{{Short description|Former county of New Zealand}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=December 2025}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox Former Subdivision | conventional_long_name = Waipa County | common_name = Waipa County | subdivision = County | nation = New Zealand | p1 = | s1 = | flag_s1 = | year_start = 1877 | event_end = | year_end = 1989 | date_end = | image_coat = | image = File: Waipa County map.jpg | image_caption = 1935 map | capital = Te Awamutu | stat_area1 = | stat_pop1 = | stat_year1 = | category = | today = Waipā District Council | footnotes = }} '''Waipa County''' was one of the counties of New Zealand on the North Island. Its boundaries were the Waikato, Waipā and Puniu Rivers and the Aukati Line.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=L H Barber |title=The History of Waipa County |date=1978 |publisher=Richards Publishing in association with Waipa County Council, 19 Bank Street, Te Awamutu}}</ref>
Waipa County was formed on 9 January 1877, initially with 5 ridings; Newcastle riding elected 1 councillor, Hamilton 2, Mangapiko 2, Rangiaohia 1 and Pukekura 1.<ref name=":0" /> By 1944 there was 1 Councillor for each of Hamilton, Tuhikaramea, Pukekura, Orakau, Kakepuku Rukuhia, Kaipaki and Rangiaohia ridings and 2 for each of Newcastle and Mangapiko.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 May 1944 |title=Te Awamutu Courier |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TAWC19440517.2.4.2 |access-date=2025-12-15 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz}}</ref>
In the 1989 reorganisation, most of Waipa County, Te Awamutu Borough Council and Cambridge Borough Council were amalgamated into Waipā District.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 Oct 2019 |title=30 years on, Waipā better than ever |url=https://www.waipadc.govt.nz/our-council/news/?item=id:27rpq6ip217q9svpv8pl |access-date=2025-12-15 |website=www.waipadc.govt.nz}}</ref>
== See also == * List of former territorial authorities in New Zealand § Counties
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* [https://collection.tamuseum.org.nz/objects/22239/waipa-county-council-offices 1984 photo of county office]<br /> {{coord|-38.0105|175.3234|region:NZ|format=dms|display=title}}
Category:Counties of New Zealand Category:Waipā District Category:1877 establishments in New Zealand Category:1989 disestablishments in New Zealand
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