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The province was abolished, along with other provinces of New Zealand, when the Abolition of the Provinces Act came into force on 1 November 1876. [7] The modern Canterbury region has slightly different boundaries, particularly in the north, where it includes some districts from the old Nelson Province .
Canterbury was founded in December 1850 by the Canterbury Association of influential Englishmen associated with the Church of England. (An attempt was initially made to restrict residence in the province to members of the church but this was abandoned.) [1] The Charlotte Jane and the Randolph—the first two of the First Four Ships—arrived in the area on 16 December 1850, later celebrated as ...
The Time Act 1974 defines New Zealand Standard Time as 12 hours in advance of UTC. [12] In 2011, the New Zealand dependency of Tokelau moved its time zone forward by 24 hours, by skipping 30 December to be in the UTC+13:00 time zone, the same zone as New Zealand daylight saving. [13]
Map of provinces after 1852. New provinces were formed by the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852.This Act established a quasi-federal system of government and divided the country into the six provinces of Auckland, New Plymouth, Wellington, Nelson, Canterbury, and Otago.
NZ-NSN: 12 Marlborough [a] Te Tauihu-o-te-waka: Marlborough District Council: 14 Blenheim: South 10,458 4,038 52,300 4.98 12.9 NZ-MBH: 13 West Coast Te Tai Poutini: West Coast Regional Council: 7 Greymouth: South 23,245 8,975 34,800 1.50 3.9 NZ-WTC: 14 Canterbury Waitaha: Environment Canterbury: 14 Christchurch: South 44,504 17,183 694,400 15. ...
The history of the Canterbury region of the South Island of New Zealand dates back to settlement by ... On 13 June 2011 at approximately 1:00 pm New Zealand time ...
Rolleston originated as a railway terminus in 1866, and is named after the Canterbury statesman William Rolleston. Rolleston, who was born in Yorkshire in 1831 and died in 1903, served as Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury from 1868 until 1876 (when central government abolished the New Zealand provinces). He also served as a Member of ...
Before the 2023 census, Lincoln had a smaller boundary, covering 9.06 km 2 (3.50 sq mi). [8] Using that boundary, Lincoln had a population of 6,510 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 2,643 people (68.3%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 3,690 people (130.9%) since the 2006 census.