List of counties of New Zealand

This is a list of counties of New Zealand.

Note: Counties are listed by their modern region today. Some appear to be in more than one region. Not all counties existed during the whole 1876-1989 period. Notably, there were many new counties formed in the Christchurch area in the Canterbury Region. Should be checked for spelling, some names have been taken from a difficult to read old map.

County	Island	Region	Notes
Akaroa County	South Island	Canterbury
Akitio County	North Island	Manawatu-Wanganui
Amuri County	South Island	Canterbury
Ashburton	South Island	Canterbury
Ashley County	South Island	Canterbury
Awakino	North Island	Waikato
Bay of Islands	North Island	Northland
Bruce	South Island	Otago
Buller	South Island	West Coast
Castle Point	North Island	Wellington
Chatham Islands	South Island	Canterbury
Cheviot	South Island	Canterbury
Clifton	North Island	Taranaki
Clutha	South Island	Otago
Collingwood	South Island	West Coast
Cook	North Island	Gisborne
Coromandel	North Island	Waikato
Dannevirke	North Island	Manawatu-Wanganui
East Taupo	North Island	Waikato
Egmont	North Island	Taranaki
Eketahuna	North Island	Manawatu-Wanganui
Ellesmere	South Island	Canterbury
Eltham	North Island	Taranaki
Eyre	South Island	Canterbury
Fiord	South Island	Southland
Geraldine	South Island	Canterbury
Great Barrier Island	Great Barrier Island	Auckland
Grey	South Island	West Coast
Halswell	South Island	Canterbury
Hauraki Plains	North Island	Waikato
Hawera	North Island	Taranaki
Hawke's Bay	North Island	Hawke's Bay
Heathcote	South Island	Canterbury
Herbert	South Island	Canterbury
Hobson	North Island	Northland
Hokianga	North Island	Northland
Horowhenua	North Island	Manawatu-Wanganui
Hutt	North Island	Wellington	Parts were transferred to Porirua borough on 1 April 1973, the Horokiri riding was transferred to Porirua in 1988
Inangahua	South Island	Tasman	(or Iangahua)
Kaikoura	South Island	Canterbury
Kairanga	North Island	Manawatu-Wanganui
Kawhia	North Island	Waikato
Kiwitea	North Island	Manawatu-Wanganui
Kowai	South Island	Canterbury
Lake County, New Zealand	South Island	Otago
Levels	South Island	Canterbury
Mackenzie	South Island	Canterbury
Makara	North Island	Wellington	abolished in 1961, rural western part becoming the Makara Ward of Hutt County
Malvern	South Island	Canterbury
Mangonui	North Island	Northland
Maniototo	South Island	Otago
Manukau County	North Island	Auckland
Marlborough	South Island	Marlborough
Masterton	North Island	Wellington
Mauriceville	North Island	Wellington
Mount Herbert	South Island	Canterbury
Ohinemuri	North Island	Waikato
Opotiki	North Island	Bay of Plenty
Oroua	North Island	Manawatu-Wanganui
Otamatea	North Island	Northland
Oxford	South Island	Canterbury
Paparua	South Island	Canterbury
Patangata	North Island	Hawke's Bay
Patea	North Island	Taranaki
Peninsula	South Island	Otago
Piako	North Island	Waikato
Pohangina	North Island	Manawatu-Wanganui
Raglan	North Island	Waikato
Rangiora	South Island	Canterbury
Rangitikei	North Island	Manawatu-Wanganui
Rodney	North Island	Auckland
Rotorua	North Island	Bay of Plenty
Selwyn	South Island	Canterbury
Silverpeaks	South Island	Otago	New county from 1977
Sounds	South Island	Marlborough
Southland	South Island	Southland
Stewart Island	South Island	Southland
Stratford	North Island	Taranaki	The Stratford County Council was formed in 1890, and the Stratford Borough Council was formed on 22 July 1898.
Taieri	South Island	Otago	Deep Stream Riding included the Strath-Taieri. In October 1977 the Taieri County was merged with its northern neighbour Waikouaiti County.
Takaka	South Island	Tasman
Taranaki	North Island	Taranaki
Tauranga	North Island	Bay of Plenty
Tawera	South Island	Canterbury
Thames	North Island	Waikato
Tuapeka	South Island	Otago
Vincent	South Island	Otago
Waiapu	North Island	Gisborne
Waihemo	South Island	Otago	contained Palmerston
Waikato	North Island	Waikato
Waikouaiti	South Island	Otago
Waimairi	South Island	Canterbury
Waimarino	North Island	Manawatu-Wanganui
Waimate	South Island	Canterbury
Waimea	South Island	Tasman
Waipa	North Island	Waikato
Waimairi	South Island	Canterbury
Waipawa	North Island	Hawke's Bay
Waipukurau	North Island	Hawke's Bay
Wairarapa	North Island	Wellington
Wairewa	South Island	Canterbury
Wairoa	North Island	Hawke's Bay
Waitaki	South Island	Otago
Waitemata	North Island	Auckland
Waitomo	North Island	Waikato
Waitotara	North Island	Manawatu-Wanganui
Wallace	South Island	Southland
Wanganui	North Island	Manawatu-Wanganui
Weber	North Island	Manawatu-Wanganui
Wellington	North Island	Wellington
West Taupo	North Island	Waikato
Westland	South Island	West Coast
Whakatane	North Island	Bay of Plenty
Whangamomona	North Island	Manawatu-Wanganui
Whangarei County	North Island	Northland
Whangaroa	North Island	Northland
Woodville	North Island	Manawatu-Wanganui