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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 ]
English: Map of the Territorial Authorities of New Zealand overlayed with Regional Council areas, including the Chatham Islands in an inset. Territorial Authorities, Regional Councils and text labels are in three separate layers. Map created with GIS data from StatsNZ (Retrieved March 2017).
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]
Map of New Zealand territorial authorities after the 1 November 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.
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 ...
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Map of New Zealand. This is a list of territorial authorities in New Zealand which have standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
Between August and November 2023, Māori wards or constituencies were agreed to be introduced at a further group of councils for the 2025 and 2028 local elections, including Western Bay of Plenty District Council, [70] Hauraki District Council, [71] Whanganui District Council, [72] Thames-Coromandel District Council, [73] Greater Wellington ...