Murchison County was one of the
counties of New Zealand on the
South Island
The South Island ( , 'the waters of Pounamu, Greenstone') is the largest of the three major islands of New Zealand by surface area, the others being the smaller but more populous North Island and Stewart Island. It is bordered to the north by ...
.
History
During the period 1853 to 1876, the area that would become Murchison County was administered as part of
Nelson Province
Nelson Province was constituted in 1853 under the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852, and originally covered the entire upper South Island, including all of present-day Buller District, Buller, Kaikoura District, Kaikoura, Marlborough District, ...
. On 1 April 1909, the Murchison County Act 1908 came into force, creating the Murchison County out of what had been the Hampden Riding of
Inangahua County. The county council's administrative headquarters was located in
Murchison.
Murchison County existed until 1965 when the Counties of Waimea and Murchison were abolished in the NZ Gazette 1965 pages 437-438, Waimea County was constituted, then in 1988 the Boroughs of Richmond and Motueka and Waimea County were united to form Tasman District Council by NZ Gazette 1988 pages 5384 to 5386; then in 1989 local government reforms by NZ Gazette 1989 pages 2381 to 2383 the new Tasman District was formed .
References
Counties of New Zealand
Tasman District
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