Hokitika Borough | n/a | 1,946 |
Ross Borough | n/a | 614 |
Rangiora Borough | n/a | 1,768 |
Kaiapoi Borough | n/a | 1,795 |
Christchurch Borough | n/a | 17,538 |
Linwood Borough | n/a | 6,737 |
St Albans Borough | n/a | 6,607 |
Sydenham Borough | n/a | 11,404 |
Woolston Borough | n/a | 2,532 |
Sumner Borough | n/a | 844 |
New Brighton Borough | n/a | 1,008 |
Lyttelton Borough | n/a | 4,023 |
Akaroa Borough | n/a | 559 |
Ashburton Borough | n/a | 2,322 |
Temuka Borough | n/a | 1,465 |
Timaru Borough | n/a | 6,424 |
Waimate Borough | n/a | 1,359 |
Oamaru Borough | n/a | 4,836 |
Hampden Borough | n/a | 331 |
Palmerston South Borough | n/a | 738 |
Hawksbury Borough | n/a | 690 |
Port Chalmers Borough | n/a | 2,056 |
North-east Valley Borough | n/a | 3,527 |
Maori Hill Borough | n/a | 1,550 |
West Harbour Borough | n/a | 1,465 |
Dunedin Borough | n/a | 24,879 |
Roslyn Borough | n/a | 4,632 |
Mornington Borough | n/a | 4,008 |
Caversham Borough | n/a | 5,266 |
St Kilda Borough | n/a | 1,700 |
South Dunedin Borough | n/a | 5,363 |
Green Island Borough | n/a | 667 |
Mosgiel Borough | n/a | 1,463 |
Milton Borough | n/a | 1,241 |
Kaitangata Borough | n/a | 1,463 |
Balclutha Borough | n/a | 1,017 |
Lawrence Borough | n/a | 1,159 |
Roxburgh Borough | n/a | 478 |
Tapanui Borough | n/a | 350 |
Naseby Borough | n/a | 505 |
Cromwell Borough | n/a | 642 |
Alexandra Borough | n/a | 818 |
Arrowtown Borough | n/a | 410 |
Queenstown Borough | n/a | 690 |
Gore Borough | n/a | 2,354 |
Mataura Borough | n/a | 867 |
Winton Borough | n/a | 474 |
Invercargill Borough | n/a | 6,215 |
North Invercargill Borough | n/a | 925 |
South Invercargill Borough | n/a | 1,874 |
East Invercargill Borough | n/a | 939 |
Avenal Borough | n/a | 355 |
Gladstone Borough | n/a | 329 |
Campbelltown Borough | n/a | 1,350 |
Riverton Borough | n/a | 815 |
See also
References
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