Takaka County

{{Short description|Former New Zealand county in the South Island}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}} {{Infobox Former Subdivision |conventional_long_name = Takaka County |common_name = Takaka County |subdivision = [[County (New Zealand)|County]] |nation = New Zealand |p1 = |s1 = |flag_s1 = |year_start = 1904 |event_end = |year_end = 1956 |date_end = |image_coat = |image_map = Takaka County, 1955.jpg |capital = [[Tākaka]] |stat_area1 = |stat_pop1 = |stat_year1 = |category= |today = [[Tasman District]] |footnotes = }} [[File:Takaka_Tasman_Service_Centre_002.JPG|thumb|Tasman Region service centre at Takaka, New Zealand]] '''Takaka County''' was one of the [[counties of New Zealand]] in the [[South Island]].

During the period 1853 to 1876, the area that would become Takaka County was administered as part of [[Nelson Province]]. With the [[Provinces of New Zealand#Abolition of Provinces Act 1876|Abolition of Provinces Act 1876]], the areas bordering [[Golden Bay / Mohua|Golden Bay]] (an arm of the [[Tasman Sea]]) were placed under the administration of the newly formed [[Collingwood County]], effective 1 January 1877.

In 1903, the [[Government of New Zealand]] voted to reduce the size of Collingwood County to just its western Aorere region, with the remaining eastern region 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=[[Government of New Zealand]] |date=1903 |access-date=5 November 2018}}</ref> The county council's administrative headquarters was located in [[Tākaka]].

Takaka County existed until 1956, when it re-amalgamated with Collingwood County 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 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>

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[[Category:Counties of New Zealand]] [[Category:Politics of the Tasman District]] [[Category:Tākaka]]