New Zealand

Heraldry of the World The main resource for civic heraldry since 1996 with over 78.000 images

NEW ZEALAND

The National Arms of New Zealand	The National Flag	Location

Administrative division

New Zealand is divided into 16 Regional Councils. These are further divided into Territorial Authorities. There are 67 territorial authorities: 13 city councils, 53 district councils, and the Chatham Islands Council. Six territorial authorities (Auckland Council, Nelson City Council, Gisborne, Tasman, and Marlborough District Councils and the Chatham Islands Council) also perform the functions of a regional council and thus are known as Unitary Authorities. Territorial authority districts are not subdivisions of regions, and some of them fall within more than one region.

The current regions and most of their councils came about in 1989, as a result of an amalgamation procedure in which the provious regions, district and counties were restructured.

Civic Heraldry

Not many of the different (present and obsolete) councils ever used proper heraldic arms. Those that used arms are listed here:

Ashburton Auckland Birkenhead Blenheim Central Hawkes Bay Christchurch Dunedin Gisborne Grey District Hamilton Hastings Hauraki Hutt City Invercargill Kawerau Lower Hutt Manawatu Manukau Marlborough District and Region Masterton

Napier Nelson New Plymouth Ngaruawahia Palmerston North Papakura Porirua Raglan Richmond Rotorua Selwyn District Southland District Takapuna Tauranga Thames Timaru Upper Hutt Waikato District Waitakere Wanganui Wellington Whangarei

Educational Heraldry

• University of Auckland

Heraldic Collector's Items

• Stamps:
  • New Zealand
  • Tokelau