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Franklin
Franklin
Former territorial authority
	Coordinates: 37°14′S 175°00′E / 37.24°S 175.00°E
Country	New Zealand
Area
• Total	2,187.94 km2 (844.77 sq mi)
Extent	Papakura to Meremere;; Port Waikato to Miranda, Firth of Thames

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Franklin District was a New Zealand territorial authority that lay between the Auckland metropolitan area and the Waikato Plains. As a formal territory, it was abolished on 31 October 2010 and divided between Auckland Council in the Auckland Region (39.82 percent by land area) to the north and Waikato and Hauraki districts in the Waikato region (60.18 percent) to the south and east. The Auckland portion is now part of the Franklin Ward, which also includes rural parts of the former Manukau City.

Before its abolition, it was administered from the town of Pukekohe. Out-going Franklin District Mayor Mark Ball had proposed that Franklin District become an independent unitary authority, fulfilling both the functions of a local and regional council. However, this was rejected by Minister Rodney Hide.^[2]

Location and extent[edit]

A true-colour image showing the Auckland area. Franklin is at the lower left of the picture. The scene was acquired by NASA's Terra satellite, on 23 October 2002.

The district was bounded in the north by the start of the Auckland metropolitan area and the waters of the Manukau Harbour. Awhitu Peninsula stretches up the Tasman coast to the mouth of this harbour. Here are located several holiday spots, such as Karioitahi Beach and Matakawau.

To the south, Franklin was bounded by the fertile lowlands of the Waikato Plains. In the east, the land rises to the Hunua Ranges, then falls to the coast of the Firth of Thames. In the west is the Tasman Sea. The Waikato River mouth is at Port Waikato in the south of the region. This is renowned as a good place for surfcasting.

The area is mainly rural, with local settlements such as Waiuku and Tuakau supporting the farming industry. One industry of note is the New Zealand Steel steel mill at Glenbrook, north of Waiuku.

Mayors[edit]

Six people served as mayor of Franklin District during its 21-year existence:^[3]

	Name	Term
1	Max R. Short	1989–1992
2	Peter Aitken	1992–1995
3	Joan O'Sullivan	1995
4	Matt Barnett	1995–1998
5	Heather Maloney	1998–2004
6	Mark Ball	2004–2010

Nomenclature[edit]

The name of "Franklin" probably derives from Lady Jane Franklin, an early British traveller and the wife of Captain Sir John Franklin,^[4] who served as Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land (1837–1843). Lady Franklin visited the Waikato Heads in 1841.^[5]

Media[edit]

Franklin County News, a twice-weekly newspaper based in Pukekohe, serves the former Franklin District. The Post Newspaper distributes 26,000 printed copies weekly on a Tuesday, covering Franklin and North Waikato. The Post Newspaper has an office in both Pukekohe and Waiuku.^[6] In 2015, the online events calendar and photo news Franklin Life NZ was launched.

Administrative divisions[edit]

Populated centres[edit]

Here are some of the following suburbs, towns, villages and other settlements within the former Franklin District's territorial area borders, grouped into their present-day adjacent areas:

Northern Franklin (now part of Auckland Super-City)

Wattle Bay, Orua Bay, Big Bay, Grahams Beach, Awhitu, Kauritutahi, Matakawau, Matakawau Point, Clarks Beach, Pollok, Te Toro, Glenbrook Beach, Waiau Beach, Mission Bush, Karioitahi, Waiuku, Kingseat, Waiau Pa, Patumahoe, Te Hihi, Karaka, Roseneath Road, Paerata, Pukekohe, Bombay, Ararimu, Hūnua,

Southern Franklin (now part of Waikato District)

Otaua, Aka Aka, Tuakau, Buckland, Paparimu, Pōkeno, Port Waikato, Mercer, Mangatāwhiri, Onewhero, Pukekawa, Glen Murray, Naike, Mangatangi, Limestone Downs

North Eastern Franklin (now part of Hauraki District)

Waharau, Whakatīwai, Kaiaua, Miranda

References[edit]

^ "Subnational Population Estimates: At 30 June 2019". Statistics New Zealand. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020. For urban areas, "Subnational population estimates (UA, AU), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996, 2001, 2006–18 (2017 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
^ "Franklin residents split between district councils". The New Zealand Herald. 19 January 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
^ "Timeline of Auckland mayors". Auckland Council Archives. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
^ Reed, A. W. (2002). Dowling, Peter (ed.). The Reed dictionary of New Zealand place names. Auckland: Reed Books. p. 152. ISBN 0-790-00761-4. There seems little doubt that the district was named after Lady Jane Franklin, the wife of Sir John Franklin [...], for at a very early date she crossed the Manukau Harbour in a mission schooner and was conveyed by a Maori party to Waiuku, long before there were any settlers in the area. After the Constitution Act of 1853 the area from Newmarket to Lake Taupo was known as the Southern Electorate. In 1860 the electorate was divided, that portion to the east of the Great South Road and the Waikato River being named Franklin, and that on the west Raglan.
^ Ringer, Bruce (2009). "A brief history of local government in the Franklin area". Auckland Libraries. Auckland Council. Retrieved 28 June 2015. Franklin County took its name after the existing Parliamentary electorate of Franklin. This had evidently been named in honour of Lady Jane Franklin, the wife of Sir John Franklin, the Arctic explorer. Lady Franklin had visited Robert Maunsell's mission station at the Waikato Heads in 1841.
^ "The Post Newspaper". The Post. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

External links[edit]

[NZ_population_data-1] "Subnational Population Estimates: At 30 June 2019". Statistics New Zealand. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020. For urban areas, "Subnational population estimates (UA, AU), by age and sex, at 30 June 1996, 2001, 2006–18 (2017 boundaries)". Statistics New Zealand. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.

[NZ_Herald_10621023-2] "Franklin residents split between district councils". The New Zealand Herald. 19 January 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2011.

[3] "Timeline of Auckland mayors". Auckland Council Archives. Retrieved 28 July 2019.

[4] Reed, A. W. (2002). Dowling, Peter (ed.). The Reed dictionary of New Zealand place names. Auckland: Reed Books. p. 152. ISBN 0-790-00761-4. There seems little doubt that the district was named after Lady Jane Franklin, the wife of Sir John Franklin [...], for at a very early date she crossed the Manukau Harbour in a mission schooner and was conveyed by a Maori party to Waiuku, long before there were any settlers in the area. After the Constitution Act of 1853 the area from Newmarket to Lake Taupo was known as the Southern Electorate. In 1860 the electorate was divided, that portion to the east of the Great South Road and the Waikato River being named Franklin, and that on the west Raglan.

[5] Ringer, Bruce (2009). "A brief history of local government in the Franklin area". Auckland Libraries. Auckland Council. Retrieved 28 June 2015. Franklin County took its name after the existing Parliamentary electorate of Franklin. This had evidently been named in honour of Lady Jane Franklin, the wife of Sir John Franklin, the Arctic explorer. Lady Franklin had visited Robert Maunsell's mission station at the Waikato Heads in 1841.

[thepostnewspaper-6] "The Post Newspaper". The Post. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

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-'''Franklin District''' is a former New Zealand [[territorial authorities of New Zealand|territorial authority]] that lay between the Auckland metropolitan area and the Waikato Plains. As a formal territory it was abolished on 31 October 2010 and divided between [[Auckland Council]] in the [[Auckland Region]] (39.82 percent by land area) to the north and [[Waikato District|Waikato]] and [[Hauraki District|Hauraki]] districts in the [[Waikato Region]] (60.18 percent) to the south and east. The Auckland portion is now part of the Franklin ward, which also includes rural parts of the former [[Manukau City]].
+'''Franklin District''' was a [[New Zealand]] [[territorial authorities of New Zealand|territorial authority]] that lay between the Auckland metropolitan area and the Waikato Plains. As a formal territory, it was abolished on 31 October 2010 and divided between [[Auckland Council]] in the [[Auckland Region]] (39.82 percent by land area) to the north and [[Waikato District|Waikato]] and [[Hauraki District|Hauraki]] districts in the [[Waikato]] region (60.18 percent) to the south and east. The Auckland portion is now part of the [[Franklin Ward]], which also includes rural parts of the former [[Manukau City]].
-Before its abolition, it was administered from the town of [[Pukekohe]]. Out-going Franklin District Mayor Mark Ball had proposed that Franklin district become an independent unitary authority, fulfilling both the functions of a local and regional council. However, this was rejected by Minister [[Rodney Hide]].<ref name="NZ_Herald_10621023">{{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10621023 |title=Franklin residents split between district councils |date=19 January 2010 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |accessdate=30 September 2011}}</ref>
+Before its abolition, it was administered from the town of [[Pukekohe]]. Out-going Franklin District Mayor Mark Ball had proposed that Franklin District become an independent unitary authority, fulfilling both the functions of a local and regional council. However, this was rejected by Minister [[Rodney Hide]].<ref name="NZ_Herald_10621023">{{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10621023 |title=Franklin residents split between district councils |date=19 January 2010 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=30 September 2011}}</ref>
 ==Location and extent==
-{{stack|[[File:Coromandel.arp.375pix.jpg|thumb|A true-colour image showing the Auckland area. Franklin is at the lower left of the picture. The scene was acquired by NASA's Terra satellite, on October 23, 2002.]]}}
+{{stack|[[File:Coromandel.arp.375pix.jpg|thumb|A true-colour image showing the Auckland area. Franklin is at the lower left of the picture. The scene was acquired by NASA's Terra satellite, on 23 October 2002.]]}}
-The district was bounded in the north by the start of the Auckland metropolitan area and the waters of the [[Manukau Harbour]]. Awhitu Peninsula stretches up the Tasman coast to the mouth of this harbour. Here are located several holiday spots, such as [[Kariotahi Beach]] and Matakawau.
+The district was bounded in the north by the start of the Auckland metropolitan area and the waters of the [[Manukau Harbour]]. Awhitu Peninsula stretches up the Tasman coast to the mouth of this harbour. Here are located several holiday spots, such as [[Karioitahi Beach]] and Matakawau.
 To the south, Franklin was bounded by the fertile lowlands of the [[Waikato Plains]]. In the east, the land rises to the [[Hunua Ranges]], then falls to the coast of the [[Firth of Thames]]. In the west is the [[Tasman Sea]].  The [[Waikato River]] mouth is at [[Port Waikato]] in the south of the region. This is renowned as a good place for [[fishing|surfcasting]].
-The area is mainly rural, with local settlements such as [[Waiuku]] and [[Tuakau]] supporting the [[farming]] industry. One industry of note is the [[New Zealand Steel]] [[steel mill]] at [[Glenbrook, New Zealand|Glenbrook]], north of [[Waiuku]].
+The area is mainly rural, with local settlements such as [[Waiuku]] and [[Tuakau]] supporting the farming industry. One industry of note is the [[New Zealand Steel]] [[steel mill]] at [[Glenbrook, New Zealand|Glenbrook]], north of [[Waiuku]].
+==Mayors==
+Six people served as mayor of Franklin District during its 21-year existence:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/DigitalExhibitions/elected_rep_timeline/timeline.htm |title=Timeline of Auckland mayors |publisher=Auckland Council Archives |access-date=28 July 2019}}</ref>
+{| class="wikitable"
+!
+!Name
+!Term
+|-
+|1
+| Max R. Short
+| align=center |1989–1992
+|-
+|2
+| Peter Aitken
+| align=center |1992–1995
+|-
+|3
+| Joan O'Sullivan
+| align=center |1995
+|-
+|4
+| Matt Barnett
+| align=center |1995–1998
+|-
+|5
+| Heather Maloney
+| align=center |1998–2004
+|-
+|6
+| [[Mark Ball]]
+| align=center |2004–2010
+|}
 == Nomenclature ==
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 | isbn                  = 0-790-00761-4
-| accessdate            = 2015-06-28
 | quote                 = There seems little doubt that the district was named after Lady Jane Franklin, the wife of Sir John Franklin [...], for at a very early date she crossed the Manukau Harbour in a mission schooner and was conveyed by a Maori party to Waiuku, long before there were any settlers in the area. After the Constitution Act of 1853 the area from Newmarket to Lake Taupo was known as the Southern Electorate. In 1860 the electorate was divided, that portion to the east of the Great South Road and the Waikato River being named Franklin, and that on the west Raglan.
+}}<!--| access-date            = 28 June 2015-->
-}}
 </ref>
-who served as [[Governor of Tasmania | Lieutenant-Governor]] of [[Van Diemen's Land]] (1837-1843). Lady Franklin visited the [[Waikato Heads]] in 1841.<ref>
+who served as [[Governor of Tasmania|Lieutenant-Governor]] of [[Van Diemen's Land]] (1837–1843). Lady Franklin visited the [[Port Waikato|Waikato Heads]] in 1841.<ref>
 {{cite web
 | url            = http://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/EN/heritage/localhistory/countiesmanukau/government/Pages/historyoflocalgovernmentinfranklin.aspx
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 | website        = Auckland Libraries
 | publisher      = Auckland Council
-| access-date    = 2015-06-28
+| access-date    = 28 June 2015
-| quote          = Franklin County took its name after the existing Parliamentary electorate of Franklin. This had evidently been named in honour of Lady Jane Franklin, the wife of Sir John Franklin, the Arctic explorer. Lady Franklin had visited Robert Maunsell's mission station at the Waikato Heads in 1841.
+| quote          = Franklin County took its name after the existing Parliamentary electorate of Franklin. This had evidently been named in honour of Lady Jane Franklin, the wife of Sir John Franklin, the Arctic explorer. Lady Franklin had visited Robert Maunsell's mission station at the [[Port Waikato|Waikato Heads]] in 1841.
 }}
 </ref>
 ==Media==
-''Franklin County News'', a twice-weekly newspaper based in [[Pukekohe]], serves the former Franklin district. ''The Post Newspaper'' issues almost 22,000 copies weekly on a Tuesday within Franklin and Tuakau and is based in Waiuku.<ref name="thepostnewspaper">{{cite web|title=The Post Newspaper|url=http://www.thepostnewspaper.co.nz|website=The Post|accessdate=19 March 2016}}</ref> In 2014 the community news website We Love Pukekohe launched.<ref name="welovepukekohe">{{cite web|title=We Love Pukekohe.com|url=http://www.welovepukekohe.com|website=welovepukekohe.com|publisher=We Love Pukekohe|accessdate=19 March 2016}}</ref>
+''Franklin County News'', a twice-weekly newspaper based in [[Pukekohe]], serves the former Franklin District. ''The Post Newspaper'' distributes 26,000 printed copies weekly on a Tuesday, covering Franklin and North Waikato. ''The Post Newspaper'' has an office in both Pukekohe and Waiuku.<ref name="thepostnewspaper">{{cite web|title=The Post Newspaper|url=http://www.thepostnewspaper.co.nz|website=The Post|access-date=19 March 2016}}</ref> In 2015, the online events calendar and photo news Franklin Life NZ was launched.
-In 2015 the online directory, events calendar and photo news Franklin Life was launched.
+==Administrative divisions==
+===Populated centres===
+Here are some of the following suburbs, towns, villages and other settlements within the former Franklin District's territorial area borders, grouped into their present-day adjacent areas:
+'''Northern Franklin''' (now part of [[Auckland Council|Auckland]] Super-City)
+* Wattle Bay, Orua Bay, Big Bay, Grahams Beach, Awhitu, Kauritutahi, Matakawau, Matakawau Point, Clarks Beach, [[Pollok, New Zealand|Pollok]], Te Toro, Glenbrook Beach, Waiau Beach, Mission Bush, Karioitahi, Waiuku, [[Kingseat, Auckland|Kingseat]], Waiau Pa, Patumahoe, Te Hihi, [[Karaka, New Zealand|Karaka]], Roseneath Road, [[Paerata]], [[Pukekohe]], [[Bombay, New Zealand|Bombay]], Ararimu, [[Hūnua]],
+'''Southern Franklin''' (now part of [[Waikato District]])
+* Otaua, Aka Aka, [[Tuakau]], Buckland, Paparimu, [[Pōkeno]], [[Port Waikato]], [[Mercer, New Zealand|Mercer]], [[Mangatāwhiri]], Onewhero, [[Pukekawa]], Glen Murray, Naike, Mangatangi, Limestone Downs
+'''North Eastern Franklin''' (now part of [[Hauraki District]])
+* Waharau, [[Whakatīwai]], [[Kaiaua]], [[Miranda, New Zealand|Miranda]]
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
 * [http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/AboutCouncil/representativesbodies/LocalBoards/Wards/Pages/FranklinWard.aspx Franklin ward, Auckland Council]
+* [https://franklinlifenz.com/ Franklin Life NZ]
+{{Auckland}}
-{{Territorial Authorities of New Zealand}}
-[[Category:Franklin District]]
 [[Category:Populated places established in 1989]]
 [[Category:2010 disestablishments in New Zealand]]
+[[Category:Former subdivisions of the Auckland Region]]
+[[Category:Former districts of New Zealand]]
-{{Auckland-geo-stub}}
+[[Category:Politics of the Auckland Region]]

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