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Story: King Country region

Local government in the King Country

  • 1886

  • 1911

  • 1926

  • 1956

  • 1989

This layered map shows the changes in local government in the King Country over time. Click on the years to see the creation of new counties, boroughs and town districts (the last two represented by dots), and their later amalgamation.

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Kerryn Pollock, King Country region – Government and politics, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/34908/local-government-in-the-king-country (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 6 December 2011, updated 1 March 2015.