New Leinster

Provinces under the New Zealand Constitution Act 1846

The first three provinces of the country according to the letters patent dated November 16, 1840

New Leinster was a small province in the former British colony of New Zealand .

geography

New Leinster comprised the entire island of Stewart Island from 1840 to 1846 .

history

When New Zealand was declared an independent colony by letters patent on November 16, 1840 and was no longer subject to the colony of New South Wales , the three main islands of New Zealand, which were previously known as Northern Island , Middle Island and Stewart's Island , became referred to geographically as New Ulster ( North Island ), New Munster ( South Island ) and New Leinster ( Stewart Island ).

On December 23, 1846, New Zealand was divided into two provinces, New Ulster and New Munster, under the New Zealand Constitution Act 1846 and by Royal Charter . New Leinster was therefore assigned to the province of New Munster .

With the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 , the provinces of New Ulster and New Munster were dissolved and divided into new provinces. The former small province of New Leinster came under the administration of the province of Otago .

See also

• Provinces of New Zealand

literature

• Donald Edgar Paterson : New Leinster, New Munster, and New Ulster . In: Alexander Hare McLintock (Ed.): An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand . Wellington 1966 ( online [accessed November 6, 2016]).
• Alison Dench : Essential Dates . A Timeline of New Zealand History . Random House , Auckland 2005, ISBN 1-86941-689-9 (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dench : Essential Dates . A Timeline of New Zealand History . 2005, p.  59 .
2. ^ New Zealand's Nine Provinces (1853-76) . (PDF 22 kB) Friends of the Hocking Collections , 2000, accessed on November 6, 2016 (English).