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Regions of New Zealand, the Glossary

Index Regions of New Zealand

New Zealand is divided into sixteen regions for local government purposes.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 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) »

  2. Administrative divisions in Oceania
  3. 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.

See Regions of New Zealand and New Zealand Gazette

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.

See Regions of New Zealand and North Island

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.

See Regions of New Zealand and Rates (tax)

Reserves Act 1977

The Reserves Act 1977 is an Act of Parliament passed in New Zealand.

See Regions of New Zealand and Reserves Act 1977

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").

See Regions of New Zealand and Resource consent

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.

See Regions of New Zealand and Subsidy

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.

See Regions of New Zealand and Sustainable development

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.

See Regions of New Zealand and Taupō District

Taupō District Council

Taupō District Council is a territorial authority that administers the Taupō District in the Central North Island of New Zealand.

See Regions of New Zealand and Taupō District Council

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.

See Regions of New Zealand and Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

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.

See Regions of New Zealand and Territorial authorities of New Zealand

Unitary state

A unitary state is a sovereign state governed as a single entity in which the central government is the supreme authority.

See Regions of New Zealand and Unitary state

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.

See Regions of New Zealand and West Coast Region

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

Lists of subdivisions 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.

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