# Golden Bay County

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Former county of New Zealand

Golden Bay County County of New Zealand 1956–1989 History • Established 1956 • Disestablished 1989 Today part of Tasman District

**Golden Bay County** was one of the [counties of New Zealand](/source/Counties_of_New_Zealand) on the [South Island](/source/South_Island).

During the period 1853 to 1876, the area that would become Golden Bay County was administered as part of [Nelson Province](/source/Nelson_Province). With the [Abolition of Provinces Act 1876](/source/Provinces_of_New_Zealand#Abolition_of_Provinces_Act_1876), the areas bordering [Golden Bay](/source/Golden_Bay_%2F_Mohua) (an arm of the [Tasman Sea](/source/Tasman_Sea)) were placed under the administration of newly formed [Collingwood County](/source/Collingwood_County), effective 1 January 1877.

In 1903, the [New Zealand Government](/source/New_Zealand_Government) voted to reduce the size of Collingwood County to just its western Aorere region, with the remaining eastern region being constituted as [Takaka County](/source/Takaka_County), effective April 1904.[1] The two counties were re-amalgamated in 1956 to form Golden Bay County.[2]

Ann Lewis in 2025

Golden Bay County existed until the [1989 local government reforms](/source/1989_New_Zealand_local_government_reforms), when the [Tasman District](/source/Tasman_District) was formed through the amalgamation of [Murchison County](/source/Murchison_County%2C_New_Zealand), [Waimea County](/source/Waimea_County) and [Richmond Borough](/source/Richmond_Borough%2C_New_Zealand) administrative areas in circa April 1989.[3][4] Golden Bay County joined Tasman District on 1 November 1989.[5]

Chairpersons included Rodney Nees[6] and [Philip Woollaston](/source/Philip_Woollaston).[7] The last chairperson of Golden Bay County Council was Ann Lewis, who was first elected to the council in the 1980 local elections, and was chair for the final term from 1986 to 1989.[8]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-TakakaCreated_1-0)** ["Collingwood County Bill 1903 (143–1) (Local)"](http://www.nzlii.org/nz/legis/hist_bill/ccb19031431279/ccb19031431279.html). *[New Zealand Government](/source/New_Zealand_Government)*. 1903. Retrieved 5 November 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-GoldenBayCreated_2-0)** ["Collingwood County Council"](https://web.archive.org/web/20081016215440/http://www.nram.govt.nz/record.php?id=12658&parent=nramindexbyvolume&volume=Y). *National Register of Archives and Manuscripts*. [Archives New Zealand](/source/Archives_New_Zealand). 4 August 2006. Archived from [the original](http://www.nram.govt.nz/record.php?id=12658&parent=nramindexbyvolume&volume=Y) on 16 October 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Walrond, Carl (3 August 2015). ["Nelson region – Government"](http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/interactive/28965/local-government-boundaries). *Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand*. [New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage](/source/Ministry_for_Culture_and_Heritage). Retrieved 5 November 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-:55_4-0)** ["Motueka Borough, Richmond Borough and Waimea County Union Order 1988"](https://www.nzlii.org/nz/other/nz_gazette/1988/214/28.pdf) (PDF). *The New Zealand Gazette* (28): 5384. 12 December 1988.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["1989 Golden Bay County Council Minute Book"](https://heritage.tasmanlibraries.govt.nz/nodes/view/7212). Tasman District Libraries. p. 200. Retrieved 24 May 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Burke gets only S.I. knighthood"](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19891230.2.24). *[The Press](/source/The_Press)*. 30 December 1989. p. 3. Retrieved 24 May 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Prebble given S.O.E.s"](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19900201.2.7). *[The Press](/source/The_Press)*. 1 February 1990. p. 1. Retrieved 24 May 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Ann Lewis QSM"](https://www.theprow.org.nz/people/women-decision-makers-tasman-1944-2018/ann-lewis-qsm/). The Prow. Retrieved 3 September 2025.

[40°40′38″S 172°40′58″E / 40.67722°S 172.68278°E / -40.67722; 172.68278](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Golden_Bay_County&params=40_40_38_S_172_40_58_E_)

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