Mangonui County

Mangonui County, formerly Mongonui County,[1] was one of the counties of New Zealand on the North Island. In 1989, it became part of the Far North District Council when amalgamated with the Whangaroa, Hokianga and Bay Of Islands counties, and the Kaitaia and Kaikohe boroughs.

Mangonui County Chambers in 1958
Yugoslav Cultural Club in 1992

Mangonui County
County of New Zealand
1876–1989
Area
 • Coordinates35.12°S 173.27°E / -35.12; 173.27
History
History 
• Established
1876
• Disestablished
1989
Today part ofNorth Island

History

The County was formed in 1876, when the Auckland Provincial Council was abolished. Most of its work was concerned with roads, but it also built wharves and housing.[2] Whangaroa County was formed in 1886 from Mangonui's former Whangaroa Riding.[3] The County office was then based at Mangōnui, until it moved to Kaitaia in 1918.[4] In 1923, the County accepted a £3,800 tender for new offices.[5] On Monday 17 March 1924, new chambers were opened on the Redan Road/Commerce St corner in Kaitaia.[6] The Kaitaia Town Board became a unit within the Council in 1922 and was independent from 1925. However, it (by then Kaitaia Borough Council) and the County shared a town and county clerk from 1977 until abolition in 1989.[3] The Dalmatian Cultural Club now occupies the old Council office,[7][8] which was given Historic Place Category 2 protection, as List Number 3892, on 6 September 1984.[9]

See also

References
  1. Mongonui. 1902. Retrieved 14 May 2022 – via New Zealand Electronic Text Collection. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. "County Council Senior Local Body NORTHERN ADVOCATE". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 6 October 1945. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  3. "Letter books, Mangonui County Council 1907-1915; 1907-1... on NZ Museums". eHive. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  4. Alan Macrae (2010). "Mangonui Courthouse Historic Reserve" (PDF). DoC.
  5. "LOCAL AND GENERAL. NORTHERN ADVOCATE". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 1923. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  6. "OPENING OF NEW COUNTY OFFICES. NORTHLAND AGE". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 17 March 1924. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  7. "Far North District Plan Appendix 1 - Natural and physical features" (PDF).
  8. "1 Commerce St". Google Maps. February 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  9. "Mangonui County Council Building (Former)". www.heritage.org.nz. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2022.


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