7-565: The Eden County , also known as the County of Eden , was one of the counties of New Zealand . Established in 1876, the county covered the rural areas of the Auckland isthmus . The county gradually shrunk in size as the city of Auckland grew, and suburban areas became boroughs. The County of Eden was established in 1842. It was replaced in 1849 by Governor William Hobson with a system of Hundreds , and reinstated in 1876. The county did not administer
14-446: A system of larger regions . The Counties Bill of 1876 was initiated to merge 314 road boards into 39 counties. However, as a result of lobbying, the number of counties had grown to 63 by the time the bill was enacted. Counties had chairmen, not mayors as boroughs and cities had; many legislative provisions (such as burial and land subdivision control) were different for the counties. By 1966, there were 112 counties. During
21-466: The 1989 local government reforms , which covered the country in (non-overlapping) cities and districts and abolished all the counties except for the Chatham Islands County, which survived under that name for a further six years but then became a "territory" under the "Chatham Islands Council". The term is perpetuated in the name "Counties-Manukau", which refers to areas of South Auckland and
28-569: The area in the way local government does, instead was primarily used as a way to order land division and sales. In 1862, the Highways Act empowered local communities to form Road Boards and Highway Districts to administer areas, and by 1867 there were 20 highway districts in Eden County. Unlike most other counties in New Zealand, the Eden County devolved most of its administrative power and function to
35-413: The highway and road boards for most of its existence. The first boroughs to secede from Eden County were Parnell and Onehunga in 1877, followed by Newmarket and Newton (later renamed Grey Lynn Borough) in 1885. These boroughs were joined by Mount Eden in 1906, Avondale in 1922, One Tree Hill in 1930 and Ellerslie in 1938. The Eden County was amalgamated into Auckland City in 1940. With
42-486: The local government reforms of 1989, all of the former territory of the county was incorporated into Auckland City. Counties of New Zealand A system of counties of New Zealand was instituted after the country dissolved its provinces in 1876, and these counties were similar to other countries' systems, lasting with little change (except mergers and other localised boundary adjustments) until 1989, when they were reorganised into district and city councils within
49-449: The second half of the 20th century, many counties received overflow population from nearby cities. The result was often a merger of the two into a "district" (e.g., Rotorua ) or a change of name to "district" (e.g., Waimairi ) or "city" (e.g., Manukau ). The Local Government Act 1974 began the process of bringing urban, mixed, and rural councils into the same legislative framework. Substantial reorganisations under that Act resulted in
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