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Story: Public service

Provincial government, 1853–76

  • 1853-1857

  • 1858-1861

  • 1862-1869

  • 1870-1876

New Zealand's 23-year experiment with provincial government evolved and altered over that time. Click on the buttons in the upper left corner of this map to see how the number, names and boundaries of the provinces changed.

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Richard Shaw, Public service – What is the public service?, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/33010/provincial-government-1853-76 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Richard Shaw, published 31 May 2012.