Cheviot County was one of the
counties of New Zealand in the
South Island.
During the period 1853 to 1876, the area that would become Cheviot County was administered as part of
Nelson Province. With the
Abolition of Provinces Act 1876, Cheviot County was created, taking over administration of its area in January 1877. The county council's administrative headquarters was located in
Cheviot.
Cheviot County existed until the
1989 local government reforms, when the
Hurunui District was formed through the amalgamation of the administrative areas Cheviot County,
Amuri County and the part of
Kaikoura County south of the
Hundalee Hills (an area which had been the subject of a failed 1971 proposal to create a Hurunui County).
References
Counties of New Zealand
Politics of Canterbury, New Zealand
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