39-540: Waitemata City was a New Zealand city in the greater Auckland area. It was formed in 1974 from the western part of the old Waitemata County, with both the County and City taking their names from Waitemata Harbour . In 1989, when New Zealand local government bodies underwent a major re-organisation, Waitemata City joined with its southern neighbours, the boroughs of Henderson , Glen Eden , and New Lynn , to form Waitakere City . Waitemata City formed on 1 August 1974 from
78-404: A city. The word city is used in a general sense to identify the urban areas of New Zealand , independent of local body boundaries. This informal usage is jealously guarded. The district government of the town of Gisborne , for example, adamantly described itself as the first "city" in the world to see the new millennium. Gisborne is governed by a "district council", though its status as a city
117-539: A few scheduled commercial flights and is a popular recreational airfield, hosting the Kapiti Aero Club. Air Chathams will have daily flights between the airport and Auckland from 20 August 2018, and Sounds Air operate to Blenheim and Nelson . Now defunct, locally based Air2there used operate to Blenheim and Nelson also. Prior to the mid 2010s Air New Zealand used to have scheduled services to Kapiti Coast Airport with their ATR-42s and Q-400/ DHC-8s. This
156-593: A minor claim to being New Zealand's oldest city. Legal disputes over the powers that the Otago Provincial Council delegated to the newly formed Dunedin City Council in 1865, resulted in the central government stepping in and confirming its powers. Consequently, Dunedin City Council was the first council recognised in central government law. Furthermore, the central government passed legislation in 1868 to better regulate municipal councils across
195-738: A month later by the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852 , however, the electorates of both "City of Auckland" and "City of Wellington" were carried forward to the first nationwide election of 1853 . The first municipal council to bear the title of "city council" was the Auckland City Council formed in 1854 by act of the Auckland Provincial Council . Following the election of an anti-taxation superintendent in March 1855, William Brown ,
234-407: A roll of 520 as of August 2024. Kapiti School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students, with a roll of 104 as of August 2024. Kenakena School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 students, with a roll of 582 as of August 2024. Our Lady of Kapiti School is a co-educational state-integrated Catholic primary school for Year 1 to 8 students, with
273-742: Is a Māori-language name meaning "scraps from an earth oven"; parapara means "dirt" or "scraps", and umu means "oven". The village of Lindale is just north of the Paraparaumu town centre. It began as a Tourist and Agricultural Centre, but later gained a reputation for cheese and the Lindale Barnyard petting farm. The old State Highway 1 and the Kapiti Line section of the North Island Main Trunk railway both pass through Lindale. The railway line
312-532: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . List of cities in New Zealand The word city took on two meanings in New Zealand after the local government reforms of 1989 . Before the reforms, a borough that had a population of 20,000 or more could be proclaimed a city. The boundaries of councils tended to follow the edge of the built-up area, so there was little difference between
351-455: Is a town in the south-western North Island of New Zealand . It lies on the Kāpiti Coast , 55 kilometres (34 mi) north of the nation's capital city, Wellington . It is also known to residents as Pram or Paraparam . Like other towns in the area, it has a partner settlement at the coast called Paraparaumu Beach , which is directly opposite Kapiti Island . The two towns form part of
390-635: Is based at Weka Park in Raumati. The local athletics club is Paraparaumu Track and Field Club, which has both junior and senior members in conjunction with Athletics Wellington and Athletics New Zealand age grades. The club is based at the Paraparaumu Domain. Paraparaumu Beach also has a golf course . It has hosted the New Zealand Open a total of 12 times, a record unsurpassed by any other course. Kapiti Coast Airport has
429-401: Is drier than many other coastal areas in the country. Paraparaumu is defined by Statistics New Zealand as a medium urban area and covers 28.38 km (10.96 sq mi), which includes Otaihanga , Paraparaumu Beach , Raumati Beach and Raumati South . It had an estimated population of 30,300 as of June 2024, with a population density of 1,068 people per km . Before the 2023 census,
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#1732801495206468-597: Is encompassed by. Existing cities are grandfathered under Schedule 2, Part 2 of the Act. The only new city council so far under this section is the Tauranga City Council , from 1 March 2004. Previously, under Section 37L of the Local Government Act 1974, new cities could only be formed from a "reorganisation scheme". The same criteria were used. The last city to be constituted under this section
507-551: Is not generally disputed in New Zealand. Similarly, there is no "city council" in Auckland , though its status as a city is not generally disputed due to its considerable size. Listed below are the large urban areas referred to colloquially as "cities". Statistics New Zealand creates standards for statistical geographic areas that are the basis for determining population figures. Statistics New Zealand announced in 2017 that
546-528: Is thus some argument over which settlement was the first city in New Zealand. Traditionally in the United Kingdom (the former colonial power of New Zealand), city status is a special status granted by the monarch , usually by the issuing of letters patent . Between the 16th century and 1888 , city status was associated with the presence of a diocesan cathedral . In 1841 the Diocese of New Zealand
585-566: The Capital Connection between Palmerston North and Wellington, and the Northern Explorer between Auckland and Wellington. There are also feeder and local commuter bus service operated by Metlink . Paraparaumu School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 Students with a roll of 339 as of August 2024. Paraparaumu Beach School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 8 Students with
624-594: The Kāpiti Coast District . Together with the nearby Raumati Beach and Raumati South they are among the fastest-growing urban areas in New Zealand, and are major dormitory towns with workers commuting to the cities that make up the Wellington urban area. The four towns between them have a 2012 population of over 49,000 people. Inland behind Paraparaumu is the Maungakotukutuku area. Paraparaumu
663-498: The Local Government Act 1974 , for example Timaru . Other urban areas that are no longer cities, such as Rotorua and Whangārei , have higher populations than some present cities. The most recently proclaimed city is Tauranga , which became a city, for the second time, from 1 March 2004. Christchurch (1862 and 1868) and Invercargill (1930 and 1991) have also been declared cities more than once. Under Section 27 of
702-565: The Titirangi , Te Atatū , Lincoln and Waitākere ridings. The city was composed of most of modern West Auckland, except for the boroughs of New Lynn , Glen Eden and Henderson . Henderson borough refused to amalgamate into the city, preferring to retain its unique identity, while the New Lynn and Glen Eden borough councils were interested, but were unable to meet the deadline to merge. The Waitemata City Council offices opened in 1983, at
741-584: The Auckland City Council was dissolved and formally disestablished 1856. A new Auckland City Council would be established in 1871, which was later was merged into Auckland Council in 2010. The Christchurch City Council was formed by an act of the Canterbury Provincial Council which received Royal assent on 31 January 1863. The council has been active since and is therefore the longest continuously operating city council in New Zealand. A legal oddity also provides Dunedin with
780-461: The Kāpiti Coast, they found no useful resources. Paraparaumu is sometimes known by the names "Pram", "Paraparam" or "Pram-Pram". In August 1936 a train derailed in Paraparaumu as it approached a land slide in rainy weather. Paraparaumu has an oceanic climate typical of New Zealand, with moderately warm summers and mild winters. It has a quite high rainfall frequency year round, although it
819-493: The Local Government Act 2002, a district may become a city by either a "reorganisation scheme" with the Local Government Commission, or under Section 27(1) it may apply for a change in status under Schedule 3, Clause 7. The new city must have "a population of not less than 50,000 persons", be "predominantly urban" and "a distinct entity and a major centre of activity within the region " (or regions) that it
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#1732801495206858-583: The Statistical Standard for Geographic Areas 2018 (SSGA18) would replace the New Zealand Standard Areas Classification 1992 (NZSAC92). The change impacted Wellington most, by splitting it into four urban areas, being the Wellington city and Lower Hutt city "major urban areas" and Porirua and Upper Hutt "large urban areas". As defined by SSGA18, Wellington approximately halved in size, and Lower Hutt entered
897-416: The act, and therefore the brief name change, did not apply to Dunedin, Dunedin City Council can claim to have the longest continuous use of the title "city council". The schedule of cities in New Zealand was brought under central government control in 1867, but continued to be sporadically applied. From 1886 the definition of a city was changed to any borough with a population of 20,000 or more. This value
936-406: The city rankings in sixth place between Tauranga and Dunedin. The table below contains all "major urban areas" (100,000 or more residents) and all "large urban areas" (30,000 to 99,999 residents). The urban area that will next move from the "medium urban area" category to the "large urban area" category is Paraparaumu (30,300). Functional urban areas (FUAs) are geographic areas which represent
975-622: The commuter service was extended from Paraparaumu to Waikanae . The majority of shops are located close to the town centre in the Coastlands Mall, close to the train station. "Parapara" refers in Māori to food waste, and "umu" is ovens that they are cooked in. The name Paraparaumu comes from an 1819–1820 expedition of Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Toa , who on the west coast of the North Island from Kāwhia to Cook Strait . As they arrived in
1014-463: The country. Dunedin was already under the provisions and was therefore unaffected. The new act brought all other "city councils" in New Zealand under the central government regulations as "borough councils". The name change, however, was only due to an oversight in the language of the act and an amendment was made in November 1868 allowing some councils to revert to using the title of "city council". As
1053-412: The functional extent of major, large and medium urban areas, based on commuting patterns. Functional urban areas correspond to New Zealand's metropolitan areas . FUA populations are as at the 2018 Census. The populations given are the latest (June 2018) Statistics New Zealand estimated resident populations. Many cities were reorganised into districts by the Local Government Commission in 1989 under
1092-541: The modern location of ACG Sunderland . This was the first time that the Waitemata City or Waitemata Borough local government offices had been located in its own territory; variously located in central Auckland or Henderson Borough in the past. With the 1989 local government reforms, the Waitemata City merged with the New Lynn, Glen Eden and Henderson boroughs to form Waitakere City . Mayors of Waitemata City were: This Auckland Region -related geography article
1131-769: The town had a larger boundary, covering 28.61 km (11.05 sq mi). Using that boundary, Paraparaumu had a population of 28,701 at the 2018 New Zealand census , an increase of 1,866 people (7.0%) since the 2013 census , and an increase of 3,441 people (13.6%) since the 2006 census . There were 11,379 households, comprising 13,560 males and 15,138 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.9 males per female, with 5,199 people (18.1%) aged under 15 years, 4,302 (15.0%) aged 15 to 29, 12,489 (43.5%) aged 30 to 64, and 6,708 (23.4%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 89.1% European/ Pākehā , 12.5% Māori , 3.1% Pasifika , 5.1% Asian , and 2.3% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity. The percentage of people born overseas
1170-454: The urban area and the local government area. In 1989, the structure of local government in New Zealand was significantly reorganised. Almost all the new district councils and city councils were much larger in land area, and they covered both urban land and the surrounding rural land. Many locations that once had a "city council" are now governed by a "district council". Since 2002, an urban area must have at least 50,000 residents to be proclaimed
1209-567: Was 23.5, compared with 27.1% nationally. Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 54.0% had no religion, 34.7% were Christian , 0.4% had Māori religious beliefs , 0.7% were Hindu , 0.1% were Muslim , 0.6% were Buddhist and 2.2% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 5,013 (21.3%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 3,876 (16.5%) people had no formal qualifications. 4,329 people (18.4%) earned over $ 70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15
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1248-555: Was Invercargill, which was re-reorganised into a city in 1991. In 1991, the Lower Hutt City Council became the Hutt City Council by a special Act of Parliament which did not change the name of the city of Lower Hutt ; the city's coat of arms still refers to the "City of Lower Hutt". Prior to 1876, there was no official definition of a city or uniform system of local authorities in New Zealand. There
1287-557: Was Nelson in 1858. Under the Provincial Councils Act 1851, the Governor had the right to establish electorates for provincial legislative councils. On 21 May 1852, Governor George Grey proclaimed electorates for New Ulster . Although the proclamation explicitly defined Auckland as a "town" for the purpose of property franchise , it later defined the electorate " City of Auckland ". This ambiguous proclamation
1326-474: Was established, based in Auckland, however no letters patent were ever issued. The Diocese of New Zealand was split in 1856 with the southern part becoming the Diocese of Christchurch . Christchurch was subsequently issued letters patent by Queen Victoria and became the "City of Christchurch". Despite the formation of other dioceses in New Zealand, the only other city to be subsequently issued letters patent
1365-549: Was formerly owned by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company , and construction of the line was completed when the ends from Wellington and Longburn ( Palmerston North ) met near Lindale in Otaihanga in 1886. There were proposals to extend the commuter train service operated by Transdev Wellington to a new station at Lindale, subject to Wellington Regional Council funding, but these were dropped when electrification for
1404-422: Was increased to 50,000 in 1989. Up to October 1989, the Local Government Commission undertook reorganisations of local government. As a result, some cities were reorganised into other larger cities or changed to districts, and some of these areas are still considered cities by many New Zealanders. This is a list as at c. 1986 . Paraparaumu Paraparaumu ( Māori: [ˈpaɾapaˈɾaʉmʉ] )
1443-519: Was that 10,368 (44.1%) people were employed full-time, 3,333 (14.2%) were part-time, and 918 (3.9%) were unemployed. Coastlands Shopping Town or Mall opened in Paraparaumu in 1969. It has 1400 carparks and 94 shops, including Pak'nSave , The Warehouse , Farmers and Countdown . Paraparaumu was formerly represented in soccer/football by Paraparaumu United. They merged with the Raumati Hearts in 2003 to create Kapiti Coast United , which
1482-444: Was the first official use of the term "city" in New Zealand legislation. The electorates of New Munster were also declared a short time later on 1 June. Likewise, Wellington was described as a town for property franchise, but more ambiguously established an electorate referred in different parts of the proclamation as either " City of Wellington " or "Town of Wellington". The provinces of New Ulster and New Munster were disestablished only
1521-672: Was then cancelled in the mid 2010s. Paraparaumu is located on the North Island Main Trunk Railway (NIMT), on the Kapiti Line of Wellington's commuter railway network operated by Transdev under the Metlink brand. Electrified commuter services were extended to Waikanae on 20 February 2011. Korean built by Hyundai Rotem, FP/FT class electric multiple units operate the commuter trains. Beyond Waikanae, KiwiRail 's Great Journeys New Zealand division operates two diesel-hauled long distance passenger services:
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