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For many decades until the local government reforms of 1989, a borough with more than 20,000 people could be proclaimed a city.The boundaries of councils tended to follow the edge of the built-up area, so little distinction was made between the urban area and the local government area.
The regional councils are listed in Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Local Government Act 2002, [4] along with reference to the Gazette notices that established them in 1989. [5] The act requires regional councils to promote sustainable development – the social, economic, environmental and cultural well-being of their communities. [6]
Southland District Council (Māori: Te Rohe Pōtae o Murihiku) is the territorial authority for the Southland District of New Zealand. [ 1 ] The council is led by the mayor of Southland , who is currently Rob Scott .
Map of territorial authorities after the 2010 Auckland Council amalgamation. Cities are in uppercase, others are districts. Regions are indicated with colours. The 1989 New Zealand local government reform was the most significant reform of local government in New Zealand in over a century.
[5] [6] The members of the board are the chief executives from the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (which includes Immigration New Zealand), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry for Primary Industries (which includes Biosecurity New Zealand), the Ministry of Transport, and the New ...
(Reuters) -The Western Canadian province of Alberta will spend C$29 million ($20.46 million) to create a new sheriff-led patrol unit to police its 298-kilometer (185-mile) border with the U.S ...
SmartGate (eGate in New Zealand) is an automated self-service border control system operated by the Australian Border Force (ABF) and New Zealand Customs Service (NZCS) and located at immigration checkpoints in departure and arrival halls in ten Australian international airports, and 4 New Zealand international airports (as eGate).
Border control in China is the responsibility of a variety of entities in each of the country's four distinct immigration areas. In the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, agencies tracing their lineage to British and Portuguese colonial authorities, respectively, perform border control functions based on the policies and practices in force before those territories' return ...