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Takaka County
Takaka County was one of the counties of New Zealand in the South Island. During the period 1853 to 1876, the area that would become Takaka County was administered as part of Nelson Province. With the Abolition of Provinces Act 1876, the areas bordering Golden Bay (an arm of the Tasman Sea) were placed under the administration of the newly formed Collingwood County, effective 1 January 1877. In 1903, the Government of New Zealand voted to reduce the size of Collingwood County to just its western Aorere region, with the remaining eastern region being constituted as Takaka County, effective April 1904. The county council's administrative headquarters was located in Tākaka. Takaka County existed until 1956, when it re-amalgamated with Collingwood County to form Golden Bay County. Golden Bay County existed until the 1989 local government reforms, when it was amalgamated into the new Tasman District Tasman District () is a local government district in the northwest of the Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County (New Zealand)
A system of counties of New Zealand was instituted after the country dissolved its provinces in 1876, and these counties were similar to other countries' systems, lasting with little change (except mergers and other localised boundary adjustments) until 1989, when they were reorganised into district and city councils within a system of larger regions. History The Counties Bill of 1876 was initiated to merge 314 road boards into 39 counties. However, as a result of lobbying the number of counties had grown to 63 by the time the bill was enacted. They had chairmen, not mayors as boroughs and cities had; many legislative provisions (such as burial and land subdivision control) were different for the counties. By 1966, there were 112 counties. During the second half of the 20th century, many counties received overflow population from nearby cities. The result was often a merger of the two into a "district" (e.g., Rotorua) or a change of name to "district" (e.g., Waimairi) or "c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
