Territorial Authorities Of New Zealand

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Territorial

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Territorial

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Territorial Authorities Of New Zealand

TERRITORIAL AUTHORITIES

North Island

Northland Regional Council

--- Far North District Council

--- Whangarei District Council

--- Kaipara District Council

Auckland Regional Council

--- Rodney District Council

--- Auckland City Council

--- North Shore City Council

--- Waitakere City Council

--- Manukau City Council

--- Papakura District Council

--- Franklin District Council (part)

Waikato Regional Council (Environment Waikato)

--- Thames-Coromandel District Council

--- Franklin District Council (part)

--- Hauraki District Council

--- Waikato District Council

--- Matamata-Piako District Council

--- Hamilton City Council

--- Waipa District Council

--- South Waikato District Council

--- Otorohanga District Council

--- Rotorua District Council (part)

--- Waitomo District Council

--- Taupo District Council (part)

Bay Of Plenty Regional Council (Environment BOP)

--- Western Bay Of Plenty District Council

--- Tauranga City Council

--- Opotiki District Council

--- Whakatane District Council

--- Rotorua District Council (part)

--- Kawerau District Council

Gisborne District Council (unitary authority)

Hawke's Bay Regional Council

--- Wairoa District Council

--- Taupo District Council (part)

--- Hastings District Council

--- Napier City Council

--- Central Hawke's Bay District Council

--- Rangitikei District Council (part)

Taranaki Regional Council

--- New Plymouth District Council

--- Stratford District Council (part)

--- South Taranaki District Council

Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council (Horizons Regional Council; horizons.mw)

--- Ruapehu District Council

--- Stratford District Council (part)

--- Rangitikei District Council (part)

--- Wanganui District Council

--- Manawatu District Council

--- Palmerston North City Council

--- Tararua District Council

--- Horowhenua District Council

Wellington Regional Council (Greater Wellington Regional Council; Greater Wellington -- The Regional Council)

--- Masterton District Council

--- Kapiti Coast District Council

--- Carterton District Council

--- South Wairarapa District Council

--- Upper Hutt City Council

--- Porirua City Council

--- Hutt City Council ---

--- Wellington City Council

Tasman District Council (unitary authority)

Nelson City Council (unitary authority)

Marlborough District Council (unitary authority)

West Coast Regional Council

--- Buller District Council

--- Grey District Council

--- Westland District Council

Canterbury Regional Council (Environment Canterbury)

--- Kaikoura District Council

--- Hurunui District Council

--- Selwyn District Council

--- Waimakariri District Council

--- Christchurch City Council

--- Ashburton District Council

--- Mackenzie District Council

--- Timaru District Council

--- Waitaki District Council (part)

--- Waimate District Council

Otago Regional Council

--- Queenstown Lakes District Council

--- Central Otago District Council

--- Waitaki District Council (part)

--- Dunedin City Council

--- Clutha District Council

Southland Regional Council (Environment Southland)

--- Southland District Council

--- Gore District Council

--- Invercargill City Council

Stewart Island/Rakiura

Southland Regional Council (Environment Southland)

--- Southland District Council

Chatham Islands

Chatham Islands Council (district) {Link without Title}

" class="copylinks" target="_blank">{Link without Title} With the exception of Hutt City Council and Chatham Islands Council, each territorial authority is named after the area it covers, with the words "City Council" or "District Council" added. The Hutt City Council covers Lower Hutt (Lower Hutt City (Name of City Council) Act 1991); the Chatham Islands Council covers a district known as Chatham Islands Territory, and has no encompassing region (Chatham Islands Council Act 1995).

Offshore islands

There are eight islands where the Minister of Local Government is the territorial authority, three of which have a 'significant population and/or permanent buildings and structures.'

Mayor Island/Tuhua

Motiti Island

White Island

CHANGES SINCE 1989

Since the 1989 reorganisations conducted by the Local Government Commission , there have been few major reorganisations or status changes in local government. Incomplete list:

'' re-proclaimed a city.

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'' dissolved and reconstituted as a district council with regional council functions by a special Act Of Parliament .

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'' 2006 :'' Banks Peninsula District merged into Christchurch City as a result of 2005 referendum

EXTERNAL LINKS AND SOURCES

Local Councils website (maintained by the Department of Internal Affairs)

Local Government Services at the Department of Internal Affairs site (includes the Local Government Directory at the bottom of the page)

--- Administration of Offshore Islands

Local Government Commission site

Local Government Online Limited site (portal site owned by the Society of Local Government Managers and the Association of Local Government Information Management)

Local Government New Zealand region and district boundaries - North Island

Local Government New Zealand region and district boundaries - South Island

Statistics New Zealand clickable map for local body and area unit detail over all NZ