✨ Military District Regulations
SEPT. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3033
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Every military district is hereby divided into groups under the respective designations and with the respective boundaries set forth in the First Schedule hereto.
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The provisions of the First Schedule as to boundaries of military districts and groups shall be read subject to the general provisions contained in the Second Schedule hereto.
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Every group may be divided into such areas and subdivided into such subareas, with such designations and boundaries, as the Commandant from time to time directs.
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(1.) Clause 5 of the Regulations for the Military Forces of New Zealand, made on the 22nd day of December, 1913, and gazetted on the 23rd day of January, 1914, is hereby revoked, and the military districts, area groups, and areas thereby constituted are hereby abolished.
(2.) All references to military districts or to area groups in the said regulations or in any amendment thereof shall be deemed to be references to the military districts and to the groups respectively as constituted by these present regulations.
FIRST SCHEDULE
AUCKLAND MILITARY DISTRICT.
Comprising the following groups:—
No. 1 (Auckland) Group.
Comprising the counties of Waitemata, Eden, Manukau, Franklin, and Great Barrier Island, together with Little Barrier Island and all islands in the Hauraki Gulf.
No. 2 (Hauraki) Group.
Comprising the counties of Coromandel, Thames, Ohinemuri, Piako, and Matamata.
No. 17 (Bay of Plenty) Group.
Comprising the counties of Opotiki, Whakatane, Tauranga, Rotorua, and East Taupo.
No. 3 (North Auckland) Group.
Comprising the counties of Mangonui, Whangaroa, Hokianga, Bay of Islands, Whangarei, Hobson, Otamatea, and Rodney.
No. 4 (Waikato) Group.
Comprising the counties of Raglan, Waikato, Waipa, Kawhia, Awakino, Waitomo, and West Taupo.
WELLINGTON MILITARY DISTRICT.
Comprising the following groups:—
No. 5 (Wellington) Group.
Comprising the counties of Hutt and Makara.
No. 6 (Manawatu) Group.
Comprising the counties of Horowhenua, Manawatu, Kairanga, Oroua, Pohangina, Kiwitea, and Rangitikei.
No. 7 (Hawke’s Bay) Group.
Comprising the counties of Hawke’s Bay, Waipawa, Waipukurau, and Patangata.
No. 18 (Wairarapa) Group.
Comprising the counties of Featherston, Wairarapa South, Masterton, Castlepoint, Mauriceville, Eketahuna, Pahiatua, Akitio, Weber, Woodville, and Dannevirke.
No. 19 (Poverty Bay) Group.
Comprising the counties of Wairoa, Cook, Waikohu, and Waiapu.
No. 8 (Taranaki) Group.
Comprising the counties of Patea, Hawera, Eltham, Stratford, Waimate West, Egmont, Taranaki, Clifton, and Whangamomona.
No. 20 (Wanganui) Group.
Comprising the counties of Wanganui, Waitotara, Waimarino, Kaitieke, and Ohura.
CANTERBURY MILITARY DISTRICT.
Comprising the following groups:—
No. 9 (Christchurch) Group.
Comprising the counties of Waimairi, Heathcote, Paparua, Halswell, Mount Herbert, Akaroa, Wairewa, and Chatham Islands.
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Online Sources for this page:
VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 1916, No 104
NZLII —
NZ Gazette 1916, No 104
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