List of former territorial authorities in New Zealand

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This is a list of former territorial authorities in New Zealand. "Territorial authority" is the generic term used for local government entities in New Zealand. Local government has gone through three principal phases with different structures: the provincial era, from 1853 to 1876; the counties and boroughs system from 1876 until 1989; and the current system of regions, cities and districts.

Contents

This article attempts to list all territorial authorities which have been disestablished.

Provincial era (until 1876)

The original three provinces were established in 1841 by Royal Charter. The New Zealand Constitution Act 1846 reduced the number of provinces to two. The New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 re-divided New Zealand into six provinces, and four additional provinces emerged during the remainder of the Provincial Era. This era came to end with the Abolition of Provinces Act 1876. [1]

ProvinceEstablishedDisestablishedNotes
Auckland 18531876
Canterbury 18531876
Hawke's Bay 18581876Formerly part of Wellington Province
Marlborough 18591876Formerly part of Nelson Province
Nelson 18531876
New Leinster 18411846 New Zealand Constitution Act 1846
New Munster 18411853 New Zealand Constitution Act 1852
New Plymouth 18531876Renamed "Taranaki" in 1859
New Ulster 18411853 New Zealand Constitution Act 1852
Otago 18531876
Southland 18611870Originally part of, and later reunited with, Otago Province
Wellington 18531876
Westland 18731876Independent (Westland County) from 1868, and before that part of Canterbury Province

Post-provincial era (1876–1989)

After New Zealand abolished its provinces in 1876, a system of counties similar to other countries' systems was instituted, lasting with little change (except mergers and other localised boundary adjustments) until 1989 when they were reorganised into district councils within a system of larger regions.

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 a shake-up in 1989, which abolished all the counties except for the Chatham Islands County, which survived under that name for a further 6 years but then became a "Territory" under the "Chatham Islands Council".

Borough councils

New Zealand formerly used the term borough to designate self-governing towns of more than 1,000 people, although 19th century census records show many boroughs with populations as low as 200. [2]

CouncilEstablishedDisestablishedAreaNotes
Akaroa
Alexandra 1867 [3] 19891.92 km2 (470 acres) (1986)Merged into Central Otago District
Arrowtown 10 May 1877 [4] 1989170 acres (0.69 km2) (1877)
1.92 km2 (470 acres) (1986)		Merged into Queenstown-Lakes District
Ashburton 9 September 1878 [5] [6] 198912.27 km2 (4.74 sq mi) (1986)Merged into Ashburton District
Auckland 1851 [7] 1871Declared a city.
Avenal 1876 [8] 1909Amalgamated with Invercargill Borough
Avondale 1922 [9] 1927Amalgamated with Auckland City
Balclutha 1870 [10] 1989568 acres (2.30 km2) (1877)
5.26 km2 (1,300 acres) (1986)		Merged into Clutha District
Birkenhead 18881978 [11] Proclaimed a city on 15 March 1978
Blenheim 1869 [12] 198917.68 km2 (6.83 sq mi) (1986)Merged into Marlborough District
Bluff 1917 [13] 19898.67 km2Merged into Invercargill city. See Campbelltown below.
Brunner 1887 [14] 1971 [lower-alpha 1] 23 km2 (5,700 acres)(1969)Amalgamated with Grey County
Cambridge 1886 [16] 19899.65 km2Merged into Waipa District
Caversham 1877 [17] 19044.34 km2Amalgamated with Dunedin city
Campbelltown 1878 [13] 19178.67 km2Formally renamed Bluff (see above)
Carterton 1887 [18] 198939.81 km2Grew into Carterton District
Cromwell 1866 [19] 198933.3 km2Merged into Central Otago District
Dannevirke 1892 [20] 19875.62 km2In 1987 merged with Dannevirke County to form Dannevirke District, which merged into Tararua District in 1989 [21]
Dargaville 1908 [22] 198911.33 km2Merged into Kaipara District
Devonport 1886 [23] 19895.79 km2Merged into North Shore City
Dunedin South 1908Amalgamated with Dunedin city [17]
Eastbourne 1905198912.95 km2Merged into Lower Hutt City
East Coast Bays 19541975 [11] Proclaimed a city on 1 April 1975
East Invercargill 1876 [8] 1909Amalgamated with Invercargill Borough
Eketahuna 1907fl. 1972 [24] Merged into Eketahuna County [25]
Ellerslie 1938 [9] 19893.01 km2Merged into Auckland City
Eltham 1901 [26] 19896.47 km2Merged into South Taranaki District
Featherston 1917 [27] 19893.07 km2Merged into South Wairarapa District
Feilding 1881 [28] 19898.52 km2Merged into Manawatū District
Foxton 1883 [29] 19893.07 km2Merged into Horowhenua District
Geraldine 1904 [30] 19893.22 km2Merged into Timaru District
Gladstone 1876 [8] 1909Amalgamated with Invercargill Borough
Glen Eden fl. 1972 [24] 19894.95 km2Merged into Waitakere City
Gore 1885 [31] 19899.43 km2Merged into Gore District
Green Island 1875 [17] 19897.28 km2Merged into Dunedin City
Grey Lynn 1899 [9] 1914Amalgamated with Auckland City
Greymouth 1868 [32] 198910.48 km2Merged into Grey District
Greytown 1878 [33] 19894.45 km2Merged into South Wairarapa District
Hampden 1879 [34] 1967 [35] Amalgamated with Waitaki County
Havelock North [36] 19895.63 km2Merged into Hastings District
Hawera fl. 1972 [24]
Helensville 1947 [37] 19895.32 km2Merged into Rodney District
Henderson 1946 [38] 198966.7 km2Merged into Waitakere City
Hokitika 1868 [39] 198935.7 km2Merged into Westland District
Howick 1952 [40] 19896.21 km2Merged into Manukau City
Huntly 1931 [41] 19899.3 km2Merged into Waikato District
Inglewood 1902 [42] 19862.83 km2Merged into Inglewood District 1986 Merged into New Plymouth District 1989
Invercargill 1871 [8] 1930Elevated to City
Kaiapoi 1868 [43] 19894.66 km2Merged into Waimakariri District
Kaikohe 1947 [44] 19895.44 km2Merged into Far North District
Kaitaia 1922 [45] 19896.95 km2Merged into Far North District
Kaitangata 1882 [46] 19893.64 km2Merged into Clutha District
Kāpiti 1974 [23] 1989160.64 km2Merged into Kāpiti Coast District
Kawerau 1954 [47] 198921.74 km2Changed to Kawerau District
Kumara 1877 [48] 1969 [lower-alpha 2] 3.41 km2 (842 acres)(1969)Merged into Hokitika Borough
Lawrence 1866 [50] 19892.95 km2Merged into Clutha District
Levin 1906 [51] 198912.95 km2Merged into Horowhenua District
Linwood 22 February 1893 [52] 1903Amalgamated with Christchurch city [52]
Lyttelton 28 May 1868 [53] 198910.36 km2Merged into Banks Peninsula District
Maori Hill 1876 [17] 1915 [54] 14.97 km2Amalgamated with Dunedin City
Manurewa 1937 [55] 1965Merged into Manukau City
Martinborough 1928 [56] 19894.33 km2Merged into South Wairarapa District
Marton 1879 [57] 19895.72 km2Merged into Rangitikei District
Masterton 1877 [58] 198917.96 km2Merged into Masterton District
Matamata 1935 [59] 19895.33 km2Merged into Matamata-Piako District
Mataura 1895 [60] 19895.15 km2Merged into Gore District
Milton 1866 [61] 19893.88 km2Merged into Clutha District
Mornington 1877 [17] 1915 [54] 2.65 km2Amalgamated with Dunedin City
Morrinsville 1921 [62] 19894.76 km2Merged into Matamata-Piako District
Mosgiel 1884 [54] 19897.87 km2Merged into Dunedin City
Motueka 1900 [63] 198947.9 km2Merged into Tasman District
Mount Albert 1911 [9] 1978Became Mount Albert City
Mount Eden 1906 [64] 19895.98 km2Merged into Auckland City
Mount Maunganui 1945 [65] 198919.11 km2Merged into Tauranga City
Mount Roskill 1947 [9] 198918.62 km2Merged into Auckland City
Mount Wellington 1952 [9] 198616.72 km2Merged with Otahuhu borough to become Tamaki City
Murupara 1962 [66] 198930.0 km2Merged into Whakatane District
Naseby 1872 [23] 19890.73 km2Merged into Central Otago District
New Brighton 1897 [52] 1941Amalgamated with Christchurch city [67]
New Lynn 1910 [23] 19895.63 km2Merged into Waitakere City
Newmarket 1885 [9] 19890.79 km2Amalgamated with Auckland City
Newton 18851899Renamed Grey Lynn Borough. [9]
Ngaruawahia 1920 [23] 19895.18 km2Merged into Waikato District
Northcote 1908 [23] 19895.40 km2Merged into North Shore City
North East Valley 1877 [17] 1910 [54] 16.11 km2Amalgamated with Dunedin City
North Invercargill 1876 [8] 1909Amalgamated with Invercargill Borough
Oamaru 1866 [68] 19897.43 km2Merged into Waitaki District
Ohakune 1911 [69] 19898.41 km2Merged into Ruapehu District
Onehunga 1877 [9] 19897.60 km2Merged into Auckland City
One Tree Hill 1930 [9] 19899.83 km2Merged into Auckland City
Opotiki 1911 [66] 1973Amalgamated with Opotiki County
Otahuhu 1912 [9] 19865.74 km2Merged with Mount Wellington borough to become Tamaki City
Otaki 1921 [23] 198943.20 km2Merged into Kāpiti Coast District
Paeroa 1915 [23] 19895.75 km2Merged into Hauraki District
Pahiatua 1892 [23] 19892.91 km2Merged into Tararua District
Palmerston 1872 [70] 1966
Papakura 1 April 1938 [11] 1975 [11] Constituted a city on 1 January 1975
Papatoetoe 19465 October 1965 [71] Elevated to city
Parnell 1877 [9] 1913Amalgamated with Auckland City
Patea 1881 [23] 19895.75 km2Merged into South Taranaki District
Petone 1888 [23] 198910.28 km2Merged into Lower Hutt City
Picton 1876 [23] 19894.24 km2Merged into Marlborough District
Port Chalmers 1866 [23] 19894.01 km2Merged into Dunedin City
Pukekohe 1905 [23] 198914.05 km2Merged into Franklin District
Putaruru 1926 [23] 19893.94 km2Merged into South Waikato District
Queenstown 1866 [23] 19864.21 km2Merged with Lake County to form Queenstown-Lakes District
Raetihi 1921 [23] 19893.88 km2Merged into Ruapehu District
Rangiora 1871 [23] 19863.56 km2Amalgamated with Rangiora County to form Rangiora District. [72]
Riccarton 1913 [23] 19892.83 km2Merged into Christchurch City
Richmond 1891 [23] 198910.52 km2Merged into Tasman District
Riverton 1871 [73] [74] 1983 [75]
Roslyn 1877 [17] 1912 [54] 8.09 km2Amalgamated with Dunedin City
Ross 1878 [76] 1972Amalgamated with Westland County
Roxburgh 1874 [23] 19892.08 km2Merged into Central Otago District
Runanga 1912 [23] 19894.80 km2Merged into Grey District
St Albans 24 November 1881 [52] 1903Amalgamated with Christchurch city
Saint Kilda 1875 [17] 19892.47 km2Merged into Dunedin City
South Dunedin 1875 [17] 1905 [54] 1.67 km2Amalgamated with Dunedin City
South Invercargill 1877 [8] 1956Amalgamated with Invercargill City
Spreydon 1 April 1911 [52] [77] 1921 [78] Amalgamated with Christchurch City.
Stratford 1898 [23] 19898.16 km2Merged into Stratford District
Sumner 1891 [52] 1 April 1945 [52] Amalgamated with Christchurch city [52]
Sydenham 20 September 1877 [79] 1903 [78] Amalgamated with Christchurch City.
Taihape 1906 [23] 19897.78 km2Merged into Rangitikei District
Takapuna 1913 [80] 1961Elevated to city
Tapanui 1876 [23] 19891.21 km2Merged into Clutha District
Taumarunui 1910 [23] 198915.7 km2Merged into Ruapehu District
Taupō fl. 1972 [24] 198933.85 km2Merged into Taupō District
Tauranga 1882 [66] 1963 [24]  km2Elevated to city
Tawa fl. 1972 [24] 19896.94 km2Merged into Wellington City
Te Aroha 1898 [23] 198931.8 km2Merged into Matamata-Piako District
Te Awamutu 1915 [23] 19897.13 km2Merged into Waipa District
Te Kuiti fl. 1972 [24]
Temuka 1899 [23] 19894.05 km2Merged into Timaru District
Te Puke 1935 [66] 19895.34 km2Merged into Western Bay of Plenty District
Thames fl. 1972 [24]
Tokoroa 1975 [23] 198913.25 km2Merged into South Waikato District
Tuakau fl. 1972 [24] 19894.42 km2Merged into Franklin District
Upper Hutt 1 February 19282 May 1966City of Upper Hutt proclaimed [81]
Waihi 1902 [23] 19895.4 km2Merged into Hauraki District
Waikouaiti 1866 [54] 1966 [54] Known as West Hawksbury until 1909 [54]
Waimate 1879 [23] 19893.12 km2Merged into Waimate District
Waipawa fl. 1972 [24] Merged into Central Hawke's Bay District [82]
Waipukurau fl. 1972 [24] Merged into Central Hawke's Bay District [82]
Wairoa 1909 [23] 19896.59 km2Merged into Wairoa District
Waitara 1904 [23] 19896.32 km2Merged into New Plymouth District
Waiuku 19895.93 km2Merged into Franklin District
West Harbour 1877 [17] 1963 [54] Western part amalgamated with Dunedin City, eastern part amalgamated with Waikouaiti County
Westport 1873 [23] 19893.44 km2Merged into Buller District
Whakatane 1917 [66] 1976 km2Amalgamated with Whakatane County to form Whakatane District
Winton 1877 [23] 19892.36 km2Amalgamated with three other local authorities in 1989 to form Southland District. [83]
Woodville 1887 [23] 19894.25 km2Merged into Tararua District
Woolston 27 July 1893 [52] 1921 [78] Amalgamated with Christchurch City.

Cities

Prior to 1989, any borough with a population exceeding 20,000 could proclaim itself a city. As part of the restructuring, many provincial cities were combined with surrounding rural counties to form districts. For example, Hastings became a district, although its population is greater than nearby city Napier, which did not acquire any rural areas. The term city is still used informally for all large towns. Rotorua was a city from 1962 until 1979, when it amalgamated with Rotorua County to become Rotorua District. [84] [85] New Zealand's first city was Christchurch, proclaimed by royal charter in 1856. [86] Cities continued to exist in the Auckland Region until 2010, when Auckland City, North Shore City, Waitakere City, Manukau City were merged with the surrounding districts into a single unitary authority. [87]

CouncilEstablishedDisestablishedAreaNotes
Auckland City 18712010637 square kilometres (246 sq mi)Merged into North Shore City
Birkenhead 1978198912.66 square kilometres (4.89 sq mi)Merged into North Shore City
East Coast Bays 1975198915.59 square kilometres (6.02 sq mi)Merged into North Shore City
Gisborne 198926.28 square kilometres (10.15 sq mi)Merged into Gisborne District
Hastings 198919.46 square kilometres (7.51 sq mi)Merged into Hastings District
Manukau City 19652010683 square kilometres (264 sq mi)Merged into Auckland Region
Mount Albert City 197819899.83 square kilometres (3.80 sq mi)Merged into Auckland City
New Plymouth 19491989Merged into New Plymouth District
North Shore City 19892010129.81 square kilometres (50.12 sq mi)Merged into Auckland Region
Papakura 1975198913.95 square kilometres (5.39 sq mi)Merged into Papakura District
Papatoetoe 196519899.03 square kilometres (3.49 sq mi)Merged into Manukau City
Rotorua 19621979Merged into Rotorua District
Takapuna 19611989114 square kilometres (44 sq mi)Merged into North Shore City
Tamaki 1986 [9] 1989Merged into Auckland City
Timaru 198922.84 square kilometres (8.82 sq mi)Merged into Timaru District
Waitakere City 19892010367 square kilometres (142 sq mi)Merged into Auckland Region
Waitemata City 19741989378.29 square kilometres (146.06 sq mi)Merged into Waitakere City
Wanganui 198933.93 square kilometres (13.10 sq mi)Merged into Wanganui District
Whangarei 1989292.79 square kilometres (113.05 sq mi)Merged into Whangarei District

Counties

When the provinces were abolished in 1876, 63 counties were established to govern rural areas. There were subdivisions and amalgamations over the next 113 years, with as many as 129 counties existing at once. Note that the designation of an area as a county often predated the formation of a county council. In the interim there was often a roads board as the only form of local administration. Fiord and Sounds counties never formed county councils, due to insufficient population to govern.

CountyEstablishedDisestablishedArea [88] HeadquartersNotes
Akaroa 18761989440.48 km2 Duvauchelle Merged into Banks Peninsula District
Akitio 18991976PongaroaMerged into Dannevirke County
Amuri 1876198911,000 km2 Culverden Merged into Hurunui District
Ashburton 187619896174 km2 Ashburton
Ashley 18761977Rangiora until 1968 [89] then BalcairnAmalgamated with Waipara County to form Hurunui County. [90]
Awakino 1922Amalgamated with Waitomo to form Otorohanga County [91]
Awatere fl. 1952 [89] 1976Merged into Marlborough County
Bay of Islands 187619892132.5 km2 Kawakawa
Bruce 187619891347.4 km2 Milton Merged into Clutha District
Buller 1876198915,000 km2 Westport
Castlepoint 19001958 Tīnui
Chatham Islands 19011989963 km2 Waitangi [92]
Cheviot 18761989847.28 km2CheviotMerged into Hurunui District
Clifton 188519891175.9 km2 Waitara Merged into New Plymouth District. [93]
Clutha 187619892683.2 km2 Balclutha Merged into Clutha District
Collingwood 18761956Amalgamated with Takaka County to form Golden Bay County. [94]
Cook 187619892729.4 km2 Gisborne Merged into Gisborne District
Coromandel 18761975 [23] Amalgamated with Thames to form Thames-Coromandel District
Dannevirke 1907 [23] 19892217.8 km2DannevirkeMerged into Tararua District
East Taupo 1876
Eden 18761940Amalgamated with Auckland City
Egmont 1902 [95] 1989621.86 km2 Ōpunake Merged into South Taranaki District
Eketahuna 1899 [23] 19898.29 km2EketahunaMerged into Tararua District
Ellesmere 1910 [96] 19891200.4 km2 Leeston Merged into Selwyn District
Eltham 1906 [23] 19891388.8 km2ElthamMerged into South Taranaki District
Eyre 1912 [97] 1989457.8 km2Kaiapoi in 1952, [89] later Eyreton Merged into Waimakariri District
Featherston 1902 [23] 19892471.9 km2 Martinborough
Fiord 18761981 km2Amalgamated with Wallace County in 1981, at which time it was "the only one of 105 counties where the Counties Act (1956) is not wholly in force" [98]
Franklin 1912 [23] 19891471.7 km2 Pukekohe Merged into Franklin District
Geraldine 1876 km2Amalgamated with Levels County to form Strathallan County
Golden Bay 1956 [94] 19892661 km2 Takaka
Great Barrier Island 1913 [23] 19892.85 km2
Grey 187619894091 km2 Greymouth
Halswell 1910 [96] 1968HalswellAmalgamated with Paparua County [52]
Hauraki Plains 1920 [23] 1989601.1 km2 Ngatea
Hawera  km2
Hawke's Bay 187619894828 km2Napier
Heathcote 1910 [96] 198931.09 km2Merged into Christchurch City
Hobson 187619891929.5 km2 Aratapu until 1909, then Dargaville [99] [100] Merged into Kaipara District [101]
Hokianga 187619891588 km2 Rawene
Horowhenua 1884 [23] 19891422 km2LevinAmalgamated with other entities to form Horowhenua District
Hurunui 197719893640 km2AmberleyMerged into Hurunui District [90]
Hutt 18761989 [102] 6690 km2Initially Wellington, later Wainuiomata Between 1908 and 1962 the Makara riding was a separate county. On 1 April 1973, parts were transferred to Porirua, Upper Hutt and Wellington cities. In 1988, the Horokiri riding was amalgamated with Porirua City, Wainuiomata riding with Lower Hutt City and Heretaunga-Pinehaven Community with Upper Hutt City, while the balance went to form part of the Kāpiti Coast District.
Inangahua 187619892440.8 km2 Reefton
Inglewood 1920 [23] 1986535.22 km2InglewoodMerged into Inglewood District 1986 Merged into New Plymouth District 1989
Kaikoura 187619892347.5 km2Kaikoura
Kairanga 1901 [23] 1988 [103] 466.2 km2Palmerston NorthAmalgamated with Manawatu County to form Manawatū District [103]
Kaitieke 19101956RaurimuAmalgamated with Taumarunui County [104]
Kawhia 19051956 [105] KawhiaMerged with Otorohanga District Council
Kiwitea 1893 [23] 1989930.2 km2KimboltonMerged into Manawatū District
Kowai 19121968BalcairnAmalgamated with Ashley County [90]
Lake 1876198610000 km2QueenstownMerged with Queenstown Borough to form Queenstown-Lakes District
Levels 18941974 km2Amalgamated with Geraldine County to form Strathallan County
MacKenzie 1883 [23] 19897386.6 km2Fairlie
Makara 1908 [102] 1961Formed from the Makara Riding of Hutt County. Remnant amalgamated with Hutt County when Porirua Borough established.
Malvern 1912 [23] 19894973 km2DarfieldMerged into Selwyn District
Manawatu 18761988 [103] 686.6 km2 Sanson Amalgamated with Kairanga County to form Manawatū District [103]
Mangonui 187619892487 km2 Kaitaia
Maniototo 187619893471 km2 Ranfurly Became part of Central Otago District
Manukau 1876 km2
Marlborough 1876198910478 km2BlenheimMerged with Blenheim Borough and Picton Borough Marlborough District
Masterton 1900 [23] 19892410 km2MastertonMerged with Masterton Borough to form Masterton District
Matakaoa fl. 1952 [89] Te Araroa
Matamata fl. 1952 [89] Tirau
Mauriceville 1899 km2
Mount Herbert 1902 [23] 1989171.01 km2 Lyttelton Merged into Banks Peninsula District
Murchison 1 April 1909 [106] 1989 Murchison Merged into Tasman District
Ohinemuri 1885 [23] 1989624.45 km2 Paeroa
Ohura 19081956OhuraAmalgamated with Taumarunui County [104]
Opotiki 1899 [23] 19893474.65 km2Opotiki
Oroua 1903 [23] 1989492.3 km2 Feilding Merged into Manawatū District
Otamatea 1887 [23] 19891090.85 km2 Paparoa Merged into Kaipara District [101]
Otorohanga 192219891976 km2ŌtorohangaFormed from parts of Waitomo County and West Taupo County in 1922. Assimilated part of Kawhia County 1956
Oxford 1912 [23] 1989823.96 km2Oxford
Pahiatua 1888 [23] 1989736.3 km2Pahiatua
Paparua 1912 [23] 1989448.18 km2Divided between Christchurch City and Selwyn District
Patangata 18851974 km2Merged into Waipukurau County
Patea 187619891531 km2PateaMerged into South Taranaki District
Peninsula 1877 [54] 1968 [54]  km2More or less inactive until reconstituted in 1926. Amalgamated with Dunedin City in 1967. [54]
Piako 187619891171 km2 Te Aroha Merged into Matamata-Piako District
Pohangina 1894 [23] 1989671 km2 Ashhurst Merged into Manawatū District and Palmerston North City
Raglan 187619892412.3 km2 Ngāruawāhia Merged into Waikato District
Rangiora 19121986RangioraAmalgamated with Rangiora borough to form Rangiora District. [72]
Rangitikei 187619894490 km2 Marton
Rodney 1876198923.34 km2 Orewa Part merged into Kaipara District [101]
Rotorua 19792615 km2RotoruaBecame Rotorua District [85]
Selwyn 18761910Subdivided into ten smaller counties. [107]
Silverpeaks 1977 [54] 19893289 km2DunedinFormed in 1977 by the merger of Taieri County and Waikouaiti County. [54]
Sounds 1876Merged into Marlborough District 1989. A Sounds County Council was never established
Southland 187619899590 km2InvercargillAmalgamated with three other local authorities in 1989 to form Southland District. [83]
Springs 1910 [107] 1989 Lincoln Merged into Selwyn District
Stewart Island 187619891750 km2Halfmoon BayAmalgamated with three other local authorities in 1989 to form Southland District. [83]
Stratford 189019892163.56 km2Stratford
Strathallan 197419892571.8 km2Timaru
Taieri 1877 [54] 1977 [54] Outram Amalgamated with Waikouaiti County to form Silverpeaks County. [54]
Takaka 1956TakakaAmalgamated with Collingwood County to form Golden Bay County. [94]
Taranaki 18761989588.17 km2New Plymouth
Taumarunui 1921 [23] 19894895 km2TaumarunuiTook in Kaitieke County and Ohura County in 1952
Taupo 1954 [23] 19897282 km2Taupō
Tauranga 187619891829.3 km2Tauranga
Tawera
Thames 18761975 [23] ThamesAmalgamated with Coromandel County to form Thames/Coromandel District
Tuapeka 187619893586 km2 Lawrence
Uawa 1918 [108] 1964 [109] Tolaga BaySeparated from Cook County 10 December 1918. [108] Amalgamated with Cook County 1 April 1964. [109]
Vincent 187619897553 km2 Clyde Became part of Central Otago District
Waiapu 1890 [23] 19892817.9 km2 Te Puia Springs
Waiheke 1970 [23] 1989155.32 km2 Ostend
Waihemo 1882 [70] 1989872.83 km2 Palmerston Merged into Waitaki District
Waikato 187619891651  km2HamiltonMerged into Waikato District
Waikohu 1908 [23] 19892646.96 km2 Te Karaka
Waikouaiti 1877 [54] 1977 [54]  km2Amalgamated with Taieri County to form Silverpeaks County. [54]
Waimairi 1982Redesignated Waimairi District [52]
Waimarino 1902 [23] 19882249 km2 Raetihi Amalgamated with Raetihi Borough and Ohakune Borough to form Waimarino District [110]
Waimate 187619893585 km2Waimate
Waimate West 1908 [23] 1989215.05 km2 Manaia
Waimea 187619897547 km2 Richmond
Waipa 187619891101 km2 Te Awamutu
Waipara 1909 [111] 1977WaikariAmalgamated with Ashley County to form Hurunui County. [90]
Waipawa 18761977Waipawa [89] Amalgamated with Waipawa Borough to form Waipawa District
Waipukurau 1977Waipukurau [89] Amalgamated with Waipukurau Borough to form Waipukurau District
Wairarapa East 1876
Wairarapa South 1877 [23] 19891140 km2 Carterton Merged with Carterton Borough to form Carterton District
Wairarapa West 1876
Wairewa 1910 [107] 1989440.5 km2 Little River
Wairoa 187619894096.5 km2Wairoa
Waitaki 187619896192.7 km2OamaruCreated in 1876 but first Council did not meet until 1877 [35]
Waitemata 1876
Waitomo
Waitotara 1884 [23] 19891205.5 km2Wanganui
Wallace 1876198917520 km2Riverton to 1898, thereafter Otautau [75] Amalgamated with three other local authorities in 1989 to form Southland District. [83]
Wanganui 187619891191 km2Wanganui
Weber 19021956 km2Dannevirke [89] Merged into Dannevirke County
Wellington  ? ? km2 ?See Hutt County or Makara County for counties near Wellington.
West Taupo 1876 1,610 km2West Taupo County Council was never set up. The area remained under road and town boards and government departments, until split between Taumarunui County Council, Kaitieke County Council and Taumarunui Town Board by the Waikato and King-country Counties Act 1921-1922. [112] In 1921 the West Taupo area had 1,438 people living in 621 sq mi (1,610 km2). [113]
Westland 1876198911000 km2 Hokitika
Whakatane 1876 km2Whakatane [89]
Whangamomona  km2
Whangarei 187619892681.8 km2 Kamo Part merged into Kaipara District [101]
Whangaroa 1876 [23] 1989621.6 km2 Kaeo Merged into Far North District
Woodville 19011987404.2 km2WoodvilleAmalgamated with Woodville Borough to form Woodville District

Districts

From the 1970s onwards some local authorities created by a voluntary amalgamation of two or more component local authorities were termed Districts. These Districts were of a mixed rural/urban character but are not to be confused with the Districts created by the local government reorganisation of 1989. [23]

CouncilEstablishedDisestablishedAreaNotes
Hawera 1978 [23] fl. 1986
Otorohanga 1979 [23] 1989 [114] Previously called Otorohanga County [115]
Queenstown-Lakes fl. 1986 [116]
Rangiora 1978 [23] fl. 1986
Rotorua 1979 [23] fl. 1986
Thames-Coromandel 1975 [23] fl. 1986
Waimairi 1982 [23] fl. 1986
Waimarino 19881989Amalgamation of Raetihi Borough, Ohakune Borough and Waimarino County [110]
Waipawa 1978 [23] 1989Amalgamated with Waipukurau District to form Central Hawke's Bay District [117]
Waipukurau 1977 [23] 1989Amalgamated with Waipawa District to form Central Hawke's Bay District [117]
Waitomo 1976 [23] fl. 1986
Whakatane 1976 [23] fl. 1986

Town districts

A town district, as created under the Town Boards Act of 1882 [54] was a municipality intermediate in nature between a county town and a borough. In 1952, a dependent town district could be established on the petition of two thirds of the resident householders of any settlement of at least fifty households in an area of not more than two square miles (5.18 km2). To become an independent town district, a town district must have had a population of greater than 500. [89]

CouncilEstablishedDisestablishedAreaNotes
Bay 1905 [17] [54] 1916 [54] Amalgamated with Dunedin City
Bulls fl. 1952 [89] 2.74 km2
Cambridge 1882 [16] 1886Elevated to borough
Carterton 18751887Elevated to borough. [18]
Dannevirke 18851892Elevated to borough. [20]
Edendale fl. 1952 [89] fl. 1972 [24] 2.82 km2Dependent Town District within Southland County
Eltham 18841901Elevated to borough [26]
Glen Eden 1921 [23] fl. 1952 [89] 5.12 km2
Gordon1890 [31] Amalgamated with Gore borough
Grey 1886 [54] 1907 [54] Amalgamated with Taieri County [54]
Havelock fl. 1952 [89] 0.85 km2
Henderson 19221946Elevated to borough [38]
Helensville 18831947Elevated to borough [37]
Hikurangi 1908fl. 1986 [23] 3.88 km2Independent Town District within Whangarei County [24]
Howick 19221952Elevated to borough [40]
Hunterville fl. 1952 [89] fl. 1972 [24] 3.20 km2Independent Town District within Rangitikei County
Huntly 19081931Elevated to borough [41]
Johnsonville fl. 1952 [89] 3.41 km2
Kaikohe 19271947Elevated to borough [44]
Kamo fl. 1952 [89] 3.44 km2
Kaponga fl. 1952 [89] fl. 1972 [24] 2.26 km2Dependent Town District within Eltham County
Kawakawa fl. 1952 [89] fl. 1972 [24] 1.13 km2Independent Town District within Bay of Islands County
Kawhia fl. 1952 [89] 1.90 km2
Kihikihi fl. 1952 [89] fl. 1972 [24] 2.59 km2Dependent Town District within Waipa County
Kohukohu fl. 1952 [89] 4.13 km2
Leamington190519565.38 km2 [89] Merged with Cambridge borough. [16]
Leeston fl. 1952 [89] 1.58 km2
Linwood 28 October 1882 [52] 1893Elevated to borough [52]
Lumsden fl. 1952 [89] 5.12 km2
Manaia 1882fl. 1986 [23] 2.06 km2Independent Town District within Waimate West County
Mangaweka fl. 1952 [89] 3.86 km2
Manunui fl. 1952 [89]
Martinborough 19061928Elevated to borough [56]
Marton 18691879Elevated to borough [57]
Matamata 19171935Elevated to borough [59]
Mercer fl. 1952 [89] 4.05 km2
Moa18851902Elevated to borough and renamed Inglewood [42]
Morrinsville 19081921Elevated to borough [62]
Mosgiel 1882 [54] 1884 [54] Elevated to Borough [54]
Mount Maunganui 19271945Dependent on Tauranga County until 1937. Elevated to Borough 1945. [65]
Nightcaps 1918 [75] 19671.15 km2
Normanby fl. 1952 [89] 1.05 km2
Ohaupo fl. 1952 [89] fl. 1972 [24] 5.19 km2Dependent Town District within Waipa County
Ohura fl. 1952 [89] fl. 1972 [24] 3.30 km2Independent Town District within Taumarunui County
Onerahi fl. 1952 [89]
Opotiki 18821911Elevated to borough [66]
Ormondville 18851944Merged into Dannevirke County [118]
Otautau fl. 1889 [75] 19783.86 km2Independent Town District within Wallace County [24]
Otorohanga fl. 1952 [89] 2.27 km2
Outram 1882 [54] 1961 [54] 3.59 km2Amalgamated with Taieri County
Papatoetoe 28 March 1919 [119] 1946Elevated to borough
Patutahi fl. 1952 [89] fl. 1972 [24] Dependent Town District within Cook County
Pleasant Point fl. 1952 [89] 2.95 km2
Raglan 19061938Raglan Town Board started in 1878 [120] and merged with local highways boards into Raglan County Council in 1889. [121] It was re-inaugurated as Raglan Town Board in 1906 [122] and continued until 1938, when the Board again merged into the County Council. [123]
Rawene fl. 1952 [89] 1.84 km2
Russell fl. 1952 [89] fl. 1972 [24] 4.31 km2Dependent Town District within Bay of Islands County
Southbridge fl. 1952 [89] 2.15 km2
Sumner 18831891Elevated to borough [124]
Tahunanui 1920 [125]
Takaka fl. 1952 [89] 2.37 km2
Taradale fl. 1952 [89] 5.94 km2
Taupō 1946 [23] fl. 1952 [89] 9.27 km2
Tawa Flat 1951 [23] fl. 1952 [89] 2.91 km2
Te Karaka fl. 1952 [89] 3.16 km2
Te Kauwhata fl. 1952 [89] 5.22 km2
Te Puke 191319355.34 km2Elevated to borough [66]
Tinwald fl. 1952 [89] 6.17 km2
Tuakau 1914 [23] fl. 1952 [89] 7.77 km2
Waiuku 1914 [23] fl. 1952 [89] 5.18 km2
Warkworth fl. 1952 [89] fl. 1972 [24] Independent Town District within Rodney County
Waverley 1877fl. 1986 [23] 1.96 km2Independent Town District within Patea County
Woolston 13 September 1882 [52] 1893Elevated to borough [52]
Wyndham 1882 [89] 1977 [98] 2.75 km2Independent Town District within Southland County

1989 reform of local government

By 1986, the number of territorial authorities and single-purpose authorities had grown to more than 850. In 1989 there was a major reform of local government in New Zealand. The numerous borough and county councils were amalgamated into larger districts, while the number of cities was reduced. [126]

The lists above should include all local authorities that existed prior to 1989.

Post-1989 local government reform

Regions

13 regional councils were established through the passing of the Local Government Act 1987. Nelson-Marlborough Regional Council was disestablished in 1992, when its functions went to the unitary authorities Nelson, Tasman, and Marlborough. [127]

Auckland Regional Council was subsumed into the Auckland Council on 1 November 2010. [128]

City councils

Many of the city councils resulting from the 1989 reforms continue in operation. Seven territorial authorities (Auckland City Council, Manukau City Council, Waitakere City Council, North Shore City Council, Papakura District Council, Rodney District Council and Franklin District Council) were amalgamated into the Auckland Council in 2010.

District councils

Most of the districts resulting from the 1989 reforms continue in operation. Banks Peninsula District is an exception; it was merged into Christchurch City Council in 2006.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Brunner Borough is last listed in the 1971 Yearbook [15]
  2. ↑ Kumara Borough is last listed in the 1969 Yearbook [49]

Notes

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