Hawke's Bay Province

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Hawke's Bay Province 1858-1876

Hawke's Bay was a province in the former British colony of New Zealand , which on November 1, 1856, wasseparatedfrom the province of Wellington by Order in Council and became independent.

geography

Hawke's Bay Province was on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The northern border of the province was slightly above the Mahia Peninsula on the 39th parallel and extended west to the Ahimanawa Range and then ran south along the eastern side of the Ruahine Range to the southern end of the mountain range. The southern border ran from there east to south of Cape Turnagain on the coast. The eastern border was the coastline to the Pacific Ocean .

history

On June 30, 1952, the British Parliament the law " Act to grant a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand " passed that in New Zealand under New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 is known. The law regulates the administrative redistribution of the New Zealand colony into six provinces. The boundaries of the districts should be determined by proclamation by the governor of New Zealand. The law also stipulated that each province should have a provincial council with at least nine members and a superintendent (head, head). The law also expressly provided for the possibility of further subdivision of the provinces by Order in Council (ordinance). The General Assembly made use of this in November 1856 after a handful of settlers on the east coast put pressure on and fought for their independence. They felt neglected and isolated from Wellington , far away .

At a public meeting in Napier in February 1858 , the resolution was passed to demand the separation of the province of Wellington . At that time the European settlers numbered 1185. With that, the province of Wellington lost around a third of its inhabitants. But the independence as a province only lasted until 1876, because on October 12, 1875, the British Parliament passed the Abolition of Provinces Act (Act for the abolition of the provinces), the end of the administration of New Zealand over the provinces. On November 1, 1876, the law became law. The provincial system was replaced by an administrative system based on boroughs and counties .

See also

literature

  • Hawke's Bay Province and Provincial District . In: Alexander Hare McLintock (Ed.): An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand . Wellington 1966 ( online [accessed August 19, 2016]).
  • New Zealand's Nine Provinces (1853-76) . In: Friends of the Hocken Collection (Ed.): Welcome to the Hocken (Bulletin) . Bulletin number 31 . Dunedin March 2000 (English, online PDF 22 kB [accessed on August 19, 2016]).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alison Dench : Essential Dates . A Timeline of New Zealand History . Random House , Auckland 2005, ISBN 1-86941-689-9 , pp.  81 (English).
  2. ^ Land District . In: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand . Taranaki, Hawke's Bay and Wellington Provincial District - Volume VI . Cyclopedia Company Ltd , Christchurch 1908, p.  276 (English, online [accessed August 19, 2016]).
  3. ^ Robert Stokes : The New Zealand Constitution Act (1852): Together with Correspondence between the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Governor-in-chief of New Zealand in Explanation thereof . Ed .: New Zealand Government . Wellington 1853, An Act to grant a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand. , S.  179 (English, online [accessed August 19, 2016]).
  4. ^ McLintock (ed.): Hawke's Bay Province and Provincial District . 1966 (English).