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I've categorised this as Category:Provinces of New Zealand rather than Category:Counties of New Zealand. This may seem a bit strange, and there is certainly a degree of judgement in it. The name would suggest that this is indeed one of the counties. When you read the article, though, you'll see that it was set up as an alternative to creating yet another province. This didn't work in practice, so Parliament changed its mind and made this into a proper province after a few years. In its setup, Westland County was reasonably close to a province, with all the bells and whistles of a mini-Parliament minus the Superintendent; that role was held by a chairman. All other counties were created in 1876 following the abolition of the provincial government system, and they were a true form of local government.
To make things more complicated, one of the counties that was created after the provincial system was abolished was a Westland County, but that was a completely different beast to what they had between 1868 and 1873, and the article is not about that council. If anybody is keen to write about the period post-1876, I suggest that a separate article be written.
Any thoughts? Schwede 66 04:47, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
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I've categorised this as Category:Provinces of New Zealand rather than Category:Counties of New Zealand. This may seem a bit strange, and there is certainly a degree of judgement in it. The name would suggest that this is indeed one of the counties. When you read the article, though, you'll see that it was set up as an alternative to creating yet another province. This didn't work in practice, so Parliament changed its mind and made this into a proper province after a few years. In its setup, Westland County was reasonably close to a province, with all the bells and whistles of a mini-Parliament minus the Superintendent; that role was held by a chairman. All other counties were created in 1876 following the abolition of the provincial government system, and they were a true form of local government.
To make things more complicated, one of the counties that was created after the provincial system was abolished was a Westland County, but that was a completely different beast to what they had between 1868 and 1873, and the article is not about that council. If anybody is keen to write about the period post-1876, I suggest that a separate article be written.
Any thoughts? Schwede 66 04:47, 10 March 2014 (UTC)