Taranaki Province

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Map showing the boundaries of the Taranaki Province

(For the current top-level subdivision of Taranaki in New Zealand, see Taranaki)

The Taranaki Province was a province of New Zealand from 1853 until the abolition of provincial government in 1876. Initially known as New Plymouth Province, the province was renamed on the 1st of January 1859 as the Taranaki Province.

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[edit] Area

Capital New Plymouth.

[edit] Anniversary Day

New Zealand law still provides an anniversary day for each province.

[edit] Superintendents

Superintendent Term
Charles Brown 1853-1857
George Cutfield 1857-1861
Charles Brown 1861-1865
Henry Robert Richmond 1865-1869
Frederic Alonso Carrington 1869-1876

[edit] Legislation

No surviving legislation.

[edit] Source