{{Short description|Former county of New Zealand}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox Former Subdivision |conventional_long_name = Collingwood County |common_name = Collingwood County |subdivision = [[County (New Zealand)|County]] |nation = [[New Zealand]] |p1 = |s1 = |flag_s1 = |year_start = 1876 |event_end = |year_end = 1956 |date_end = |image_coat = |image_map = |capital = |stat_area1 = |stat_pop1 = |stat_year1 = |category= |today = [[Tasman District]] |footnotes = }} '''Collingwood County''' was one of the [[counties of New Zealand]] on the [[South Island]]. The county existed in its original form from 1876 to 1904, when [[Takaka County]] was split off. This split was reversed in 1956, when the amalgamation resulted in [[Golden Bay County]] being formed.

==History of the county== During the period 1853 to 1876, the area that would become Collingwood County was administered as part of [[Nelson Province]]. With the [[Provinces of New Zealand#Abolition of Provinces Act 1876|Abolition of Provinces Act 1876]], Collingwood County was created, taking over administration of its area on 1 January 1877. Two ridings were created: Takaka and Aorere. The county existed alongside the Takaka and Collingwood Road Boards, which had been founded during the provincial era.{{Sfn|Newport|1975|p=11}}

In 1903, the [[New Zealand Government]] voted to reduce the size of Collingwood County to just its western Aorere region, with the remaining eastern region of Golden Bay being constituted as [[Takaka County]], effective April 1904.<ref name=TakakaCreated>{{cite web |url= http://www.nzlii.org/nz/legis/hist_bill/ccb19031431279/ccb19031431279.html |title=Collingwood County Bill 1903 (143–1) (Local) |work=[[New Zealand Government]] |date=1903 |access-date=5 November 2018}}</ref> The two counties were re-amalgamated in 1956 to form [[Golden Bay County]].<ref name=GoldenBayCreated>{{cite web |last= |first= |title=Collingwood County Council |work=National Register of Archives and Manuscripts |publisher=[[Archives New Zealand]] |date=4 August 2006 |url=http://www.nram.govt.nz/record.php?id=12658&parent=nramindexbyvolume&volume=Y |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016215440/http://www.nram.govt.nz/record.php?id=12658&parent=nramindexbyvolume&volume=Y |archivedate=16 October 2008 |access-date=5 November 2018}}</ref>

Golden Bay County existed until the [[1989 New Zealand local government reforms|1989 local government reforms]], when it was amalgamated into the new [[Tasman District]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/interactive/28965/local-government-boundaries |title=Nelson region – Government |first=Carl |last=Walrond |work=Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand |publisher=[[Ministry for Culture and Heritage|New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage]] |date=3 August 2015 |access-date=5 November 2018}}</ref>

==Area== Neighbouring counties were [[Buller County, New Zealand|Buller County]] in the south, and [[Waimea County]] to the south-east. The boundary between Buller and Collingwood counties was initially at Kōhaihai Bluff,{{Sfn|Newport|1975|p=12}} some {{cvt|16|km}} north of [[Karamea]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kōhaihai Bluff |url= https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22616666 |publisher=[[National Library of New Zealand]] |access-date=15 April 2026}}</ref> This boundary moved north in 1922 towards Kahurangi Point.{{Sfn |Newport|1975|p=12}}

==Elected members== During the period from 1876 to 1904, there were 34 county councillors. Five of them were chosen as chairmen by their fellow councillors (in this order): Henry Lewis, Joseph Packard, William Calverly Riley, Frederick West, and Andrew Sinclair.{{Sfn|Newport|1975|p=235}} In the period after Takaka County had been split off (1904–1956), there were 64 county councillors, of which 13 were chosen as chairmen by their fellow councillors (in this order): G. H. Allan, William Grant, J. Walker, N. L. Buchanan, John Fish, H. B. Riley, John Bassett, A. H. Fletcher, L. D. Flowers, N. J. Doogan, P. G. Fish, W. J. Solly, and H. L. Riley.{{Sfn|Newport|1975|p=237}}

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==References== *{{Cite book |last=Newport |first=J. N. W. |id=[[WDQ (identifier)|Wikidata]]&nbsp;[[:d:Q139359114|Q139359114]] |language=en |publication-date=1975 |publisher=Golden Bay County Council |title=Golden Bay –⁠ One hundred years of local government}}

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