Auckland Province [SEP] dissolved or abolished
Auckland Province
The Auckland Province was a province of New Zealand from 1853 until the abolition of provincial government in 1876.
Area.
The province covered roughly half of the North Island of New Zealand. It was the largest of the six initial provinces, both by area and population. The southern boundary was mostly along the 39th latitude, which was an arbitrary line, as the country's interior was little known by Europeans. It was not subdivided during its existence; the Taranaki Province (originally named New Plymouth Province
also in 1989, the Opaheke area was included into the Papakura District boundaries.
Since October 2010, after a review of the Royal Commission on Auckland Governance, the entire Auckland Region was be amalgamated into a single city authority. As well as the former Papakura District, all other territorial authorities have been abolished and the entire area has been dissolved into a single Auckland city council. The suburb of Opaheke has now been in the "Manurewa-Papakura Ward" of the Auckland Council ever since.
People.
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