Borough Councils
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| Council | Established | Disestablished | Area | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandra | 1867 | 1989 | 1.92 km2 (470 acres) | Merged into Central Otago District |
| Arrowtown | 10 May 1877 | 1989 | 170 acres (0.69 km2) 1.92 km2 (470 acres) |
Merged into Queenstown-Lakes District |
| Ashburton | 1878 | 1989 | 12.27 km2 (4.74 sq mi) | Merged into Ashburton District |
| Auckland | 1851 | 1871 | Declared a city. | |
| Avenal | 1876 | 1909 | Amalgamated with Invercargill Borough | |
| Avondale | 1922 | 1927 | Amalgamated with Auckland City | |
| Balclutha | 1870 | 1989 | 568 acres (2.299 km2) 5.26 km2 (1,300 acres) |
Merged into Clutha District |
| Birkenhead | 1888 | 1978 | Proclaimed a city on 15 March 1978 | |
| Blenheim | 1869 | 1989 | 17.68 km2 (6.83 sq mi) | Merged into Marlborough District |
| Bluff | 1917 | 1989 | 8.67 km2 | Merged into Invercargill city. |
| Brunner | 1887 | 1925 | Amalgamated with Grey County | |
| Cambridge | 1886 | 1989 | 9.65 km2 | Merged into Waipa District |
| Caversham | 1877 | 1904 | 4.34 km2 | Amalgamated with Dunedin city |
| Campbelltown | 1878 | 1917 | 8.67 km2 | Formally renamed Bluff (see above) |
| Carterton | 1887 | 1989 | 39.81 km2 | Grew into Carterton District |
| Cromwell | 1866 | 1989 | 33.3 km2 | Merged into Central Otago District |
| Dannevirke | 1892 | 1989 | 5.62 km2 | Merged into Tararua District |
| Dargaville | 1908 | 1989 | 11.33 km2 | Merged into Kaipara District |
| Devonport | 1886 | 1989 | 5.79 km2 | Merged into North Shore City |
| Dunedin South | 1908 | Amalgamated with Dunedin city | ||
| Eastbourne | 1905 | 1989 | 12.95 km2 | Merged into Lower Hutt City |
| East Coast Bays | 1954 | 1975 | Proclaimed a city on 1 April 1975 | |
| East Invercargill | 1876 | 1909 | Amalgamated with Invercargill Borough | |
| Eketahuna | 1907 | fl. 1972 | Merged into Eketahuna County | |
| Ellerslie | 1938 | 1989 | 3.01 km2 | Merged into Auckland City |
| Eltham | 1901 | 1989 | 6.47 km2 | Merged into South Taranaki District |
| Featherston | 1917 | 1989 | 3.07 km2 | Merged into South Wairarapa District |
| Feilding | 1881 | 1989 | 8.52 km2 | Merged into Manawatu District |
| Foxton | 1883 | 1989 | 3.07 km2 | Merged into Horowhenua District |
| Geraldine | 1904 | 1989 | 3.22 km2 | Merged into Timaru District |
| Gladstone | 1876 | 1909 | Amalgamated with Invercargill Borough | |
| Glen Eden | fl. 1972 | 1989 | 4.95 km2 | Merged into Waitakere City |
| Gore | 1885 | 1989 | 9.43 km2 | Merged into Gore District |
| Green Island | 1875 | 1989 | 7.28 km2 | Merged into Dunedin City |
| Grey Lynn | 1899 | 1914 | Amalgamated with Auckland City | |
| Greymouth | 1868 | 1989 | 10.48 km2 | Merged into Grey District |
| Greytown | 1878 | 1989 | 4.45 km2 | Merged into South Wairarapa District |
| Hampden | 1879 | 1967 | Amalgamated with Waitaki County | |
| Havelock North | 1989 | 5.63 km2 | Merged into Hastings District | |
| Hawera | fl. 1972 | |||
| Helensville | 1947 | 1989 | 5.32 km2 | Merged into Rodney District |
| Henderson | 1946 | 1989 | 66.7 km2 | Merged into Waitakere City |
| Hokitika | 1868 | 1989 | 35.7 km2 | Merged into Westland District |
| Howick | 1952 | 1989 | 6.21 km2 | Merged into Manukau City |
| Huntly | 1931 | 1989 | 9.3 km2 | Merged into Waikato District |
| Inglewood | 1902 | 1989 | 2.83 km2 | Merged into New Plymouth District |
| Invercargill | 1871 | 1930 | Elevated to City | |
| Kaiapoi | 1868 | 1989 | 4.66 km2 | Merged into Waimakariri District |
| Kaikohe | 1947 | 1989 | 5.44 km2 | Merged into Far North District |
| Kaitaia | 1922 | 1989 | 6.95 km2 | Merged into Far North District |
| Kaitangata | 1882 | 1989 | 3.64 km2 | Merged into Clutha District |
| Kapiti | 1974 | 1989 | 160.64 km2 | Merged into Kapiti Coast District |
| Kawerau | 1954 | 1989 | 21.74 km2 | Changed to Kawerau District |
| Lawrence | 1866 | 1989 | 2.95 km2 | Merged into Clutha District |
| Levin | 1906 | 1989 | 12.95 km2 | Merged into Horowhenua District |
| Linwood | 1893 | 1903 | Amalgamated with Christchurch city | |
| Lyttelton | 1868 | 1989 | 10.36 km2 | Merged into Banks Peninsula District |
| Maori Hill | 1876 | 1916 | 14.97 km2 | Amalgamated with Dunedin City |
| Martinborough | 1928 | 1989 | 4.33 km2 | Merged into South Wairarapa District |
| Marton | 1879 | 1989 | 5.72 km2 | Merged into Rangitikei District |
| Masterton | 1877 | 1989 | 17.96 km2 | Expanded into Masterton District |
| Matamata | 1935 | 1989 | 5.33 km2 | Merged into Matamata-Piako District |
| Mataura | 1895 | 1989 | 5.15 km2 | Merged into Gore District |
| Milton | 1866 | 1989 | 3.88 km2 | Merged into Clutha District |
| Mornington | 1877 | 1915 | 2.65 km2 | Amalgamated with Dunedin City |
| Morrinsville | 1921 | 1989 | 4.76 km2 | Merged into Matamata-Piako District |
| Mosgiel | 1885 | 1989 | 7.87 km2 | Merged into Dunedin City |
| Motueka | 1900 | 1989 | 47.9 km2 | Merged into Tasman District |
| Mount Albert | 1911 | 1978 | Became Mount Albert City | |
| Mount Eden | 1906 | 1989 | 5.98 km2 | Merged into Auckland City |
| Mount Maunganui | 1945 | 1989 | 19.11 km2 | Merged into Tauranga City |
| Mt Roskill | 1947 | 1989 | 18.62 km2 | Merged into Auckland City |
| Mount Wellington | 1952 | 1986 | 16.72 km2 | Merged with Otahuhu borough to become Tamaki City |
| Mount Roskill | 1947 | 1989 | Merged into Auckland City | |
| Murupara | 1962 | 1989 | 30.0 km2 | Merged into Whakatane District |
| Naseby | 1872 | 1989 | 0.73 km2 | Merged into Central Otago District |
| New Brighton | 1897 | 1941 | Amalgamated with Christchurch city | |
| New Lynn | 1910 | 1989 | 5.63 km2 | Merged into Waitakere City |
| Newmarket | 1885 | 1989 | 0.79 km2 | Amalgamated with Auckland City |
| Newton | 1885 | 1899 | Renamed Grey Lynn Borough. | |
| Ngaruawahia | 1920 | 1989 | 5.18 km2 | Merged into Waikato District |
| Northcote | 1908 | 1989 | 5.40 km2 | Merged into North Shore City |
| North East Valley | 1877 | 1910 | 16.11 km2 | Amalgamated with Dunedin City |
| North Invercargill | 1876 | 1909 | Amalgamated with Invercargill Borough | |
| Oamaru | 1866 | 1989 | 7.43 km2 | Merged into Waitaki District |
| Ohakune | 1911 | 1989 | 8.41 km2 | Merged into Ruapehu District |
| Onehunga | 1877 | 1989 | 7.60 km2 | Merged into Auckland City |
| One Tree Hill | 1930 | 1989 | 9.83 km2 | Merged into Auckland City |
| Opotiki | 1911 | 1973 | Amalgamated with Opotiki County | |
| Otahuhu | 1912 | 1986 | 5.74 km2 | Merged with Mount Wellington borough to become Tamaki City |
| Otaki | 1921 | 1989 | 43.20 km2 | Merged into Kapiti Coast District |
| Paeroa | 1915 | 1989 | 5.75 km2 | Merged into Hauraki District |
| Pahiatua | 1892 | 1989 | 2.91 km2 | Merged into Tararua District |
| Palmerston | 1872 | 1966 | ||
| Papakura | 1 April 1938 | 1975 | Constituted a city on 1 January 1975 | |
| Parnell | 1877 | 1913 | Amalgamated with Auckland City | |
| Patea | 1881 | 1989 | 5.75 km2 | Merged into South Taranaki District |
| Petone | 1888 | 1989 | 10.28 km2 | Merged into Lower Hutt City |
| Picton | 1876 | 1989 | 4.24 km2 | Merged into Marlborough District |
| Port Chalmers | 1866 | 1989 | 4.01 km2 | Merged into Dunedin City |
| Pukekohe | 1905 | 1989 | 14.05 km2 | Merged into Franklin District |
| Putaruru | 1926 | 1989 | 3.94 km2 | Merged into South Waikato District |
| Queenstown | 1866 | 1989 | 4.21 km2 | Merged into Queenstown-Lakes District |
| Raetihi | 1921 | 1989 | 3.88 km2 | Merged into Ruapehu District |
| Rangiora | 1871 | 1986 | 3.56 km2 | Amalgamated with Rangiora County to form Rangiora District. |
| Riccarton | 1913 | 1989 | 2.83 km2 | Merged into Christchurch City |
| Richmond | 1891 | 1989 | 10.52 km2 | Merged into Tasman District |
| Riverton | 1983 | |||
| Roslyn | 1877 | 1912 | 8.09 km2 | Amalgamated with Dunedin City |
| Ross | 1878 | 1972 | Amalgamated with Westland County | |
| Roxburgh | 1874 | 1989 | 2.08 km2 | Merged into Central Otago District |
| Runanga | 1912 | 1989 | 4.80 km2 | Merged into Grey District |
| St Albans | 1881 | 1903 | Amalgamated with Christchurch city | |
| Saint Kilda | 1875 | 1989 | 2.47 km2 | Merged into Dunedin City |
| South Dunedin | 1875 | 1905 | 1.67 km2 | Amalgamated with Dunedin City |
| South Invercargill | 1877 | 1956 | Amalgamated with Invercargill City | |
| Spreydon | 1911 | 1921 | Amalgamated with Christchurch City. | |
| Stratford | 1898 | 1989 | 8.16 km2 | Merged into Stratford District |
| Sumner | 1891 | 1945 | Amalgamated with Christchurch city | |
| Sydenham | 1877 | 1903 | Amalgamated with Christchurch City. | |
| Taihape | 1906 | 1989 | 7.78 km2 | Merged into Rangitikei District |
| Tapanui | 1876 | 1989 | 1.21 km2 | Merged into Clutha District |
| Taumarunui | 1910 | 1989 | 15.7 km2 | Merged into Ruapehu District |
| Taupo | fl. 1972 | 1989 | 33.85 km2 | Merged into Taupo District |
| Tauranga | 1882 | 1963 | km2 | Elevated to city |
| Tawa | fl. 1972 | 1989 | 6.94 km2 | Merged into Wellington City |
| Te Aroha | 1898 | 1989 | 31.8 km2 | Merged into Matamata-Piako District |
| Te Awamutu | 1915 | 1989 | 7.13 km2 | Merged into Waipa District |
| Te Kuiti | fl. 1972 | |||
| Temuka | 1899 | 1989 | 4.05 km2 | Merged into Timaru District |
| Te Puke | 1935 | 1989 | 5.34 km2 | Merged into Western Bay of Plenty District |
| Thames | fl. 1972 | |||
| Tokoroa | 1975 | 1989 | 13.25 km2 | Merged into South Waikato District |
| Tuakau | fl. 1972 | 1989 | 4.42 km2 | Merged into Franklin District |
| Waihi | 1902 | 1989 | 5.4 km2 | Merged into Hauraki District |
| Waikouaiti | fl. 1952 | |||
| Waimate | 1879 | 1989 | 3.12 km2 | Merged into Waimate District |
| Waipawa | fl. 1972 | |||
| Waipukurau | fl. 1972 | |||
| Wairoa | 1909 | 1989 | 6.59 km2 | Merged into Wairoa District |
| Waitara | 1904 | 1989 | 6.32 km2 | Merged into New Plymouth District |
| Waiuku | 1989 | 5.93 km2 | Merged into Franklin District | |
| West Harbour | 1877 | 1963 | Western part amalgamated with Dunedin City, eastern part amalgamated with Waikouaiti County | |
| Westport | 1873 | 1989 | 3.44 km2 | Merged into Buller District |
| Whakatane | 1917 | 1976 | km2 | Amalgamated with Whakatane County to form Whakatane District |
| Winton | 1877 | 1989 | 2.36 km2 | Merged into Southland District |
| Woodville | 1887 | 1989 | 4.25 km2 | Merged into Tararua District |
| Woolston | 1893 | 1921 | Amalgamated with Christchurch City. |
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