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Kōrero: Local and regional government

Provincial boundaries, 1853-1876

  • 1853-1857

  • 1858-1861

  • 1862-1869

  • 1870-1876

From 1853 to 1876 New Zealand was divided into provinces whose governments controlled their own education, health, roading and other services.

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Mark Derby, Local and regional government – Early forms of local government, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/interactive/35367/provincial-boundaries-1853-1876 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Mark Derby, i tāngia i te 28 March 2012, updated 1 February 2015.