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The Counties Bill of 1876 created 63 counties out of the provinces. In 1989 the counties were replaced by enlarged district councils . The boundaries of the former provinces served as administrative areas for education boards set up under the Education Act of 1877 and for the offices of several Government departments, including the Department ...
English: Map of New Zealand with regional council areas shown in grey with white borders. Regional Councils are a good proxy for the old provinces. Regional Councils are a good proxy for the old provinces.
Population [22] Density ISO 3166-2 Code; km 2 ... Nelson City Council: 13 Nelson: South 422 ... Local Government New Zealand; Provinces of New Zealand; References
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.
ISO 3166-2:NZ is the entry for New Zealand in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166.
A 2016 poll showed 59 per cent of the population supported changing New Zealand's system of government from a monarchy to a republic, with a New Zealand resident as head of state. [32] Should New Zealand become a republic, it would retain the Ross Dependency and Tokelau as dependent territories and the Realm of New Zealand would continue to ...
Former provincial capitals of New Zealand (11 P) E. ... Provinces of New Zealand; 0–9. 1853 New Zealand provincial elections; A. Auckland Province; C. Canterbury ...
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.