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New Zealand's capital city from 1865 until the present day. [272] Auckland: Auckland Region New Zealand: 1840 AD New Zealand's capital city from 1841 to 1865. Prior to this, it was inhabited by Māori from about the 14th century. Dunedin: Otago Region New Zealand: 1848 AD First New Zealand centre to be officially named a city (1865).
Statistics New Zealand announced in 2017 that the Statistical Standard for Geographic Areas 2018 (SSGA18) would replace the New Zealand Standard Areas Classification 1992 (NZSAC92). The change impacted Wellington most, by splitting it into four urban areas, being the Wellington city and Lower Hutt city "major urban areas" and Porirua and Upper ...
Nelson (Māori: Whakatū) is a city and unitary authority on the eastern shores of Tasman Bay at the top of the South Island of New Zealand. It is the oldest city in the South Island and the second-oldest settled city in the country; it was established in 1841 and became a city by British royal charter in 1858. [3]
Christchurch became the first city in New Zealand by royal charter on 31 July 1856, and Henry Harper was consecrated by the archbishop of Canterbury as the local Anglican bishop. He arrived in Christchurch a few months later in December 1856. [66] [67] In 1862 the Christchurch City Council was established.
The University of Otago, the oldest university in New Zealand, in 1869. [43] Otago Girls' High School was established in 1871. New Zealand Insurance Co Ltd, Dunedin (built 1899) By 1874, Dunedin and its suburbs had become New Zealand's largest city with a population of 29,832 displacing Auckland's 27,840 residents to second place. [44]
The farm buildings, though not the homestead, are owned by Heritage New Zealand and are open to the public. They are the oldest surviving farm buildings in New Zealand. [6] [7] Jones moved to Dunedin in 1854 [5] but was influential in the development of Waikouaiti for many years after. The wooden shingle roofed St. John's Anglican Church in ...
There are two registers of heritage places in Christchurch. One is the national register administered by Heritage New Zealand [1] and the other is the register in the Christchurch City Plan. [2] The scope of this article is the Heritage New Zealand register only.
Christchurch is a major city in the Canterbury Region, and is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand.With a Māori history stemming back to the thirteenth century as the domain of the historic Waitaha iwi, Christchurch was constituted as a colonial outpost of the British Empire in 1850.