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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.
The Royal Charter of November 1840 [2] stated that the islands of New Zealand were "designated and known respectively" as: [3] New Ulster (the North Island) New Munster (the South Island) New Leinster (Stewart Island / Rakiura) These names were of geographic significance only. [4] New Zealand became a separate Crown Colony from New South Wales ...
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 tz database partitions the world into regions where local clocks all show the same time. This map was made by combining version 2023d with OpenStreetMap data, using open source software. [1] This is a list of time zones from release 2025a of the tz database. [2]
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;
Statistics New Zealand announced in 2017 that the Statistical Standard for Geographic Areas 2018 (SSGA18) would replace the New Zealand Standard Areas Classification 1992 (NZSAC92). The change impacted Wellington most, by splitting it into four urban areas, being the Wellington city and Lower Hutt city "major urban areas" and Porirua and Upper ...
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 ]