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Hawke's Bay Province

Field	Value
name	Hawke's Bay
native_name	Heretaunga
native_name_lang	mi
settlement_type	Provinces of New Zealand
total_type	Region
image_map	Hawke's Bay in New Zealand (1873).svg
map_caption	Hawke's Bay Province within New Zealand
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	New Zealand
subdivision_type1	Island
subdivision_name1	North Island
seat	Napier
established_title	Established
established_date	1858
extinct_title	Abolished
extinct_date	1876
named_for	Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke
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The Hawke's Bay Province was a province of New Zealand. The province separated from the Wellington Province following a meeting in Napier in February 1858, and existed until the abolition of provincial government in 1876. At the time of its establishment in 1858, the European population of the provincial district was only 1,185.

History

One of the earliest European settlers in the area was William Colenso, and had his mission station at Port Ahuriri, the port of Napier. At a meeting in Napier in February 1858, the decision was made to split Hawke's Bay from the Wellington Province, which took effect in November of that year.

The province had its own elected Superintendent and provincial council. The provincial council sat at Napier.

In 1863, the province was described in The Illustrated London News as "one of the principal grazing districts in the colony; it possesses abundance of fine agricultural land, and has a climate proverbially mild and healthy." The article goes on to estimate the population at 3,600 Maori and 2,600 settlers.

The system of provincial government was abolished in 1876.

Area

The Crown initially bought two blocks of land: 279000 acre at Waipukurau, and 265000 acre at Ahuriri. By 1856, 30 sheep stations existed in Hawke's Bay, located mainly on those two blocks of land. Donald McLean organised further land purchases.

The capital of the province was Napier.

Anniversary day

New Zealand law provides an anniversary day for each province. Hawke's Bay Province was founded on 1 November 1858.

Superintendents

The Hawke's Bay Province had four Superintendents:

No.	from	to	Superintendent
1	23 April 1859	Mar 1861	Thomas Henry Fitzgerald
2	8 April 1861	5 December 1862	title=The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Taranaki, Hawke's Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts]	year=1908	publisher=Cyclopedia Company Limited	chapter-url=https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc06Cycl-t1-body1-d2-d2-d3.html#name-405192-mention	access-date=21 May 2010	location=Christchurch	chapter=Captain John Chilton Lambton Carter}}
3	26 February 1863	23 September 1869	Donald McLean
4	24 September 1869	1 January 1877	John Davies Ormond

Legislation

There is no surviving legislation from the Hawke's Bay Provincial Council.

References

(31 October 1863). "MEETING OF SETTLERS AND MAORIS AT HAWKE'S BAY, NEW ZEALAND.". [[The Illustrated London News]].
"Regions of New Zealand". Statoids.
"Provinces 1848–77". Rulers.org.
(1908). "The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Taranaki, Hawke's Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts]". Cyclopedia Company Limited.

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