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This list provides guidance to the location of local body archives relating to Franklin District Council and its predecessor and associated bodies.

Franklin District was formed in 1989 by the amalgamation of Franklin County, Pukekohe Borough, Waiuku Borough and Tuakau Borough, along with the northern portion of the former Raglan County (at which stage it lost the Drury and Hingaia areas to Papakura District). For background information, see: ‘A brief history of local government in the Franklin area’.

Because of local body boundary changes and transfers of records over the years, these archives are split up amongst several different locations. For instance, in the early 1980s, all surviving Franklin road board records to 1915, selected Franklin County Council records to 1966, and selected Pukekohe Borough Council records to 1983, were transferred to the National Archives Auckland Regional Office. These archives have not yet been listed on Archway – but users can consult the Franklin and Pukekohe local authority inventory lists held at the office itself. (For the Franklin and associated records, see YBBN, A300/A322/A327/A384/A391; for the Pukekohe records, see YBAW, A489.)

This list includes some ad hoc or special purpose local bodies that have existed during the area, including rabbit boards, domain boards, drainage boards, milk authorities and river boards, where known (this part of the list may not be complete). Hall committees, cemetery boards, patriotic and welfare committees, etc. are not included.

The list is arranged in the following categories:

• Highway boards
• Town boards
• Boroughs
• Counties and districts
• Special purpose local authorities.

An alphabetical list by name of local authority is also available.

This list was compiled by Bruce Ringer, Manager South Auckland Research Centre, Auckland Libraries, and is current to December 2009. For more details about the local authorities listed, see Manukau’s Journey. For more details about archival holdings and to arrange access to these archives, please contact the holding institutions listed.

Download a PDF version of the list (52KB).

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