# New Leinster

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New Leinster Subdivision of the Colony of New Zealand 1840–1846 The location of Stewart Island within New Zealand Area • 1840 174,774 km2 (67,481 sq mi) History • Established 1840 • Disestablished 1846 Contained within • Crown colony Colony of New South Wales (1840–1841) Colony of New Zealand (1841–1846) Succeeded by New Munster Province

**New Leinster** was a name given to [Stewart Island](/source/Stewart_Island) in the [royal charter](/source/Royal_charter) of November 1840, which stated the division of [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) into three parts. The division only held a geographic significance. In the [New Zealand Constitution Act 1846](/source/New_Zealand_Constitution_Act_1846), the area known as New Leinster was incorporated into the previously established [New Munster Province](/source/New_Munster_Province). It was named after [Leinster](/source/Leinster), one of the [provinces of Ireland](/source/Provinces_of_Ireland).

## History

Following the [Treaty of Waitangi](/source/Treaty_of_Waitangi), signed on 6 February 1840, [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) became a colony of the [British Empire](/source/British_Empire), initially administrated as part of the [Colony of New South Wales](/source/Colony_of_New_South_Wales). In the [royal charter](/source/Royal_charter) of November 1840, New Zealand was divided into three divisions: [New Ulster](/source/New_Ulster_Province), [New Munster](/source/New_Munster_Province), and New Leinster. These divisions held geographic but not [administrative](/source/Administration_(government)) significance.[1][2] The names of the regions were created by governor [William Hobson](/source/William_Hobson), who named them after the corresponding [provinces of Ireland](/source/Provinces_of_Ireland), with New Leinster being named after the province of [Leinster](/source/Leinster).[3] The [Colony of New Zealand](/source/Colony_of_New_Zealand) became a [crown colony](/source/Crown_colony) of the British Empire on 3 May 1841.[1]

The [New Zealand Constitution Act 1846](/source/New_Zealand_Constitution_Act_1846) divided New Zealand into two [provinces](/source/Provinces_of_New_Zealand), [New Ulster](/source/New_Ulster_Province), and [New Munster](/source/New_Munster_Province), and the area known as New Leinster was then incorporated into the province of New Munster.[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-hocken_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-hocken_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-hocken_1-2) ["Reference Guide Government Publications at the Hocken Collections"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110724123114/http://www.library.otago.ac.nz/pdf/Govt%20Publications%20Guide.pdf) (PDF). Hocken Library. Archived from [the original](http://www.library.otago.ac.nz/pdf/Govt%20Publications%20Guide.pdf) (PDF) on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand – New Leinster, New Munster, and New Ulster"](https://teara.govt.nz/en/1966/provinces). 1966. Retrieved 25 September 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-McKinnon_2009_3-0)** Malcolm McKinnon (November 2009). ["Place names – Naming the country and the main islands"](http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/place-names/1). Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 5 February 2011.

v t e Provinces of New Zealand 1841–1846 New Ulster New Munster New Leinster 1846–1853 New Ulster New Munster 1853–1876 Auckland Canterbury Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Otago Southland Taranaki Wellington Westland County Westland

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