Ohinemuri County

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

County
County of New Zealand
1885–1989
History
History 
• Established
1885
• Disestablished
1989
Ohinemuri CC Paeroa council chamber 1912

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 253 sq mi (660 km2) and had a population of 2,678, with 66 mi (106 km) of gravel roads, 55 mi (89 km) of mud roads and 50 mi (80 km) 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]

1886 Ohinemuri map

See also

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

Te Aroha News report of first meeting

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