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On 22 August 1873 parliament passed the Province of Westland Act. This Act established an area roughly the same as today’s Westland District as one of New Zealand’s ten provinces. It was the last of the provinces to be created and, after the subsequent abolition of the Provinces in 1876, the shortest-lived. With the creation of the Provinces in 1853, Westland was originally included as part of the Canterbury Province, an area which spanned the west to the east coast of the South Island. Westland was administered remotely through a Canterbury Provincial office in Hokitika; however the gold rushes of the 1860s created logistical and political challenges for this arrangement. Tensions over public works schemes on the West Coast led to the formation of a separation league, and residents of Hokitika and Kaniere petitioned the Legislative Council for the ‘West Canterbury Goldfields’ to be made a separate province. In 1868 the ‘County of Westland’ was created, separating it from Canterbury Province along the Southern Alps, a border which was followed when the area was given full provincial status in 1873. Ultimately, after much political debate, the system of provincial government was abolished in 1876 and replaced with central government. Westland Province is now known as Westland District and, along with the Buller and Grey Districts, forms part of the West Coast Region. This map by G. Mueller from the Lands and Survey Department gives a detailed view of the Province of Westland as it was in 1874, including towns, roads, as well as some blocks and sections. Archives Reference: AAFV 997 27/ C41 www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=22822801 For updates on our On This Day series and news from Archives New Zealand, follow us on Twitter twitter.com/ArchivesNZ Material from Archives New Zealand |
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