User:Crouch, Swale/New Zealand districts

Districts of New Zealand that don't have a separate article here, in some cases an article on the council exists.

Missing

• Carterton District
• Christchurch City (district), Christchurch City Council exists
• Dunedin City, Dunedin City Council exists
• Hamilton City, New Zealand, Hamilton City Council (New Zealand) exists
• Lower Hutt City, missing on Commons
• Invercargill City
• Kawerau District, Kawerau District Council exists
• Masterton District
• Napier City, Napier City Council exists
• Nelson City, New Zealand, Nelson City Council exists, area the same as the region
• Palmerston North City
• Porirua City
• Tauranga City (district), Tauranga City Council exists
• Upper Hutt City
• Wellington City, Wellington City Council exists

Table

Possible criteria:

1. Urban area closely matches boundaries (or is larger), little or no rural hinterland
2. Lack of other distinct settlements
3. Urban area etc is roughly the same, or larger
4. Long-established boundaries (pre 1989)
5. District is not clearly larger than settlement (for example Newcastle upon Tyne would often be though of as including places like Gateshead)

Criteria	1	2	3	4	5	Notes
Carterton	N	N	N	N	N
Christchurch	N	N	N	N	N
Dunedin	N	N	N	N	N
Hamilton	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Is Temple View distinct?, parts added in 1989 and 2004
Lower Hutt	N	Y	N	N	N
Invercargill	N	N	N	N	N
Kawerau	N	Y	Y	Y	N
Masterton	N	N	N	N	N
Napier	N	N	Y	N	N
Nelson	N	N	N	?	N	Area split in 1992
Palmerston North	N	N	N	N	N
Porirua	N	N	N	Y	N
Tauranga	Y	Y	Y	N	Y
Upper Hutt	N	Y	N	Y	N
Wellington	N	Y	N	N	N

Recently created

2020 or later.

• Rotorua Lakes District
• Ashburton District
• Ōpōtiki District
• Wairoa District
• Hastings District, New Zealand
• Stratford District, New Zealand, could be moved to base name as English one includes "on-Avon"
• Kaikōura District