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Tararua District
The Tararua District is a Districts of New Zealand, district near the south-east corner of New Zealand's North Island that is administered by the Tararua District Council. It has a population of and an area of 4,364.62 km². The district's northwest boundary runs along the top of the Ruahine Range; its south-east boundary is the Pacific Ocean. The catchment of the Manawatū River generally defines the north and south extremities. The catchment is also the reason the majority of the district is in the Manawatū-Whanganui Region, although traditionally many of the people of the district regard themselves as living in either Hawke's Bay (region), Hawke's Bay (in the north) or Wairarapa (in the south). Towns and regional government The district's chief town is Dannevirke, settled by immigrants from Denmark in the 19th century. It is also the centre for a Community Board. Other towns (from south to north along the main valleys) include Eketāhuna and Pahiatua, which have thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of New Zealand
Territorial authorities ( Māori: ''mana ā-rohe'') are a tier of local government in New Zealand, alongside regional councils. There are 67 territorial authorities: 13 city councils, 53 district councils and the Chatham Islands Council. District councils serve a combination of rural and urban communities, while city councils administer the larger urban areas.City councils serve a population of more than 50,000 in a predominantly urban area. Auckland, Gisborne, Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough each have a unitary authority, which performs the functions of both a territorial authority and a regional council. The Chatham Islands Council is a '' sui generis'' territorial authority that is similar to a unitary authority. Territorial authority districts are not subdivisions of regions, and some of them fall within more than one region. Regional council areas are based on water catchment areas, whereas territorial authorities are based on community of interest and road access ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pahiatua
Pahiatua () is a rural service town in the south-eastern North Island of New Zealand with a population of . It is between Masterton and Woodville, New Zealand, Woodville on New Zealand State Highway 2, State Highway 2 and along the Wairarapa Line railway, north of Masterton and east of Palmerston North. It is usually regarded as being in the Northern Wairarapa. For local government purposes, 1989 New Zealand local government reforms, since 1989 it has been in the Tararua District, which encompasses Eketāhuna, Pahiatua, Woodville, New Zealand, Woodvillle, Dannevirke, Norsewood and the far east of the Manawatū-Whanganui region. History and culture 19th century The Wellington Land Board decided in December 1880 to offer land in the Pahiatua Block for settlement. This consisted of , of which was offered on a deferred payment basis. Applications for the land closed in February the following year, but there seems to have been little interest at first. Sales of land from the or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weber County, New Zealand
Weber County was one of the counties of New Zealand in the North Island in the former Seventy Mile Bush. It included the hamlet of Weber. Sheep grazing dominated the area. Weber County Council was a small county of , formed in 1902 from Weber Road Board and a part of Patangata County Council. It was bounded to the south by Akitio County, to the north-east by the rest of Patangata County and to the north-west by Dannevirke County (or until 1907 by Waipawa Waipawa is the second-largest town in Central Hawke's Bay (district), Central Hawke's Bay in the east of the North Island of New Zealand. It has a population of The town is located northeast of Waipukurau and southwest of Hastings, New Zeal ... County), with which it merged in 1956, as did Akitio (formed 1898) in 1976. The council was set up by The Weber County Act, 1902. The Council's first meeting was on 20 February 1903. The county office was at Ti-tree Point, on Route 52, about east of Weber. Weber's popu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Former Territorial Authorities In New Zealand
This is a list of former territorial authorities in New Zealand. "Territorial authority" is the generic term used for local government in New Zealand, local government entities in New Zealand. Local government has gone through three principal phases with different structures: the provincial era, from 1853 to 1876; the counties and boroughs system from 1876 until 1989; and the current system of regions, cities and districts. This article attempts to list all territorial authorities which have been disestablished. Provincial era (until 1876) The original three provinces were established in 1841 by Royal Charter. The New Zealand Constitution Act 1846 reduced the number of provinces to two. The New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 re-divided New Zealand into six provinces, and four additional provinces emerged during the remainder of the Provincial Era. This era came to end with the Provinces of New Zealand#Abolition, Abolition of Provinces Act 1876. Post-provincial era (1876–19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Hawke's Bay District Council
Central Hawke's Bay District Council (Māori: ''Te Kaunihera a Rohe o Tamatea'') is the territorial authority for the Central Hawke's Bay District of New Zealand. The council covers the towns of Waipawa and Waipukurau, and the surrounding rural communities. The council is the result of the Waipukurau District Council and Waipara District Council merging in 1989. The council is led by the mayor of Central Hawke's Bay, who is currently Alex Walker. Composition Central Hawke's Bay District Council is made up of one mayor and eight councillors. The district is divided into two wards, which each elect four councillors. Ruataniwha is an urban ward based on the towns of Waipukurau and Waipawa. Aramoana-Ruahine is a largely rural ward. The council seat is in Waipawa. The mayor is elected at large. The council seat is in Waipawa Waipawa is the second-largest town in Central Hawke's Bay (district), Central Hawke's Bay in the east of the North Island of New Zealand. It has a populati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Local Government Reforms
The 1989 New Zealand local government reform was the most significant reform of local government in New Zealand in over a century. Some 850 local bodies were amalgamated into 86 local authorities, on Regions of New Zealand, regional and Territorial authorities of New Zealand, territorial levels. The new authorities were established on 1 November, following the election of members on 14 October 1989. Background The previous major local government reform was the replacement of Provinces of New Zealand, provincial government with elected borough and county councils at the end of 1876. The Counties Act 1876 created Counties of New Zealand, 63 counties out of the rural parts of the provinces. Over subsequent decades, many new bodies were set up, some of them multi-purpose, and others single-purpose, such as harbour boards. The Local Government Act 1974 (New Zealand), Local Government Act 1974 consolidated the law relating to territorial local authorities, removing the distinction b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor Of Pahiatua ...
The mayor of Pahiatua officiated over the Pahiatua Borough in New Zealand. The borough was administered by the Pahiatua Borough Council. The initial office existed from 1892 until 1989, when Pahiatua Borough amalgamated into the Tararua District as part of the 1989 local government reforms. There have been 18 mayors of Pahiatua. List of mayors See also *List of former territorial authorities in New Zealand References {{Mayors in New Zealand Pahiatua Pahiatua Pahiatua () is a rural service town in the south-eastern North Island of New Zealand with a population of . It is between Masterton and Woodville, New Zealand, Woodville on New Zealand State Highway 2, State Highway 2 and along the Wairarapa Lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wellington Region
Greater Wellington, also known as the Wellington Region (Māori language, Māori: ''Te Upoko o te Ika''), is the southernmost regions of New Zealand, region of the North Island of New Zealand. The local government region covers an area of , and has a population of The region takes its name from Wellington, New Zealand's capital city and the region's seat. The Wellington urban area, including the cities of Wellington, Porirua, Lower Hutt, and Upper Hutt, accounts for percent of the region's population; other major urban areas include the Kapiti Urban Area, Kapiti conurbation (Waikanae, Paraparaumu, Raumati Beach, Raumati South, and Paekākāriki) and the town of Masterton. Local government The region is administered by the Wellington Regional Council, which uses the promotional name Greater Wellington Regional Council. The council region covers the conurbation around the capital city, Wellington City, Wellington, and the cities of Lower Hutt, Porirua, and Upper Hutt, each of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfredton, New Zealand
Alfredton is a farming community in the southern North Island of New Zealand. It is located to the southeast of Eketāhuna Eketāhuna is a small rural settlement, in the south of the Tararua (district), New Zealand, Tararua District and the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. The town is located at eastern foot of the Tararua Ranges, 35 kilome .... Alfredton has a school, church, a 9-hole golf course, community domain and a community hall. The town is named after Prince Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha who was the second son and fourth child of Queen Victoria. Education Alfredton School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students, with a roll of as of . Climate References Populated places in Manawatū-Whanganui Tararua District {{ManawatuWanganui-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ākitio
Ākitio is a coastal community in the Tararua District of the lower east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The Ākitio River runs for approximately 35 kilometres in a southeast by northwest direction, leading to the town of Weber, New Zealand, Weber, on Route 52, formerly New Zealand State Highway 52, State Highway 52. Ākitio is in meshblocks 2224200 (NW), 2224300 (N) and 2225100 (SW), which had a combined population of 111 people in 48 households in the 2013 New Zealand census. History Akitio County, established in 1911, was formerly governed from Pongaroa, located approximately from Ākitio beach, and the homesteads of Akitio, Marainanga, and Monaroa Stations. The area originally (and as recently as 1908) was dominated by two estates, the Marainanga Estate, and the Akitio Estate; of , and each respectively. The region has been partitioned and sub-divided during the past 100 years to consist of many single family sized blocks; from approximately , up to what r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbertville
Herbertville, earlier known as Wainui after the Wainui River, is a small settlement in New Zealand's North Island, on the eastern coast of the Tararua District. It lies just south of Cape Turnagain, a promontory named by Captain Cook who used the location as a well-remembered point where he turned his ship and retraced his journey. As of 2023, its population is around 120. At the turn of the 20th century Herbertville was a thriving community. It had a large hotel, several shops, a police station, and a blacksmith. Schooners beached on the vast expanse of shallow sandy beach on high tides and passengers and cargoes were unloaded. The ships would then be refloated on the next high tide and would carry on their way. Horse-drawn coaches connected the settlement with the township of Dannevirke Dannevirke ( "Earthworks (archaeology), work of the Danes", a reference to Danevirke; or ''Tāmaki-nui-a-Rua'', the area where the town is) is a rural service town in the Manawatū-Whang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pongaroa
Pongaroa is a town in the Tararua District, in the southeast of the North Island of New Zealand, 110 kilometres southwest of Hastings and 200 kilometres northeast of Wellington. The nearest town is Pahiatua, 50 kilometres to the west. Popular Ākitio Beach is 30 kilometres to the east. The township straddles Route 52, a road between Masterton and Waipukurau. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "tall tree fern" for ''Pongaroa''. Pongaroa village has a population of about 100, with the surrounding farms bringing the total population to about 300. The area is serviced by Pongaroa School, Pongaroa General Store, Pongaroa Hotel, and Pongaroa Farm Centre. Pongaroa is also the location of the New Zealand Centre for Equine Psychology and Behaviour and Wildside Farm environmental education retreat. Local volunteers have been responsible for the public toilets, the establishment of a freedom campsite, and improvements to the village centre. Hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
