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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.
Territorial authorities (Māori: mana ā-rohe) are a tier of local government in New Zealand, alongside regional councils, which administer the districts and cities of New Zealand. There are 67 territorial authorities: 13 city councils , 53 district councils and the Chatham Islands Council . [ 1 ]
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.
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.
The provinces of the Colony of New Zealand existed as a form of sub-national government.Initially established in 1846 when New Zealand was a Crown colony without responsible government, two provinces (New Ulster and New Munster) were first created.
The model of local government introduced after New Zealand became a British colony in 1840 had nothing in common with the tribal system practised by Māori. [2] The New Zealand Constitution Act 1852, a British Act of Parliament, established six provinces in New Zealand—Auckland, New Plymouth (later to be renamed Taranaki), Wellington, Nelson, Canterbury, and Otago—based on the six original ...
This is a list of the regions of New Zealand by Human Development Index as of 2024 with data for the year 2022. The 2 most populated regions of New Zealand have the highest HDI, although the position of other regions has been variable across recent releases of the index. [1]
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;