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The Chatham Islands (/ ˈ tʃ æ t ə m / CHAT-əm; Moriori: Rēkohu, lit. 'Misty Sun'; Māori: Wharekauri) are an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean about 800 km (430 nmi) east of New Zealand's South Island, administered as part of New Zealand, [4] and consisting of about 10 islands within an approximate 60 km (30 nmi) radius, the largest of which are Chatham Island and Pitt Island ().
Unofficial flag of the Chatham Islands [4] The geography of the roughly T-shaped island is dominated by three features: two bays and a lagoon. More than half of the west coast of Chatham is taken up by the deep indentation of Petre Bay. The island's main settlement of Waitangi is located in a small indentation in Petre Bay's southern coast.
The Chatham Islands Council is the local government authority for the Chatham Islands in New Zealand.The council has many of the functions, duties and powers of a district council and of a regional council, [3] making it in effect a unitary authority with slightly fewer responsibilities than other unitary authorities.
The Chatham Islands are an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean about 800 km (430 nmi) east of New Zealand's South Island, administered as part of New Zealand. The first human inhabitants, the Moriori , suffered disease outbreaks from European contact beginning around 1800, as well as invasion, genocide, and enslavement in 1835 by the Māori of two ...
The Chatham Islands were given their current name in 1846 by surveyors in honor of HMS Chatham, the escort ship of HMS Discovery, which carried 18th century British explorer Captain George Vancouver on his voyage to chart the coastline of British Columbia between 1792 and 1794 (the Vancouver Expedition). [1]
Mayoral elections take place in the Chatham Islands every 3 years, as part of the wider local elections in New Zealand.Under section 10 of the Local Electoral Act 2001, a "general election of members of every local authority or community board must be held on the second Saturday in October in every third year" from the date the Act came into effect in 2001.
There are three small primary schools on the Chatham Islands, a New Zealand archipelago of about ten islands lying 800 kilometres (500 mi) to the east of Christchurch. The rolls given here are those provided by the Ministry of Education, based on figures from November 2024. [1]
This is a list of birds of the Chatham Islands, an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean about 650 kilometres (400 mi) east of mainland New Zealand.In 1995, Chatham Islands County was dissolved and reconstituted by a New Zealand act of Parliament as the "Chatham Islands Territory", with powers similar to those of territorial authorities and some functions similar to those of a regional council. [1]