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New Zealand is divided into sixteen regions for local government purposes. Eleven are administered by regional councils, and five are administered by unitary authorities , which are territorial authorities that also perform the functions of regional councils.
Categories of New Zealand by region (12 C) Members of New Zealand regional councils (11 C, 5 P) A. Auckland Region (21 C, 11 P) B. Bay of Plenty Region (10 C, 17 P) C.
The Royal Charter of November 1840 [2] stated that the islands of New Zealand were "designated and known respectively" as: [3] New Ulster (the North Island) New Munster (the South Island) New Leinster (Stewart Island / Rakiura) These names were of geographic significance only. [4] New Zealand became a separate Crown Colony from New South Wales ...
Land Information New Zealand – Search for Place Names; Booker, D.J.; Whitehead, A.L. (2017). "NZ River Maps: An interactive online tool for mapping predicted freshwater variables across New Zealand". niwa.co.nz. Christchurch: National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA). Young, David. "Rivers – Types of river.
New Zealand proper consists of the following island groups: [26] the North Island, South Island, Stewart Island, and the neighbouring coastal islands such as the Solander Islands, all contained within the 16 regions of New Zealand; the Chatham Islands to the east, contained within the Chatham Islands Territory;
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Rivers of New Zealand. ... Rivers of the Nelson Region (12 P) Rivers of the Northland Region (1 C, 106 P) O.
The main article for this category is List of rivers of New Zealand; Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rivers of New Zealand; See also Rivers of New Zealand, List of rivers of New Zealand by length
The longest river in New Zealand is the Waikato River with a length of 425 kilometres (264 miles). The largest river by rate of flow is the Clutha River / Mata-Au with a mean discharge of 613 cubic metres per second (21,600 cu ft/s). [1] The shortest river is claimed to be the Tūranganui River in Gisborne at 1,200 metres (3,900 feet) long. [2]