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District 9 is a 2009 science fiction action film directed by Neill Blomkamp in his feature film debut, written by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, and produced by Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham. It is a co-production of New Zealand , the United States , and South Africa .
A district in New Zealand is a territorial authority area governed by a district council as a second-tier of local government in New Zealand, below regional councils.They were formed as a result of the local government reforms in 1989.
Waikato Region This is a list of localities in Waikato as defined by government agency Statistics New Zealand in 2013, listed by the territorial authorities to which each locality belongs. Waikato is a region of New Zealand in the central North Island which reaches from coast to coast and from Coromandel Peninsula in the north to Lake Taupō and King Country in the south. Many boundaries and ...
The Kaipara District Council voted to disestablish its Māori ward, which had been introduced during the 2022 New Zealand local elections, without holding a binding poll. Councillor Pera Paniora will continue serving as Māori ward councillor until 2025. [99]
Mayors in New Zealand are directly elected—at-large, by all eligible voters within a territorial authority—in the local elections to a three-year term. [29] The Local Government Act 2002 defines the role of a mayor as having to provide leadership to the other elected members of the territorial authority, be a leader in the community and ...
The land districts of New Zealand are the cadastral divisions of New Zealand, which are used on property titles. There are 12 districts, six in the North Island and six in the South Island . The land districts are distinct from the 16 local government regions .
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 ...
Waikato District had a population of 85,968 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 10,350 people (13.7%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 22,590 people (35.6%) since the 2013 census. There were 43,305 males, 42,426 females and 234 people of other genders in 28,401 dwellings. [6] 2.4% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median ...