Wellington Province

For the current top-level Wellington subdivision of New Zealand, see Wellington Region. For the electorate in Australia, see Wellington Province (Victoria).
Wellington
Provinces of New Zealand
Wellington Province as from 1853 to 1858
Wellington Province as from 1853 to 1858
CountryNew Zealand
IslandNorth Island
Established1853
Abolished1876
Named forWellington city
SeatWellington

Wellington Province, governed by the Wellington Provincial Council, was one of the provinces of New Zealand from 1853 until the abolition of provincial government in 1876. It covered much of the southern half of the North Island until November 1858, when Hawke's Bay Province split off, taking about a third of its area.