Rulers: New Zealand
Provinces 1848-77
Note: The Abolition of the Provinces Act came into force on 1 Nov 1876. However, as part of the transition, the superintendents continued to serve until county councils could be elected and the new governance was formally initiated on 1 Jan 1877.
Provinces 1848-53
New Munster
Lieutenant governor
28 Jan 1848 - 7 Mar 1853 Edward John Eyre (b. 1815 - d. 1901)
New Ulster
Lieutenant governors
14 Feb 1848 - 8 Jan 1851 George Dean Pitt (b. 1781 - d. 1851)
26 Apr 1851 - 7 Mar 1853 Robert Henry Wynyard (b. 1802 - d. 1864)
Provinces 1853-76
Auckland
Superintendents
12 Jul 1853 - 5 Jan 1855 Robert Henry Wynyard (s.a.)
15 Mar 1855 - Nov 1855 William Brown (b. 1809/10 - d. 1898)
15 Nov 1855 - 17 Sep 1856 John Logan Campbell (b. 1820 - d. 1912)
11 Nov 1856 - Dec 1862 John Williamson (1st time) (b. 1815 - d. 1875)
11 Dec 1862 - 22 Sep 1865 Robert Graham (b. 1820 - d. 1885)
25 Oct 1865 - 2 Mar 1867 Frederick Whitaker (b. 1812 - d. 1891)
18 Apr 1867 - Dec 1869 John Williamson (2nd time) (s.a.)
2 Dec 1869 - Nov 1873 Thomas Bannatyne Gillies (b. 1828 - d. 1889)
20 Nov 1873 - 16 Feb 1875 John Williamson (3rd time) (s.a.)
Feb 1875 - Mar 1875 George Maurice O'Rorke (b. 1830 - d. 1916)
24 Mar 1875 - 31 Dec 1876 Sir George Grey (b. 1812 - d. 1898)
Canterbury
Superintendents
20 Jul 1853 - Oct 1857 James Edward Fitzgerald (b. 1818 - d. 1896)
24 Oct 1857 - Feb 1863 William Sefton Moorhouse
(1st time) (b. 1825 - d. 1881)
Mar 1863 - May 1866 Samuel Bealey (b. 1821 - d. 1909)
30 May 1866 - May 1868 William Sefton Moorhouse
(2nd time) (s.a.)
22 May 1868 - 31 Dec 1876 William Rolleston (b. 1831 - d. 1903)
Hawke's Bay
Superintendents
23 Apr 1859 - Mar 1861 Thomas Henry Fitzgerald (b. 1824 - d. 1888)
8 Apr 1861 - 5 Dec 1862 John Chilton Lambton Carter (b. 1816 - d. 1872)
26 Feb 1863 - 23 Sep 1869 Donald McLean (b. 1820 - d. 1877)
24 Sep 1869 - 31 Dec 1876 John Davies Ormond (b. 1832 - d. 1917)
Marlborough
Superintendents
1 May 1860 - 20 Jul 1861 William Adams
28 Aug 1861 - 18 Feb 1863 William Douglas Hall Baillie (b. 1827 - d. 1922)
25 Mar 1863 - 30 Jul 1864 Thomas Carter
19 Sep 1864 - Oct 1865 Arthur Penrose Seymour (1st time) (b. 1832 - d. 1923)
23 Oct 1865 - Feb 1870 William Henry Eyes (b. 1819 - d. 1907)
28 Mar 1870 - 31 Dec 1876 Arthur Penrose Seymour (2nd time) (s.a.)
Nelson
Superintendents
1 Aug 1853 - Sep 1856 Edward William Stafford (b. 1819 - d. 1901)
12 Dec 1856 - 28 Jan 1865 John Perry Robinson (b. 1809 - d. 1865)
Mar 1865 - 4 Feb 1867 Alfred Saunders (b. 1820 - d. 1905)
Apr 1867 - 31 Dec 1876 Oswald Curtis (b. 1821 - d. 1902)
Otago
Superintendents
26 Dec 1853 - Dec 1859 William Cargill (b. 1784 - d. 1860)
3 Jan 1860 - 6 Mar 1861 James Macandrew (1st time) (b. 1819? - d. 1887)
17 May 1861 - 15 Apr 1863 John Larkins Cheese Richardson (b. 1810 - d. 1878)
16 Apr 1863 - 23 Jun 1865 John Hyde Harris (b. 1826 - d. 1886)
11 Aug 1865 - 26 Feb 1867 Thomas Dick
27 Feb 1867 - 31 Dec 1876 James Macandrew (2nd time) (s.a.)
Southland
1861 breaks away from Otago
1870 reunited with Otago
Superintendents
3 Aug 1861 - Nov 1864 James Alexander Robertson Menzies (b. 1821 - d. 1888)
13 Mar 1865 - Nov 1869 John Parkin Taylor (b. 1812 - d. 1875)
10 Nov 1869 - Sep 1870 William Wood
Taranaki
1853 New Plymouth
1858 Taranaki
Superintendents
18 Jul 1853 - 13 Dec 1856 Charles Brown (1st time)
3 Feb 1857 - Jn/Jl 1861 George Cutfield
Jn/Jl 1861 - 8 Aug 1865 Charles Brown (2nd time)
7 Sep 1865 - 8 Sep 1869 Henry Robert Richmond (b. 1829 - d. 1890)
2 Oct 1869 - 31 Dec 1876 Frederic Alonzo Carrington (b. 1808 - d. 1901)
Wellington
Superintendents
2 Jul 1853 - 14 Mar 1870 Isaac Earl Featherston (b. 1813 - d. 1876)
28 Apr 1871 - 31 Dec 1876 William Fitzherbert (b. 1810 - d. 1891)
Westland
Superintendent
17 Jan 1874 - 31 Dec 1876 James Alexander Bonar (b. 1840 - d. 1901)