Regions of New Zealand, the Glossary
New Zealand is divided into sixteen regions for local government purposes.[1]
Table of Contents
78 relations: Auckland, Auckland Council, Auckland Region, Bay of Plenty Region, Bay of Plenty Regional Council, Biosecurity Act 1993, Blenheim, New Zealand, Canterbury Region, Chatham Islands, Christchurch, Civil defense, Department of Conservation (New Zealand), Department of Internal Affairs, Drainage basin, Dunedin, Environment Canterbury, First-past-the-post voting, Gisborne District, Gisborne District Council, Gisborne, New Zealand, Greater Wellington Regional Council, Greymouth, Hamilton, New Zealand, Hawke's Bay, Horizons Regional Council, Invercargill, ISO 3166-2:NZ, Kermadec Islands, List of regions of New Zealand by Human Development Index, Local Government Act 1974 (New Zealand), Local Government Act 2002, Local government in New Zealand, Local Government New Zealand, Manawatū-Whanganui, Maritime Transport Act 1994, Marlborough District, Marlborough District Council, Māori language, Napier, New Zealand, Nelson City Council, Nelson, New Zealand, New Zealand, New Zealand Gazette, New Zealand Subantarctic Islands, North Island, Northland Region, Otago, Otago Regional Council, Palmerston North, Provinces of New Zealand, ... Expand index (28 more) »
- Administrative divisions in Oceania
- Lists of subdivisions of New Zealand
Auckland
Auckland (Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, and which has a total population of as of It is the most populous city of New Zealand and the fifth largest city in Oceania.
See Regions of New Zealand and Auckland
Auckland Council
Auckland Council (Te Kaunihera o Tāmaki Makaurau) is the local government council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand.
See Regions of New Zealand and Auckland Council
Auckland Region
Auckland is one of the 16 regions of New Zealand, which takes its name from the eponymous urban area.
See Regions of New Zealand and Auckland Region
Bay of Plenty Region
The Bay of Plenty Region (Te Moana-a-Toi-te-HuatahiToi is supposed to be one of the first inhabitants of the region), often abbreviated to BOP, is a region in the North Island of New Zealand situated around the body of water of the same name.
See Regions of New Zealand and Bay of Plenty Region
Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Bay of Plenty Regional Council is the administrative body responsible for overseeing regional land use, environmental management and civil defence in the Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island.
See Regions of New Zealand and Bay of Plenty Regional Council
Biosecurity Act 1993
Biosecurity Act 1993 is an Act of Parliament in New Zealand.
See Regions of New Zealand and Biosecurity Act 1993
Blenheim, New Zealand
Blenheim (Waiharakeke) is the most populous town in the region of Marlborough, in the north east of the South Island of New Zealand.
See Regions of New Zealand and Blenheim, New Zealand
Canterbury Region
Canterbury (Waitaha) is a region of New Zealand, located in the central-eastern South Island.
See Regions of New Zealand and Canterbury Region
Chatham Islands
The Chatham Islands (Moriori: Rēkohu, 'Misty Sun'; Wharekauri) are an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean about east of New Zealand's South Island, administered as part of New Zealand, and consisting of about 10 islands within an approximate radius, the largest of which are Chatham Island and Pitt Island (''Rangiauria'').
See Regions of New Zealand and Chatham Islands
Christchurch
Christchurch (Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island and the second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand, after Auckland.
See Regions of New Zealand and Christchurch
Civil defense
Civil defense or civil protection is an effort to protect the citizens of a state (generally non-combatants) from human-made and natural disasters.
See Regions of New Zealand and Civil defense
Department of Conservation (New Zealand)
The Department of Conservation (DOC; Māori: Te Papa Atawhai) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with the conservation of New Zealand's natural and historical heritage.
See Regions of New Zealand and Department of Conservation (New Zealand)
Department of Internal Affairs
The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) (Te Tari Taiwhenua) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with issuing passports; administering applications for citizenship and lottery grants; enforcing censorship and gambling laws; registering births, deaths, marriages and civil unions; supplying support services to ministers; and advising the government on a range of relevant policies and issues.
See Regions of New Zealand and Department of Internal Affairs
Drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean.
See Regions of New Zealand and Drainage basin
Dunedin
Dunedin (Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region.
See Regions of New Zealand and Dunedin
Environment Canterbury
Environment Canterbury, frequently abbreviated to ECan, is the promotional name for the Canterbury Regional Council.
See Regions of New Zealand and Environment Canterbury
First-past-the-post voting
First-preference plurality (FPP)—often shortened simply to plurality—is a single-winner system of positional voting where voters mark one candidate as their favorite, and the candidate with the largest number of points (a '''''plurality''''' of points) is elected.
See Regions of New Zealand and First-past-the-post voting
Gisborne District
Gisborne District or the Gisborne Region (Māori: Te Tairāwhiti or Te Tai Rāwhiti) is a local government area of northeastern New Zealand.
See Regions of New Zealand and Gisborne District
Gisborne District Council
Gisborne District Council (Te Kaunihera o Te Tairāwhiti) is the unitary authority for the Gisborne District of New Zealand.
See Regions of New Zealand and Gisborne District Council
Gisborne, New Zealand
Gisborne is a city in northeastern New Zealand and the largest settlement in the Gisborne District (or Gisborne Region).
See Regions of New Zealand and Gisborne, New Zealand
Greater Wellington Regional Council
Wellington Regional Council, branded as Greater Wellington Regional Council, is the regional council overseeing the Wellington Region of New Zealand's lower North Island.
See Regions of New Zealand and Greater Wellington Regional Council
Greymouth
Greymouth (Māori: Māwhera) is the largest town in the West Coast region in the South Island of New Zealand, and the seat of the Grey District Council.
See Regions of New Zealand and Greymouth
Hamilton, New Zealand
Hamilton (Kirikiriroa) is an inland city in the North Island of New Zealand.
See Regions of New Zealand and Hamilton, New Zealand
Hawke's Bay
Hawke's Bay (Te Matau-a-MāuiPollock, Kerryn.) is a region on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island.
See Regions of New Zealand and Hawke's Bay
Horizons Regional Council
Horizons Regional Council or Manawatū-Whanganui Regional Council (Te Kaunihera ā rohe o Manawatū-Whanganui) is the regional council of the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's lower North Island.
See Regions of New Zealand and Horizons Regional Council
Invercargill
Invercargill (Waihōpai) is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world.
See Regions of New Zealand and Invercargill
ISO 3166-2:NZ
ISO 3166-2:NZ is the entry for New Zealand in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166.
See Regions of New Zealand and ISO 3166-2:NZ
Kermadec Islands
The Kermadec Islands (Rangitāhua) are a subtropical island arc in the South Pacific Ocean northeast of New Zealand's North Island, and a similar distance southwest of Tonga.
See Regions of New Zealand and Kermadec Islands
List of regions of New Zealand by Human Development Index
This is a list of the regions of New Zealand by Human Development Index as of 2022 with data for the year 2021.
See Regions of New Zealand and List of regions of New Zealand by Human Development Index
Local Government Act 1974 (New Zealand)
The Local Government Act 1974 of New Zealand consolidated the previous law relating to local government that applied to territorial local authorities, regional and district council bodies in New Zealand.
See Regions of New Zealand and Local Government Act 1974 (New Zealand)
Local Government Act 2002
The Local Government Act 2002 (sometimes known by its acronym, LGA) is an act of New Zealand's Parliament that defines local government in New Zealand.
See Regions of New Zealand and Local Government Act 2002
Local government in New Zealand
New Zealand has a unitary system of government in which the authority of the central government defines sub-national entities.
See Regions of New Zealand and Local government in New Zealand
Local Government New Zealand
Local Government New Zealand Te Kahui Kaunihera ō Aotearoa (LGNZ) is the local government association of New Zealand.
See Regions of New Zealand and Local Government New Zealand
Manawatū-Whanganui
Manawatū-Whanganui (spelled Manawatu-Wanganui prior to 2019) is a region in the lower half of the North Island of New Zealand, whose main population centres are the cities of Palmerston North and Whanganui.
See Regions of New Zealand and Manawatū-Whanganui
Maritime Transport Act 1994
The Maritime Transport Act 1994 defines the statutory powers of Maritime New Zealand.
See Regions of New Zealand and Maritime Transport Act 1994
Marlborough District
Marlborough District or the Marlborough Region (or Tauihu), commonly known simply as Marlborough, is one of the 16 regions of New Zealand, located on the northeast of the South Island.
See Regions of New Zealand and Marlborough District
Marlborough District Council
Marlborough District Council (Te Tauihu-o-te-waka) is the unitary local authority for the Marlborough District of New Zealand.
See Regions of New Zealand and Marlborough District Council
Māori language
Māori, or te reo Māori ('the Māori language'), commonly shortened to te reo, is an Eastern Polynesian language and the language of the Māori people, the indigenous population of mainland New Zealand.
See Regions of New Zealand and Māori language
Napier, New Zealand
Napier (Ahuriri) is a city on the eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Hawke's Bay region.
See Regions of New Zealand and Napier, New Zealand
Nelson City Council
Nelson City Council is a unitary local authority.
See Regions of New Zealand and Nelson City Council
Nelson, New Zealand
Nelson (Whakatū) is a New Zealand city and unitary authority on the eastern shores of Tasman Bay at the top of the South Island.
See Regions of New Zealand and Nelson, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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New Zealand Gazette
The New Zealand Gazette (Te Kāhiti o Aotearoa), commonly referred to as Gazette, is the official newspaper of record the New Zealand Government (government gazette), serving as the medium by which decisions of Government are promulgated.
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New Zealand Subantarctic Islands
The New Zealand Subantarctic Islands comprise the five southernmost groups of the New Zealand outlying islands.
See Regions of New Zealand and New Zealand Subantarctic Islands
North Island
The North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui, 'the fish of Māui', officially North Island or Te Ika-a-Māui or historically New Ulster) is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but less populous South Island by Cook Strait.
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Northland Region
The Northland Region (Te Tai Tokerau) is the northernmost of New Zealand's 16 local government regions.
See Regions of New Zealand and Northland Region
Otago
Otago (Ōtākou) is a region of New Zealand located in the southern half of the South Island administered by the Otago Regional Council.
See Regions of New Zealand and Otago
Otago Regional Council
Otago Regional Council (ORC) is the regional council for Otago in the South Island of New Zealand.
See Regions of New Zealand and Otago Regional Council
Palmerston North
Palmerston North (Te Papa-i-Oea, known colloquially as Palmy) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region.
See Regions of New Zealand and Palmerston North
Provinces of New Zealand
The provinces of the Colony of New Zealand existed as a form of sub-national government.
See Regions of New Zealand and Provinces of New Zealand
Rates (tax)
Rates are a type of property tax system in the United Kingdom, and in places with systems deriving from the British one, the proceeds of which are used to fund local government.
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Reserves Act 1977
The Reserves Act 1977 is an Act of Parliament passed in New Zealand.
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Resource consent
A resource consent is the authorisation given to certain activities or uses of natural and physical resources required under the New Zealand Resource Management Act (the "RMA").
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Resource Management Act 1991
The Resource Management Act (RMA) passed in 1991 in New Zealand is a significant, and at times, controversial Act of Parliament.
See Regions of New Zealand and Resource Management Act 1991
Richmond, Tasman
Richmond (Māori: Waimea) is a town and the seat of the Tasman District Council in New Zealand.
See Regions of New Zealand and Richmond, Tasman
Single transferable vote
The single transferable vote (STV), sometimes mistakenly conflated with proportional ranked choice voting (P-RCV), is a multi-winner electoral system in which each voter casts a single vote in the form of a ranked-choice ballot.
See Regions of New Zealand and Single transferable vote
Soil conservation
Soil conservation is the prevention of loss of the topmost layer of the soil from erosion or prevention of reduced fertility caused by over usage, acidification, salinization or other chemical soil contamination.
See Regions of New Zealand and Soil conservation
South Island
The South Island (Te Waipounamu, 'the waters of Greenstone', officially South Island or Te Waipounamu or historically New Munster) is the largest of the three major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island and sparsely populated Stewart Island.
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Southland Region
Southland (lit) is New Zealand's southernmost region.
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Southland Regional Council
The Southland Regional Council (branded as Environment Southland) (Te Taiao Tonga) is the southernmost regional council in New Zealand, administering the Southland Region, including Stewart Island.
See Regions of New Zealand and Southland Regional Council
Stratford, New Zealand
Stratford (Whakaahurangi) is the only town in Stratford District, and the seat of the Taranaki region, in New Zealand's North Island.
See Regions of New Zealand and Stratford, New Zealand
Subsidy
A subsidy or government incentive is a type of government expenditure for individuals and households, as well as businesses with the aim of stabilizing the economy.
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Sustainable development
Sustainable development is an approach to growth and human development that aims to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
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Taranaki
Taranaki is a region in the west of New Zealand's North Island.
See Regions of New Zealand and Taranaki
Tasman District
Tasman District is a local government district in the northwest of the South Island of New Zealand.
See Regions of New Zealand and Tasman District
Tasman District Council
Tasman District Council (Te Kaunihera o te tai o Aorere) is the unitary local authority for the Tasman District of New Zealand.
See Regions of New Zealand and Tasman District Council
Taupō District
Taupō District is a territorial authority district in New Zealand.
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Taupō District Council
Taupō District Council is a territorial authority that administers the Taupō District in the Central North Island of New Zealand.
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Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand is an online encyclopedia established in 2001 by the New Zealand Government's Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
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Territorial authorities are the second tier of local government in New Zealand, below regional councils. Regions of New Zealand and Territorial authorities of New Zealand are administrative divisions in Oceania and lists of subdivisions of New Zealand.
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Unitary state
A unitary state is a sovereign state governed as a single entity in which the central government is the supreme authority.
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Waikato
Waikato is a region of the upper North Island of New Zealand.
See Regions of New Zealand and Waikato
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand.
See Regions of New Zealand and Wellington
Wellington Region
Greater Wellington, also known as the Wellington Region (Māori: Te Upoko o te Ika), is a non-unitary region of New Zealand that occupies the southernmost part of the North Island.
See Regions of New Zealand and Wellington Region
West Coast Region
The West Coast (lit) is a region of New Zealand on the west coast of the South Island.
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Whakatāne
Whakatāne is a town located in the Bay of Plenty Region in the North Island of New Zealand, east of Tauranga and northeast of Rotorua.
See Regions of New Zealand and Whakatāne
Whangārei
Whangārei is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the regional capital of Northland Region.
See Regions of New Zealand and Whangārei
1989 New Zealand 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.
See Regions of New Zealand and 1989 New Zealand local government reforms
See also
Administrative divisions in Oceania
- Administrative divisions of American Samoa
- Administrative divisions of French Polynesia
- Administrative divisions of New Caledonia
- Administrative divisions of Tonga
- Administrative divisions of the Federated States of Micronesia
- Communes of French Polynesia
- Districts of Papua New Guinea
- Districts of Samoa
- Districts of the Cook Islands
- List of islands of Tuvalu
- List of islands of the Marshall Islands
- Local government in Australia
- Local government in Fiji
- Local-level governments of Papua New Guinea
- Municipalities of the Northern Mariana Islands
- Provinces of Fiji
- Provinces of New Caledonia
- Provinces of Papua New Guinea
- Provinces of Solomon Islands
- Provinces of Vanuatu
- Regions of New Zealand
- Regions of Papua New Guinea
- States and territories of Australia
- States of Palau
- Subdivisions of American Samoa
- Subdivisions of Australia
- Subdivisions of Kiribati
- Subdivisions of Nauru
- Subdivisions of New Zealand
- Subdivisions of Palau
- Subdivisions of Papua New Guinea
- Subdivisions of Samoa
- Subdivisions of Tonga
- Subdivisions of Tuvalu
- Subdivisions of Vanuatu
- Subdivisions of the Federated States of Micronesia
- Subdivisions of the Marshall Islands
- Subdivisions of the Solomon Islands
- Territorial authorities of New Zealand
- Villages in Guam
- Villages of Guam
Lists of subdivisions of New Zealand
- List of New Zealand urban areas by population
- List of former territorial authorities in New Zealand
- Regions of New Zealand
- Territorial authorities of New Zealand
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regions_of_New_Zealand
Also known as List of regions in New Zealand, List of regions of New Zealand, New Zealand region, New Zealand regions, Region (New Zealand), Region of New Zealand, Regional councils of New Zealand, Regions (New Zealand), Regions in New Zealand, Regions of NZ.
, Rates (tax), Reserves Act 1977, Resource consent, Resource Management Act 1991, Richmond, Tasman, Single transferable vote, Soil conservation, South Island, Southland Region, Southland Regional Council, Stratford, New Zealand, Subsidy, Sustainable development, Taranaki, Tasman District, Tasman District Council, Taupō District, Taupō District Council, Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, Territorial authorities of New Zealand, Unitary state, Waikato, Wellington, Wellington Region, West Coast Region, Whakatāne, Whangārei, 1989 New Zealand local government reforms.