{{Short description|County in New Zealand}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox Former Subdivision | conventional_long_name = Mangonui County | common_name = Mangonui County | subdivision = County | nation = New Zealand | p1 = | s1 = | image = V1-FL73839825.jpg | flag_s1 = | year_start = 1876 | event_end = | year_end = 1989 | date_end = | image_coat = | image_map = | capital = | stat_area1 = | stat_pop1 = | stat_year1 = | category = | today = North Island | footnotes = | coordinates = {{coord|-35.12|173.27|region:NZ|display=title}} }} '''Mangonui County''', formerly '''Mongonui County''',<ref>{{cite encyclopaedia|url=https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc02Cycl-t1-body1-d2-d32.html|chapter=Mongonui|encyclopaedia=The Cyclopedia of New Zealand (Auckland Provincial District)|publisher=Cyclopedia Company Ltd|location=Christchurch|via=New Zealand Electronic Text Collection|date=1902}}</ref> was one of the counties of New Zealand on the North Island. thumb|Mangonui County Chambers in 1958 thumb|Yugoslav Cultural Club in 1992 ==Geography== Mangonui County stretched from the Maungataniwha Range to Cape Reinga and covered the most northern part of the North Island. Most of the area was deforested prior to European settlement. The climate of Mangonui is equable with higher averages than the rest of Northland and lower rainfall. These climatic conditions are likely the reason as to why the area has a large amount of archaeological sites relating to Māori agriculture.<ref name="maingay">{{cite report|title=Initial Report on Northland Archaeology|first1=Joan|last1=Maingay|publisher=New Zealand Historic Places Trust|date=1986}}</ref> == History == The County was formed in 1876, when the Auckland Provincial Council was abolished. Most of its work was concerned with roads, but it also built wharves and housing.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 Oct 1945 |title=County Council Senior Local Body NORTHERN ADVOCATE |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19451006.2.107.15 |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> Whangaroa County was formed in 1886 from the Whangaroa Riding.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Letter books, Mangonui County Council 1907-1915; 1907-1... on NZ Museums |url=https://nzmuseums.co.nz/collections/3293/objects/627739/letter-books-mangonui-county-council-1907-1915 |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=eHive |language=en}}</ref> The County office was then based at Mangōnui, until it moved to Kaitaia in 1918.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alan Macrae |date=2010 |title=Mangonui Courthouse Historic Reserve |url=https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/conservation/historic/by-region/northland/mangonui-courthouse-historic-reserve-heritage-assessment.pdf |website=DoC}}</ref> In 1923 the County accepted a £3,800 tender for new offices.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1923 |title=LOCAL AND GENERAL. NORTHERN ADVOCATE |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19230626 |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz |url-status= }} {{dead link |date=August 2022 |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> On Monday 17 March 1924 new chambers were opened on the Redan Road/Commerce St corner in Kaitaia.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 Mar 1924 |title=OPENING OF NEW COUNTY OFFICES. NORTHLAND AGE |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NORAG19240317.2.17 |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> The Kaitaia Town Board became a unit within the county in 1922 and was independent from 1925. However, it (by then Kaitaia Borough Council) and the County shared a town and county clerk from 1977 until abolition in 1989.<ref name=":0" /> The old council chambers are registered as a category 2 historic place with Heritage New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 Jan 2021 |title=Mangonui County Council Building (Former) |url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3892 |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=www.heritage.org.nz}}</ref> ==Economy== The two main industries in the county are agriculture and forestry. Smaller industries include mining and tourism. Forestry began in the 1960s and by 1984 covered {{cvt|25,800|ha}}, the growth largely due to the New Zealand Forest Service.<ref name="maingay"/> == See also == * List of former territorial authorities in New Zealand § Counties
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* [https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE528376 1905 map] * [https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23105662 1927 photo of Council Chambers] * [https://wdc.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/2062 Mangonui County 1877 - 1977]
Category:Counties of New Zealand Category:Politics of the Northland Region Category:1989 disestablishments in New Zealand Category:1876 establishments in New Zealand