Masterton District

Masterton District
Geographical location
Location of the Masterton District
Local authority
Country	New Zealand
island	North island
region	Wellington
Local authority	District
Council	Masterton District Council
Headquarters of the administration	Master tone
mayor	Lyn Patterson
founding	1989
Post Code	4994, 5583, 5810, 5872, 5881, 5882, 5884-5886, 5889, 5890, 5894
Telephone code	+64 (0) 6
Website	www.mstn.govt.nz
geography
Region ISO	NZ-WGN
Coordinates	40 ° 57 ′  S , 175 ° 39 ′  E Coordinates: 40 ° 57 ′  S , 175 ° 39 ′  E
Highest elevation	1104 m
Lowest point	Height of sea level
surface	2 300  km 2
Residents	23 352 (2013)
Population density	10.15 inhabitants per km 2
Statistical data
GDP (Engl. GDP)	NZ $ 1.04 billion  (2016)
GDP / capita	NZ $ 44,536  per inhabitant
Public revenue	NZ $ 35.4 million  (2015)
Public expenditure	37.7 million  NZ $ (2015)
Number of households	11 013 (2013)
Ø income	NZ $ 25,300  (2013)
Māori population	17.9% (2013)

The Masterton District is an administrative unit in the Wellington region of New Zealand . The district council, called Masterton District Council , has its seat in Masterton City , as does the district administration.

geography

Geographical location

With 2300 km² of pure land area, the district is the second largest district in the Wellington region. With 23,352 inhabitants in 2013, the district has a population density of 10.2 people per km², making it the district with the second highest population density in the region.

The west and south of the Masterton District is bordered by the Carterton District , in the north this is the Tararua District , which already belongs to the Manawatu-Wanganui region. The eastern border is formed by the coastline to the Pacific Ocean .

While the area around Masterton is a plain, the west of the district extends into the mountainous regions of the Tararua Range . The eastern part, however, is characterized by a mountain and hilly landscape that does not protrude more than 600  m . The economic center and only town of the district is Masterton with 7270 inhabitants (2013), all other places have less than 1000 inhabitants.

climate

The mean daytime temperatures are between 11 ° C and 24 ° C in summer and between 2 ° C and 12 ° C in winter, depending on the location, with an average of 28 frost days to be expected. The duration of sunshine is around 2000 hours per year. The precipitation is between 890 mm and 1520 mm per year from east to west.

history

The area of ​​the district was originally settled by the Māori tribes Rangitāne and Ngāti Kahungunu . The first European settlers came in 1841. In 1853 the cooper Joseph Master founded a community of settlers and asked the then governor Edward Gray for approval for his settlement project. After the chief of the local Māori , Te Korou , was ready to sell land on the banks of the Waipoua River , the community settled where the town of Masterton is today and uses the name of its founder for it. In 1877 Masterton was named a borough and in 1900 the surrounding area became a county , as was Castlepoint . But both counties were merged in 1958 and Mauriceville County was added. In 1989, as part of the administrative reform, the Masterton Borough was merged with Masterton County and the Masterton District was founded.

population

Population development

Of the district's 23,352 residents, 4,170 were of Māori origin in 2013 (17.9%). This means that 0.7% of the country's Māori population lived in the Masterton District . The median income for the population in 2013 was NZ $ 25,300  , compared to NZ $ 28,500 national average.

Origin and languages

When asked about ethnic group membership in the 2013 census, 86.6% said they were European, 18.6% said they had Māori roots, 3.3% came from the islands of the Pacific and 2.4% % came from Asia (multiple answers were possible). 12.3% of the population said they were born overseas and 4.1% of the population spoke Māori , of the Māori 18.4%.

politics

administration

The Masterton District is again divided into two wards , five of the ten Councilors (council members) being elected district-wide and the other five being determined by the two wards , the Urban Ward with four and the Rural Ward with one Councilor . Together with the Mayor (mayor) they form the District Council (district council). The mayor and the ten councilors are re-elected every three years.

Infrastructure

traffic

The district is connected by the New Zealand State Highway 2 , which crosses the district in a north-south direction and leads directly through the city of Masterton .

Web links

• Homepage . Masterton District Council,accessed June 29, 2016. 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Postcode Boundaries - Masterton District . (PDF 1.7 MB) New Zealand Post , accessed on May 5, 2017 (English).  
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} 2013 Census QuickStats about a place : Masterton District - Population and dwellings . Statistics New Zealand , accessed June 29, 2016 .  
3. ↑ Masterton District Economy Profile - Economy Overview . Infometrics , accessed May 5, 2017 .  
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Masterton District . In: Local Councils . Department of Internal Affairs , accessed June 29, 2016 .  
5. ↑ ^{a b} Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed June 29, 2016 .  
6. ↑ Climate . Masterton District Council , archived from the original on June 29, 2016 ; accessed on April 30, 2019 (English, original website no longer available).  
7. ^ History . Masterton District Council , accessed June 29, 2016 .  
8. ↑ 2013 Census QuickStats about a place : Masterton District - Cultural diversity . Statistics New Zealand , accessed June 29, 2016 .  
9. ^ The Council . Masterton District Council , accessed June 29, 2016 .