Waitemata City

Waitemata City
City of New Zealand
1974–1989
History
• Established	1974
• Disestablished	1989
Today part of	Auckland Region

Waitemata City was a New Zealand city in the greater Auckland area. It was formed in 1974 from the western part of the old Waitemata County, with both the County and City taking their names from Waitemata Harbour. In 1989, when New Zealand local government bodies underwent a major re-organisation, Waitemata City joined with its southern neighbours, the boroughs of Henderson, Glen Eden, and New Lynn, to form Waitakere City.

History

Waitemata City formed on 1 August 1974 from the Titirangi, Te Atatū, Lincoln and Waitākere ridings. The city was composed of most of modern West Auckland, except for the boroughs of New Lynn, Glen Eden and Henderson. Henderson borough refused to amalgamate into the city, preferring to retain its unique identity, while the New Lynn and Glen Eden borough councils were interested, but were unable to meet the deadline to merge.

The Waitemata City Council offices opened in 1983, at the modern location of ACG Sunderland. This was the first time that the Waitemata City or Waitemata Borough local government offices had been located in its own territory; variously located in central Auckland or Henderson Borough in the past.

With the 1989 local government reforms, the Waitemata City merged with the New Lynn, Glen Eden and Henderson boroughs to form Waitakere City.

List of mayors

Mayors of Waitemata City were:

	Name	Term
1	Jack Colvin	1975–1977
2	Ian McHardy	1977–1980
3	Tony Covic	1980–1983
4	Tim Shadbolt	1983–1989

Bibliography

• Reidy, Jade (2009). "How the West Was Run". In Macdonald, Finlay; Kerr, Ruth (eds.). West: The History of Waitakere. Random House. pp. 237–256. ISBN 9781869790080.