Ohinemuri County Explained

Conventional Long Name:County
Common Name:Ohinemuri County
Subdivision:County
Nation:New Zealand
Year Start:1885
Year End:1989

Ohinemuri County was one of the counties of New Zealand of the North Island.

The Ohinemuri County Council first met on 17 November 1885.[1] It was formed from a portion of Thames County.[2] A 1919 petition[3] resulted in loss of the western part of the area[4] to a new Hauraki Plains County in 1920.[5]

The county was abolished through the 1989 local government reforms.[6]

The population was 1,516 in 1891,[7] 3,056 in 1945[8] and 5,579 in 1986.[9]

In 1923 Ohinemuri County covered 253mi2 and had a population of 2,678, with 66miles of gravel roads, 55miles of mud roads and 50miles of tracks.[10]

The 1911 Italianate county offices at 41 Belmont Road, Paeroa, were used by the county until 1986. They are now used by Hauraki Māori Trust Board and protected by an A Category listing in Hauraki District Plan.[11]

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External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ohinemuri County Diamond Jubilee 1885–1945. ohinemuri.org.nz. 26 December 2013.
  2. Web site: THE SEPARATION MOVEMENT. THAMES ADVERTISER. 27 May 1884. paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 2019-01-02.
  3. Web site: HAURAKI PLAINS COUNTY, OHINEMURI GAZETTE. 11 Aug 1919. paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 2019-01-03.
  4. Web site: Hauraki Plains, Thames, Ohinemuri, and Piako Counties Act 1919 (Local) (10 GEO V 1919 No 21). www.nzlii.org. 2019-01-03.
  5. Web site: HAURAKI PLAINS COUNTY, THAMES STAR. 3 April 1920. paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 2019-01-03.
  6. Web site: Cemetery Information. . 26 December 2013.
  7. Web site: THE NEW ZEALAND OFFICIAL YEAR - BOOK 1893.
  8. Web site: THE NEW ZEALAND OFFICIAL YEAR-BOOK, 1946.
  9. Web site: New Zealand Official Yearbook 1988 • 1989.
  10. Web site: 3 Aug 1923. KAWHIA SETTLER AND RAGLAN ADVERTISER Main Highways - Conference at Hamilton. 2021-10-16. paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  11. Web site: Historic Heritage Inventory - Ohinemuri County Council building.

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