Jesus has called us to love our neighbours, to be His Neighbourhood Prayer Watch.
Watch and Prayer (Matthew 26:41, Luke 21:34-36, Ephesians 6:10-19, 1 Peter 4:7-11)
When two or three locals pray in agreement – Jesus is present to release His Kingdom of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit in our neighbourhoods. (Mark 12:29, Luke 10:1-23, Matthew 18:20, Romans 14:7)
This is a Quick Overview: What can you do?
Will you partner with God prayer & evangelism to awaken and bless your neighbourhood or suburb as part of your local city or shire area?
“I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land…'” Ezekial 22:29-30
Jesus’ plan was not for “church” as we know it but for His local “ecclesia” – who will pray for and release the governmental authority of Jesus’ kingdom in their area. Jesus is awakening His people to be His ecclesia – his local kingdom authority representatives to pray for His will to be done and His kingdom reign come in our local cities – local neighbourhoods; to share the gospel with those around us and to collaborate in compassionate social transformation. Jesus is turning our hearts to love each other as His family and to love our neighbours as we have been loved. Our local cities will see the light when we are one and let Jesus’ love shine through us.
We hear God calling us to arise as God’s representatives in our local municipal areas. In this paper we use an inclusive Biblical term, “local city” to refer to these local municipal councils, shires and territories. Although we are using “local city” for simplicity, be alert to recognise the emergent watchmen and leaders of a “neighbourhood”, “village” or a “suburb” within your local city.
This is Jesus’ strategy from Luke 10 so it can be applied everywhere – until the gospel of Jesus Christ reaches every people group to the ends of the earth!
In applying this paper we are focusing on Australia and the other nations who make up the Great Southland of the Holy Spirit, because we believe we have a unique destiny as One.
Do you know the physical and spiritual needs of your neighbours in your municipal area? At the end of this paper you will find Australia’s 546 Local Council City/Shire Areas and 7 Offshore Territories. Also New Zealand local territorial authorities and off shore territories. And South Pacific Nations – including some administrative territories. We welcome your input to complete this list. sue@partnersinprayer.org.au
Do you know the local leaders who God has appointed to connect the body of Christ to pray for and reach out to your local city? Local village, suburban or local watchmen and leaders are arising but may not yet be recognised. Pray you will recognise God’s anointed leaders and align with God’s people in prayer for your local city or your local part of it.
Local city watchmen and leaders are Kingdom minded and marked by the humility, servanthood and character of Christ. Many of the emerging leaders are under 35! Many are women. Many are not in denominational or congregational appointment as priests or pastors.
Local city leaders are servants of the body of Christ in a designated territory, (rather than, or at least in addition to shepherding a local congregation.) Local city leaders will communicate with and connect others from across the body of Christ – often exhibiting the supportive characteristics of a loving father.
Often you will first see the emergence of local watchmen – who operate as prophetic intercessors with governmental authority. Godly watchmen watch God. Their focus is on their King and the workings of His governmental reign. Often they will battle for God’s government to be mirrored our government, His righteousness, His justice. They work with heaven to help deliver the supernatural kingdom of God into the natural realm of earth- so we see Jesus’ Kingdom established on earth.
When God’s whole local apostolic team of leaders emerge, they will work with the watchmen – together apostolically, prophetically and evangelistically, to teach, shepherd and equip the local body of Christ for mission.
We have used the term “body of Christ” to refer to the “one church” in a region. But the body of Christ includes only those who are connected to the Head, Jesus. So the body of Christ is those who are One in Christ and of One Spirit, led by the Spirit of Jesus. Realistically this will not be not everyone who identifies as “Christian” or who attends a local church in your local city. Jesus prayed that we would be “one” as He and the Father are one. Being “One in Christ” is a higher goal than religious and political “church unity.” This frees us from delay and compromise.
Let’s flow as One with the Spirit of Jesus Christ to spread God’s love and purpose in our local communities! Then many will see Jesus and be drawn to Him!
“Take the mighty razor-sharp Spirit- sword of the spoken Word of God. Pray passionately in the Spirit, as you constantly intercede with every form of prayer at all times. Pray the blessings of God upon all his believers.” Ephesians 6:17-18
Activations:
- Spend some time praying over the local city areas listed at the end of this paper.
- Are you a watchman or leader over a specific village, suburb or local city? Are you called to help connect the body of Christ to pray and to reach out to the people of your municipality? Read this 2019 Word, Arise and Take Your Place at the Gates.
- Will you join ongoing, united prayer for the harvest in your part of your local city – praying for harvest workers, souls and social transformation? Will you pray for and engage with others to impact your local city council & local community, businesses & services? Will you pray for and engage with others on behalf of your local state and federal government members and their State and Federal values, laws, policies and services? Pray you discern who God has called you to pray with.
- See: List below: Local Government Areas across the Great Southland of the Holy Spirit – Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Nations.
- See: Neighbourhood Prayer Watch in the Victorian LGA’s.
- See: AN ARMY ARISING: A 2020 MOVE OF GOD IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD, Love Your Neigbours and PIPES: Overflowing Blessing to our Neighbours, Regions and Nations
Summary of Fuller Content below:
- Why pray for your local city?
- Why focus on local cities?
- Why identify leaders who connect prayer in your local city?
- Why is Partners in Prayer & Evangelism (PIPES) issuing this call?
- Who connects others to pray for your local city?
- List of Australia’s (546) Local Council Areas and (7) Offshore Territories
Why pray for your local city?
“But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the LORD on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.” Jeremiah 29:7 ESV
In 1747 Jonathan Edwards summed up the First Great Awakening and stirred the Second, in his publication, “An humble attempt to promote explicit agreement and visible union of God’s people in extraordinary prayer for the revival of religion and the advancement of Christ’s Kingdom on earth, pursuant to Scripture-promises and prophecies concerning the last time.” As his primary text, he used Zechariah’s call for the citizens of cities to pray, “Thus saith the LORD of Hosts, ‘It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come People, and the Inhabitants of many Cities; and the Inhabitants of one City shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of Hosts: I will go also. Yea, many People and strong Nations shall come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD.’” Zechariah 8:20-22 KJV
Visualise this in our time through this Word from Brian Mills, (UK, 2017)
“I will bring a great and glorious move of My Holy Spirit. It is imminent. When your hearts break open to Me, I will break open the heavens over you! You will see with your eyes what I can do even in the darkness that seems to prevail around you. Nothing will hinder My strong arm as I penetrate darkness with My Spirit. Even as I brought the city of Nineveh to repentance and conversion, so I will blanket entire cities with My glory! Believe and you will see! The move of My Spirit means that all things are possible. Watch what I will do with media, for they will broadcast to the nations the miracles of My hand. The Son of Glory will yet be famous again for His mighty works!
Praying men and women will partner with worshippers to bring an atmosphere over the cities. One city will remain in darkness while another will burst forth with light, life, and love! Am I not more than enough to do this? Many have longed to see what your eyes will soon witness. A hunger for My presence will consume you as I blanket cities with My glory.
Ask of Me, and I will give you cities of the nations as your inheritance! Ask in faith, knowing that there is no such thing as impossibility to Me! I will bring healing. And a river of salvation will flow in the cities of your nation.”
Why focus on local cities?
There is a reason why you live where you do. “And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him.” Acts 17:26-27 ESV
When we pray for our local city, Jesus’ words suddenly become grounded and applied. A local city focus gives us a simple definition of who our neighbour is. Our neighbour are real people, who are hurting and lost. The challenge to love our neighbours can help us recognise our resistance to following Jesus is real. Our knowledge of the gospel needs to get real and our use of God’s gifts need to be real so we become salt and light. “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.” Matthew 5:14 Our focus on local cities immediately centres us on praying for harvest workers and souls to be saved. (Matthew 18:14)
In restoring his city, Nehemiah had the people rebuild the broken walls near their houses. (Nehemiah 2) Jesus said we are to love our neighbour (Mark 12:31) and make disciples (Matthew 28:19) and specified how to pray and see His kingdom come to a local area. (Luke 10:1-37)
Simple logic begs local churches to link with each other as one – for the sake of our local cities. “that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.” John 17:21 Local cities need local churches to love one another and pray together with Christ in our midst so we become light in our world. “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples if you have love for one another.” John 13:34-35
Local cities need local churches to release the people of God – to prayer walk our immediate neighbourhoods; to gather with neighbours as local houses of prayer and for local congregations to love each other and function as Jesus’ one church in our local area. There is great power when two or three local groups and congregations pray for their local city together and declare through prayer and public voice, their agreement with God’s will for their city. “Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.” Matthew 18:19-20
As the ‘one’ church in our local city we need local mobilisation and strategies for sharing the good news of who Jesus is and all He offers. These are examples of local disciple equipping available in Australia: www.powertochange.org.au/multiply www.australiaforjesus.com www.godrevolution.com.au,
We need to prepare, as the one church in our local city, for the imminent wave of converts who will need discipling. To relate effectively and authentically relate to and disciple new followers of Jesus, we urgently need to adapt some of the ways we do ‘church’.
5 Steps to Transformation is a related paper that describes a progressive sequence of strategies for cultivating prayer for local cities and an extensive reference list of city transformation literature. Together, as the one church in our local city we can discern and implement God’s unique strategy for transforming our local cities into alignment with His kingdom purpose for us. Local cities experience transformation when local churches recognise they have mutual spiritual authority and responsibility to pray for their shared territory and discern their individual and collaborative parts in God’s local plan for how to serve and reach the local people with God’s love and the good news of the gospel.
We have focused this call to focus on local cities across Australia because local council areas are easily recognisable territories, with relatively stable boundaries, intentional population distribution and distinct characteristics. [See list below] Local councils are our closest tier of government – dealing with local issues. It is easy to gain local data on municipalities (from Wikipedia, council websites, census data, National Church Life Survey, historical societies etc). A focus on local cities makes for easy access for gatherings and and to maintain local relationships through local schools, coffee houses, churches, pastor’s networks etc. Local cities gather us as local community at celebratory events (Australia Day – welcoming immigrants and commemorating citizen awards, National Day of Prayer & Fasting, ANZAC, Easter, Thanks Day, NAIDOC, Remembrance Day, Christmas carols etc)
What begins locally – impacts broadly. (Acts 1:8) “After this, the church all over Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a season of peace. The congregations grew larger and larger, with the believers being empowered and encouraged by the Holy Spirit. They worshiped God in wonder and awe and walked in the fear of the Lord.” Acts 9:31 TPT
Why identify team leaders who connect prayer & outreach in your local city?
“I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land, so I would not have to destroy it, but I found no one.” Ezekiel 22:30 ESV
Your recognition of your local apostolic team leaders will help you shift from a personal or local church focus – to praying for the community around you. Our Father’s heart is for the lost, perishing around us. (Matthew 18:14)
Local apostolic team leaders serve across the body of Christ rather than within local church or denominational structures. They can help us discern and act upon Jesus’ kingdom purposes, priorities and strategies for our local area. Like the trumpeter on Nehemiah’s wall, these leaders help communicate what the watchmen are discerning.
People who connect us in prayer are like the knots in the net. Knots bring together, connects, shapes and strengthens the separate parts – so the harvest is held and the points scored! Collaboration can move forward cohesively if local apostolic team leader are recognised (known, chosen based on relationship, trusted) as the person who can help people initiate or join local prayer, evangelism and transformation teams. They can contribute to the organisation of times of local united prayer, discernment & worship. See: Tips from Andrew Scarborough on how to host this.
Local apostolic team leaders can help identify needs and stimulate mutual discernment about the historic influences and God’s purposed destiny for the local community, gifts, assets and God’s strategy to see His kingdom reign there.
Local ecclesia can represent Jesus in your neighbourhood or local city – to build relationship with the local Council and attend council meetings so they are aware of local issues, needs, decisions and plans, and can support the local apostolic team to pray for the Council, the local State and Federal government representatives, and discern God’s strategy for serving local populations in their council area. Apostolic team leaders can help the One Church become a welcome, influential presence in their community.
God’s local ecclesia are led by the Holy Spirit to implement God’s vision for their local city. These are spiritual watchmen who watch over and guard the “gates” of the local city – and pray for God’s governance and against the schemes of the enemy that may seek to infiltrate. By “gates” we mean the entry points to the city. This includes entry via roads, railway stations and airports but also includes the gates of the social spheres of government, business education etc – and the entry of legislation, ideological strongholds, town planning, business investment & employment, immigrants, new church plants, fresh moves of God.
“Elders” at the gate include apostles, prophets, shepherds, evangelists, teacher from across the body of Christ. They may be serving as pastors, intercessors and leaders of government, business, education (etc). They may not yet be formally recognised as “neighbourhood or city elders” but you will recognise them if you look for the humble, faithful, loving spiritual fathers & mothers who are working together to build the kingdom in their local region. Local city gatekeepers recognise each other and build relationships through Spirit-led connections, local pastor’s fellowship, Christian gatherings or networks etc. Local elders are drawn together by Jesus’ love for His Church in the local city and our Father’s heart for the local people. Many young leaders (under 35 years) are being raised by God with an eldership calling over regions. Many of these are already shepherding God’s movements among young people.
Why is Partners in Prayer & Evangelism (PIPES) issuing this call?
We have felt God’s call to help raise prayer in local areas across Australia but recently there is a sense of urgent momentum to release harvest workers to share the gospel and disciple the followers of Jesus. We are seeing evidence of local and global awakening.
As PIPES, we simply connect people to God, their Source so they can overflow His love to their neighbours. We help connect the parts so we function as the body of Christ under Jesus’ Headship, to bring glory to the Father. Together we will fulfill the greatest commandments and the great commission of Jesus!
We are simply heralding a call to disciples of Jesus to recognise and build relationship with those God has called and positioned as His ecclesia. They will not be appointed by PIPES or work for PIPES. They will be called by God to serve the Lord and connect His body in prayer & evangelism local areas. We are inviting you to wait on the Lord and recognise what the Father is doing amongst you now. If you’d to discuss this, contact us: Sue Tinworth sue@partnersinprayer.org.u
Who connects others to pray for your local city?
There are many different kinds of local city prayer leaders. We have listed some of these to help you recognise what may be happening in your local area:
- Local Watchmen teams and Intercessor groups, with people from across the body of Christ, pray for their local city/municipality/region. They are crucial faithful forerunners, who God uses to awaken the Church and prepare the way. Often they are unrecognised and are serving God’s purposes in a local city where united prayer and city gatekeepers have not yet formed.
We honour watchmen teams and intercessory groups and invite their leaders to register at www.prayforthenations.com. So groups can be easily found on the website, identify your group with the name of the municipality and a term that describes you. e.g. “City of Whitehorse Intercessors” . Include the name and email address of your pastor.
We say, “the more prayer the better” and so hope you will see multiple prayer leaders and groups in your local city. You can look for other locals on the www.prayforthenations.com map or by searching on the web for your council by name. Please contact each other, learn each other’s specific focus & function, pray for each other and collaborate as God leads. If there are no prayer groups in your area – then start one! See 5 Steps to Transformation.
- Local ecclesia from multiple congregations pray together for their local city. Sometimes the person who mobilises local congregations to pray together is a pastor of one of these local churches or someone the pastor appoints. There is great power when the body of Christ pray together for Jesus’ awakening, for harvest workers and souls to be saved in their municipality and across Australia.
“Praying together” has many forms:
- People prayer walking assigned blocks in their neighbourhoods – in a strategy that covers the area around their church or across the local city in prayer every week.
- Prayer & worship gatherings – e.g. quarterly or annually See: Regional Awakenings
- Shared prayer points. These points could be generic, seasonal or specific to God’s strategy to address local city destiny.
- Connecting night and day prayer over the area. This can be done for a specific day or become 24/7 continuous prayer– with 31 local churches or groups each hosting one day and night of prayer each month. See examples in Step 3: Community Prayer in 5 Steps to Transformation.
We invite recognised prayer leaders who are connecting local congregations from multiple churches in one area to pray together, to register at www.prayforthenations.com. Title your group with the name of the municipality and a description e.g. “City of Whitehorse Churches Praying Together.” Include the name and email address of your pastor/local city elder. Registering will help you find other congregations who may join you in praying for your local city.
- Local apostolic team leaders will help connect local groups and congregations to pray together. They may identify a coordinating person who connects prayer in the local city and ask that person to register at www.prayforthenations.com. If you have the support of a group of local gatekeepers – please indicate this in your title, e.g. “Maroondah Local City Elders: Prayer Coordinator.” Include the name and email address of one of these gatekeepers.
- Leaders coordinate prayer for all kinds of territories and people groups. We have chosen the term “local cities” as a consistent way to list areas needing prayer, but God raises prayer in smaller and larger territories. Some of you connect prayer in your nation, state, citywide or suburb, town, neighbourhood or in specific spheres (government, schools) or for specific people groups (Indigenous people, Israel). Some may do this as part of a prayer or ministry network. There will be more than multiple coordinating prayer in a local city.List of Australia’s 546 Local Government Areas and 7 Offshore Territories
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| 2. Albury City Council | NSW | |
| 3. Armidale Regional Council | NSW | |
| 4. Ballina Shire Council | NSW | |
| 5. Balranald Shire Council | NSW | |
| 6. Bathurst Regional Council | NSW | |
| 7. Bayside Council | NSW | |
| 8. Bega Valley Shire Council | NSW | |
| 9. Bellingen Shire Council | NSW | |
| 10. Berrigan Shire Council | NSW | |
| 11. Blacktown City Council | NSW | |
| 12. Bland Shire Council | NSW | |
| 13. Blayney Shire Council | NSW | |
| 14. Blue Mountains City Council | NSW | |
| 15. Bogan Shire Council | NSW | |
| 16. Bourke Shire Council | NSW | |
| 17. Brewarrina Shire Council | NSW | |
| 18. Broken Hill City Council | NSW | |
| 19. Burwood Council | NSW | |
| 20. Byron Shire Council | NSW | |
| 21. Cabonne Council | NSW | |
| 22. Camden Council | NSW | |
| 23. Campbelltown City Council | NSW | |
| 24. Canterbury-Bankstown Council | NSW | |
| 25. Carrathool Shire Council | NSW | |
| 26. Central Coast Council | NSW | |
| 27. Central Darling Shire Council | NSW | |
| 28. Cessnock City Council | NSW | |
| 29. City of Canada Bay Council | NSW | |
| 30. City of Parramatta Council | NSW | |
| 31. City of Ryde Council | NSW | |
| 32. City of Sydney Council | NSW | |
| 33. Clarence Valley Council | NSW | |
| 34. Cobar Shire Council | NSW | |
| 35. Coffs Harbour City Council | NSW | |
| 36. Coolamon Shire Council | NSW | |
| 37. Coonamble Shire Council | NSW | |
| 38. Cootamundra-Gundagai Council | NSW | |
| 39. Cowra Council | NSW | |
| 40. Cumberland Council | NSW | |
| 41. Dubbo Regional Council | NSW | |
| 42. Dungog Shire Council | NSW | |
| 43. Edward River Council | NSW | |
| 44. Eurobodalla Shire Council | NSW | |
| 45. Fairfield City Council | NSW | |
| 46. Federation Council | NSW | |
| 47. Forbes Shire Council | NSW | |
| 48. Georges River Council | NSW | |
| 49. Gilgandra Shire Council | NSW | |
| 50. Glen Innes Severn Council | NSW | |
| 51. Goulburn Mulwaree Council | NSW | |
| 52. Greater Hume Shire Council | NSW | |
| 53. Griffith City Council | NSW | |
| 54. Gunnedah Shire Council | NSW | |
| 55. Gwydir Shire Council | NSW | |
| 56. Hawkesbury City Council | NSW | |
| 57. Hay Shire Council | NSW | |
| 58. Hilltops Council | NSW | |
| 59. Hornsby Shire Council | NSW | |
| 60. Hunter’s Hill Council | NSW | |
| 61. Inner West Council | NSW | |
| 62. Inverell Shire Council | NSW | |
| 63. Junee Shire Council | NSW | |
| 64. Kempsey Shire Council | NSW | |
| 65. Kiama Municipal Council | NSW | |
| 66. Ku-ring-gai Council | NSW | |
| 67. Kyogle Council | NSW | |
| 68. Lachlan Shire Council | NSW | |
| 69. Lake Macquarie City Council | NSW | |
| 70. Lane Cove Council | NSW | |
| 71. Leeton Shire Council | NSW | |
| 72. Lismore City Council | NSW | |
| 73. Lithgow City Council | NSW | |
| 74. Liverpool City Council | NSW | |
| 75. Liverpool Plains Shire Council | NSW | |
| 76. Lockhart Shire Council | NSW | |
| 77. Maitland City Council | NSW | |
| 78. Mid-Western Regional Council | NSW | |
| 79. MidCoast Council | NSW | |
| 80. Moree Plains Shire Council | NSW | |
| 81. Mosman Municipal Council | NSW | |
| 82. Murray River Council | NSW | |
| 83. Murrumbidgee Council | NSW | |
| 84. Muswellbrook Shire Council | NSW | |
| 85. Nambucca Shire Council | NSW | |
| 86. Narrabri Shire Council | NSW | |
| 87. Narrandera Shire Council | NSW | |
| 88. Narromine Shire Council | NSW | |
| 89. Newcastle City Council | NSW | |
| 90. North Sydney Council | NSW | |
| 91. Northern Beaches Council | NSW | |
| 92. Oberon Council | NSW | |
| 93. Orange City Council | NSW | |
| 94. Parkes Shire Council | NSW | |
| 95. Penrith City Council | NSW | |
| 96. Port Macquarie-Hastings Council |
NSW | |
| 97. Port Stephens Council | NSW | |
| 98. Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council |
NSW | |
| 99. Randwick City Council | NSW | |
| 100. Richmond Valley Council | NSW | |
| 101. Shellharbour City Council | NSW | |
| 102. Shoalhaven City Council | NSW | |
| 103. Singleton Council | NSW | |
| 104. Snowy Monaro Regional Council | NSW | |
| 105. Snowy Valleys Council | NSW | |
| 106. Strathfield Council | NSW | |
| 107. Sutherland Shire Council | NSW | |
| 108. Tamworth Regional Council | NSW | |
| 109. Temora Shire Council | NSW | |
| 110. Tenterfield Shire Council | NSW | |
| 111. The Hills Shire Council | NSW | |
| 112. Tweed Shire Council | NSW | |
| 113. Upper Hunter Shire Council | NSW | |
| 114. Upper Lachlan Shire Council |
NSW | |
| 115. Uralla Shire Council | NSW | |
| 116. Wagga Wagga City Council | NSW | |
| 117. Walcha Council | NSW | |
| 118. Walgett Shire Council | NSW | |
| 119. Warren Shire Council | NSW | |
| 120. Warrumbungle Shire Council | NSW | |
| 121. Waverley Council | NSW | |
| 122. Weddin Shire Council | NSW | |
| 123. Wentworth Shire Council | NSW | |
| 124. Willoughby City Council | NSW | |
| 125. Wingecarribee Shire Council | NSW | |
| 126. Wollondilly Shire Council | NSW | |
| 127. Wollongong City Council | NSW | |
| 128. Woollahra Municipal Council | NSW | |
| 129. Yass Valley Council | NSW | |
| 130. Alice Springs Town Council | NT | |
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| 131. Alyangula | NT | |
| 132. Barkly Regional Council | NT | |
| 133. Belyuen Community Government Council | NT | |
| 134. Central Desert Regional Council | NT | |
| 135. Coomalie Community Govmt Council | NT | |
| 136. Darwin Rates Act Area (East Arm) | NT | |
| 137. Darwin, City of | NT | |
| 138. East Arnhem Regional Council | NT | |
| 139. Katherine Town Council | NT | |
| 140. Litchfield Council | NT | |
| 141. MacDonnell Regional Council | NT | |
| 142. Nhulunbuy Corporation | NT | |
| 143. Palmerston, City of | NT | |
| 144. Roper Gulf Regional Council | NT | |
| 145. Tiwi Islands Regional Council | NT | |
| 146. Unincorporated Top End Region (Finnis-Mary) | NT | |
| 147. Victoria Daly Regional Council | NT | |
| 148. Wagait Shire Council | NT | |
| 149. West Arnhem Regional Council | NT | |
| 150. West Daly Regional Council | NT | |
| 151. Yulara | NT | |
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| 152. Aurukun Shire Council | QLD | |
| 153. Balonne Shire Council | QLD | |
| 154. Banana Shire Council | QLD | |
| 155. Barcaldine Regional Council | QLD | |
| 156. Barcoo Shire Council | QLD | |
| 157. Blackall-Tambo Regional Council | QLD | |
| 158. Boulia Shire Council | QLD | |
| 159. Brisbane City Council | QLD | |
| 160. Bulloo Shire Council | QLD | |
| 161. Bundaberg Regional Council | QLD | |
| 162. Burdekin Shire Council | QLD | |
| 163. Burke Shire Council | QLD | |
| 164. Cairns Regional Council | QLD | |
| 165. Carpentaria Shire Council | QLD | |
| 166. Cassowary Coast Regional Council | QLD | |
| 167. Central Highlands Regional Council | QLD | |
| 168. Charters Towers Regional Council | QLD | |
| 169. Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council | QLD | |
| 170. Cloncurry Shire Council | QLD | |
| 171. Cook Shire Council | QLD | |
| 172. Croydon Shire Council | QLD | |
| 173. Diamantina Shire Council | QLD | |
| 174. Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire Council | QLD | |
| 175. Douglas Shire Council | QLD | |
| 176. Etheridge Shire Council | QLD | |
| 177. Flinders Shire Council | QLD | |
| 178. Fraser Coast Regional Council | QLD | |
| 179. Gladstone Regional Council | QLD | |
| 180. Gold Coast City Council | QLD | |
| 181. Goondiwindi Regional Council | QLD | |
| 182. Gympie Regional Council | QLD | |
| 183. Hinchinbrook Shire Council | QLD | |
| 184. Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire Council | QLD | |
| 185. Ipswich City Council | QLD | |
| 186. Isaac Regional Council | QLD | |
| 187. Kowanyama Aboriginal Shire Council | QLD | |
| 188. Livingstone Shire Council | QLD | |
| 189. Lockhart River Aboriginal Shire Council | QLD | |
| 190. Lockyer Valley Regional Council | QLD | |
| 191. Logan City Council | QLD | |
| 192. Longreach Regional Council | QLD | |
| 193. Mackay Regional Council | QLD | |
| 194. Mapoon Aboriginal Shire Council | QLD | |
| 195. Maranoa Regional Council | QLD | |
| 196. Mareeba Shire Council | QLD | |
| 197. McKinlay Shire Council | QLD | |
| 198. Moreton Bay Regional Council | QLD | |
| 199. Mornington Shire Council | QLD | |
| 200. Mount Isa City Council | QLD | |
| 201. Murweh Shire Council | QLD | |
| 202. Napranum Aboriginal Shire Council | QLD | |
| 203. Noosa Shire Council | QLD | |
| 204. North Burnett Regional Council | QLD | |
| 205. Northern Peninsula Area Regional Council | QLD | |
| 206. Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council | QLD | |
| 207. Paroo Shire Council | QLD | |
| 208. Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Shire Council | QLD | |
| 209. Quilpie Shire Council | QLD | |
| 210. Redland City Council | QLD | |
| 211. Richmond Shire Council | QLD | |
| 212. Rockhampton Regional Council | QLD | |
| 213. Scenic Rim Regional Council | QLD | |
| 214. Somerset Regional Council | QLD | |
| 215. South Burnett Regional Council | QLD | |
| 216. Southern Downs Regional Council | QLD | |
| 217. Sunshine Coast Regional Council | QLD | |
| 218. Tablelands Regional Council | QLD | |
| 219. Toowoomba Regional Council | QLD | |
| 220. Torres Shire Council | QLD | |
| 221. Torres Strait Island Regional Council | QLD | |
| 222. Townsville City Council | QLD | |
| 223. Western Downs Regional Council | QLD | |
| 224. Whitsunday Regional Council | QLD | |
| 225. Winton Shire Council | QLD | |
| 226. Woorabinda Aboriginal Shire Council | QLD | |
| 227. Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council | QLD | |
| 228. Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council | QLD | |
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| 232. Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara | SA | |
| 233. Barunga West Council | SA | |
| 234. Berri Barmera Council | SA | |
| 235. Campbelltown City Council | SA | |
| 236. City of Adelaide | SA | |
| 237. City of Burnside | SA | |
| 238. City of Charles Sturt | SA | |
| 239. City of Holdfast Bay | SA | |
| 240. City of Marion | SA | |
| 241. City of Mitcham | SA | |
| 242. City of Mount Gambier | SA | |
| 243. City of Norwood Payneham & St Peters | SA | |
| 244. City of Onkaparinga | SA | |
| 245. City of Playford | SA | |
| 246. City of Port Adelaide Enfield | SA | |
| 247. City of Port Lincoln | SA | |
| 248. City of Prospect | SA | |
| 249. City of Salisbury | SA | |
| 250. City of Tea Tree Gully | SA | |
| 251. City of Unley | SA | |
| 252. City of Victor Harbor | SA | |
| 253. City of West Torrens | SA | |
| 254. City of Whyalla | SA | |
| 255. Clare & Gilbert Valleys Council | SA | |
| 256. Coorong District Council | SA | |
| 257. Copper Coast Council | SA | |
| 258. Corporation of the Town of Walkerville | SA | |
| 259. District Council of Ceduna | SA | |
| 260. District Council of Cleve | SA | |
| 261. District Council of Coober Pedy | SA | |
| 262. District Council of Elliston | SA | |
| 263. District Council of Franklin Harbour | SA | |
| 264. District Council of Grant | SA | |
| 265. District Council of Karoonda East Murray | SA | |
| 266. District Council of Kimba | SA | |
| 267. District Council of Lower Eyre Peninsula | SA | |
| 268. District Council of Loxton Waikerie | SA | |
| 269. District Council of Mount Remarkable | SA | |
| 270. District Council of Orroroo Carrieton | SA | |
| 271. District Council of Peterborough | SA | |
| 272. District Council of Robe | SA | |
| 273. District Council of Streaky Bay | SA | |
| 274. District Council of Tumby Bay | SA | |
| 275. District Council of Yankalilla | SA | |
| 276. Kangaroo Island Council | SA | |
| 277. Kingston District Council | SA | |
| 278. Light Regional Council | SA | |
| 279. Mid Murray Council | SA | |
| 280. Mount Barker District Council | SA | |
| 281. Municipal Council of Roxby Downs | SA | |
| 282. Naracoorte Lucindale Council | SA | |
| 283. Northern Areas Council | SA | |
| 284. Port Augusta City Council | SA | |
| 285. Port Pirie Regional Council | SA | |
| 286. Regional Council of Goyder | SA | |
| 287. Renmark Paringa Council | SA | |
| 288. Southern Mallee District Council | SA | |
| 289. Tatiara District Council | SA | |
| 290. The Barossa Council | SA | |
| 291. The Flinders Ranges Council | SA | |
| 292. The Rural City of Murray Bridge | SA | |
| 293. Town of Gawler | SA | |
| 294. Wakefield Regional Council | SA | |
| 295. Wattle Range Council | SA | |
| 296. Wudinna District Council | SA | |
| 297. Yorke Peninsula Council | SA | |
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| 298. Break O’Day | TAS | |
| 299. Brighton | TAS | |
| 300. Burnie | TAS | |
| 301. Central Coast | TAS | |
| 302. Central Highlands | TAS | |
| 303. Circular Head | TAS | |
| 304. Clarence | TAS | |
| 305. Derwent Valley | TAS | |
| 306. Devonport | TAS | |
| 307. Dorset | TAS | |
| 308. Flinders | TAS | |
| 309. George Town | TAS | |
| 310. Glamorgan-Spring Bay | TAS | |
| 311. Glenorchy | TAS | |
| 312. Hobart | TAS | |
| 313. Huon Valley | TAS | |
| 314. Kentish | TAS | |
| 315. King Island | TAS | |
| 316. Kingborough | TAS | |
| 317. Latrobe | TAS | |
| 318. Launceston | TAS | |
| 319. Meander Valley | TAS | |
| 320. Northern Midlands | TAS | |
| 321. Sorell | TAS | |
| 322. Southern Midlands | TAS | |
| 323. Tasman | TAS | |
| 324. Waratah-Wynyard | TAS | |
| 325. West Coast | TAS | |
| 326. West Tamar | TAS | |
| 327. Alpine Shire Council | VIC | |
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| 328. Ararat Rural City Council | VIC | |
| 329. Ballarat City Council | VIC | |
| 330. Banyule City Council | VIC | |
| 331. Bass Coast Shire Council | VIC | |
| 332. Baw Baw Shire Council | VIC | |
| 333. Bayside City Council | VIC | |
| 334. Benalla Rural City Council | VIC | |
| 335. Boroondara City Council | VIC | |
| 336. Borough of Queenscliffe | VIC | |
| 337. Brimbank City Council | VIC | |
| 338. Buloke Shire Council | VIC | |
| 339. Campaspe Shire Council | VIC | |
| 340. Cardinia Shire Council | VIC | |
| 341. Casey City Council | VIC | |
| 342. Central Goldfields Shire Council | VIC | |
| 343. Colac Otway Shire Council | VIC | |
| 344. Corangamite Shire Council | VIC | |
| 345. Darebin City Council | VIC | |
| 346. East Gippsland Shire Council | VIC | |
| 347. Frankston City Council | VIC | |
| 348. Gannawarra Shire Council | VIC | |
| 349. Glen Eira City Council | VIC | |
| 350. Glenelg Shire Council | VIC | |
| 351. Golden Plains Shire Council | VIC | |
| 352. Greater Bendigo City Council | VIC | |
| 353. Greater Dandenong City Council | VIC | |
| 354. Greater Geelong City Council | VIC | |
| 355. Greater Shepparton City Council | VIC | |
| 356. Hepburn Shire Council | VIC | |
| 357. Hindmarsh Shire Council | VIC | |
| 358. Hobsons Bay City Council | VIC | |
| 359. Horsham Rural City Council | VIC | |
| 360. Hume City Council | VIC | |
| 361. Indigo Shire Council | VIC | |
| 362. Kingston City Council | VIC | |
| 363. Knox City Council | VIC | |
| 364. Latrobe City Council | VIC | |
| 365. Loddon Shire Council | VIC | |
| 366. Macedon Ranges Shire Council | VIC | |
| 367. Manningham City Council | VIC | |
| 368. Mansfield Shire Council | VIC | |
| 369. Maribyrnong City Council | VIC | |
| 370. Maroondah City Council | VIC | |
| 371. Melbourne City Council | VIC | |
| 372. Melton City Council | VIC | |
| 373. Mildura Rural City Council | VIC | |
| 374. Mitchell Shire Council | VIC | |
| 375. Moira Shire Council | VIC | |
| 376. Monash City Council | VIC | |
| 377. Moonee Valley City Council | VIC | |
| 378. Moorabool Shire Council | VIC | |
| 379. Moreland City Council | VIC | |
| 380. Mornington Peninsula Shire Council | VIC | |
| 381. Mount Alexander Shire Council | VIC | |
| 382. Moyne Shire Council | VIC | |
| 383. Murrindindi Shire Council | VIC | |
| 384. Nillumbik Shire Council | VIC | |
| 385. Northern Grampians Shire Council | VIC | |
| 386. Port Phillip City Council | VIC | |
| 387. Pyrenees Shire Council | VIC | |
| 388. South Gippsland Shire Council | VIC | |
| 389. Southern Grampians Shire Council | VIC | |
| 390. Stonnington City Council | VIC | |
| 391. Strathbogie Shire Council | VIC | |
| 392. Surf Coast Shire Council | VIC | |
| 393. Swan Hill Rural City Council | VIC | |
| 394. Towong Shire Council | VIC | |
| 395. Wangaratta Rural City Council | VIC | |
| 396. Warrnambool City Council | VIC | |
| 397. Wellington Shire Council | VIC | |
| 398. West Wimmera Shire Council | VIC | |
| 399. Whitehorse City Council | VIC | |
| 400. Whittlesea City Council | VIC | |
| 401. Wodonga City Council | VIC | |
| 402. Wyndham City Council | VIC | |
| 403. Yarra City Council | VIC | |
| 404. Yarra Ranges Shire Council | VIC | |
| 405. Yarriambiack Shire Council | VIC | |
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| 406. Albany City Council | WA | |
| 407. Albany City Council | WA | |
| 408. Armadale City Council | WA | |
| 409. Ashburton Shire Council | WA | |
| 410. Augusta Margaret River Shire Council | WA | |
| 411. Bassendean Town Council | WA | |
| 412. Bayswater City Council | WA | |
| 413. Belmont City Council | WA | |
| 414. Beverley Shire Council | WA | |
| 415. Boddington Shire Council | WA | |
| 416. Boyup Brook Shire Council | WA | |
| 417. Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire Council | WA | |
| 418. Brookton Shire Council | WA | |
| 419. Broome Shire Council | WA | |
| 420. Broomehill-Tambellup Shire Council | WA | |
| 421. Bruce Rock Shire Council | WA | |
| 422. Bunbury City Council | WA | |
| 423. Busselton City Council | WA | |
| 424. Cambridge Town Council | WA | |
| 425. Canning City Council | WA | |
| 426. Capel Shire Council | WA | |
| 427. Carnamah Shire Council | WA | |
| 428. Carnarvon Shire Council | WA | |
| 429. Chapman Valley Shire Council | WA | |
| 430. Chittering Shire Council | WA | |
| 431. Christmas Island Shire Council | WA | |
| 432. Claremont Town Council | WA | |
| 433. Cockburn City Council | WA | |
| 434. Cocos (Keeling) Islands Shire Council | WA | |
| 435. Collie Shire Council | WA | |
| 436. Coolgardie Shire Council | WA | |
| 437. Coorow Shire Council | WA | |
| 438. Corrigin Shire Council | WA | |
| 439. Cottesloe Town Council | WA | |
| 440. Cranbrook Shire Council | WA | |
| 441. Cuballing Shire Council | WA | |
| 442. Cue Shire Council | WA | |
| 443. Cunderdin Shire Council | WA | |
| 444. Dalwallinu Shire Council | WA | |
| 445. Dandaragan Shire Council | WA | |
| 446. Dardanup Shire Council | WA | |
| 447. Denmark Shire Council | WA | |
| 448. Derby-West Kimberley Shire Council | WA | |
| 449. Donnybrook-Balingup Shire Council | WA | |
| 450. Dowerin Shire Council | WA | |
| 451. Dumbleyung Shire Council | WA | |
| 452. Dundas Shire Council | WA | |
| 453. East Fremantle Town Council | WA | |
| 454. East Pilbara Shire Council | WA | |
| 455. Esperance Shire Council | WA | |
| 456. Exmouth Shire Council | WA | |
| 457. Fremantle City Council | WA | |
| 458. Gingin Shire Council | WA | |
| 459. Gnowangerup Shire Council | WA | |
| 460. Goomalling Shire Council | WA | |
| 461. Gosnells City Council | WA | |
| 462. Greater Geraldton City Council | WA | |
| 463. Halls Creek Shire Council | WA | |
| 464. Harvey Shire Council | WA | |
| 465. Irwin Shire Council | WA | |
| 466. Jerramungup Shire Council | WA | |
| 467. Joondalup City Council | WA | |
| 468. Kalamunda Shire Council | WA | |
| 469. Kalgoorlie-Boulder City Council | WA | |
| 470. Karratha City Council | WA | |
| 471. Katanning Shire Council | WA | |
| 472. Kellerberrin Shire Council | WA | |
| 473. Kent Shire Council | WA | |
| 474. Kojonup Shire Council | WA | |
| 475. Kondinin Shire Council | WA | |
| 476. Koorda Shire Council | WA | |
| 477. Kulin Shire Council | WA | |
| 478. Kwinana City Council | WA | |
| 479. Lake Grace Shire Council | WA | |
| 480. Laverton Shire Council | WA | |
| 481. Leonora Shire Council | WA | |
| 482. Mandurah City Council | WA | |
| 483. Manjimup Shire Council | WA | |
| 484. Meekatharra Shire Council | WA | |
| 485. Melville City Council | WA | |
| 486. Menzies Shire Council | WA | |
| 487. Merredin Shire Council | WA | |
| 488. Mingenew Shire Council | WA | |
| 489. Moora Shire Council | WA | |
| 490. Morawa Shire Council | WA | |
| 491. Mosman Park Town Council | WA | |
| 492. Mount Magnet Shire Council | WA | |
| 493. Mount Marshall Shire Council | WA | |
| 494. Mukinbudin Shire Council | WA | |
| 495. Mundaring Shire Council | WA | |
| 496. Murchison Shire Council | WA | |
| 497. Murray Shire Council | WA | |
| 498. Nannup Shire Council | WA | |
| 499. Narembeen Shire Council | WA | |
| 500. Narrogin Shire Council | WA | |
| 501. Narrogin Town Council | WA | |
| 502. Nedlands City Council | WA | |
| 503. Ngaanyatjarraku Shire Council | WA | |
| 504. Northam Shire Council | WA | |
| 505. Northampton Shire Council | WA | |
| 506. Nungarin Shire Council | WA | |
| 507. Peppermint Grove Shire Council | WA | |
| 508. Perenjori Shire Council | WA | |
| 509. Perth City Council | WA | |
| 510. Pingelly Shire Council | WA | |
| 511. Plantagenet Shire Council | WA | |
| 512. Port Hedland Town Council | WA | |
| 513. Quairading Shire Council | WA | |
| 514. Ravensthorpe Shire Council | WA | |
| 515. Rockingham City Council | WA | |
| 516. Sandstone Shire Council | WA | |
| 517. Serpentine-Jarrahdale Shire Council | WA | |
| 518. Shark Bay Shire Council | WA | |
| 519. South Perth City Council | WA | |
| 520. Stirling City Council | WA | |
| 521. Subiaco City Council | WA | |
| 522. Swan City Council | WA | |
| 523. Tammin Shire Council | WA | |
| 524. Three Springs Shire Council | WA | |
| 525. Toodyay Shire Council | WA | |
| 526. Trayning Shire Council | WA | |
| 527. Upper Gascoyne Shire Council | WA | |
| 528. Victoria Park Town Council | WA | |
| 529. Victoria Plains Shire Council | WA | |
| 530. Vincent City Council | WA | |
| 531. Wagin Shire Council | WA | |
| 532. Wandering Shire Council | WA | |
| 533. Wanneroo City Council | WA | |
| 534. Waroona Shire Council | WA | |
| 535. West Arthur Shire Council | WA | |
| 536. Westonia Shire Council | WA | |
| 537. Wickepin Shire Council | WA | |
| 538. Williams Shire Council | WA | |
| 539. Wiluna Shire Council | WA | |
| 540. Wongan-Ballidu Shire Council | WA | |
| 541. Woodanilling Shire Council | WA | |
| 542. Wyalkatchem Shire Council | WA | |
| 543. Wyndham-East Kimberley Shire Council | WA | |
| 544. Yalgoo Shire Council | WA | |
| 545. Yilgarn Shire Council | WA | |
| 546. York Shire Council | WA | |
| 547. Ashmore and Cartier Islands | Offshore
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| 548. Australian Antarctic Territory. | Offshore Territory of Australia | |
| 549. Christmas Island. | Offshore Territory of Australia | |
| 550. Cocos (Keeling) Islands | Offshore Territory of Australia | |
| 551. Coral Sea Islands | Offshore Territory of Australia | |
| 552. Heard and McDonald Islands | Offshore Territory of Australia | |
| 553. Norfolk Island | Offshore Territory of Australia | |
Before we list the municipalities in other South Pacific Nations, we invite you to consider the calling of God on these nations:
| Name | Seat | Region(s)2 | Island | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Far North District | Kaikohe | Northland | North | |||||
| Whangarei District | Whangarei | Northland | North | |||||
| Kaipara District | Dargaville | Northland | North | |||||
| Auckland | Auckland | unitary authority | North | |||||
| Thames-Coromandel District | Thames | Waikato | North | |||||
| Hauraki District | Paeroa | Waikato | North | |||||
| Waikato District | Ngaruawahia | Waikato | North | |||||
| Matamata-Piako District | Te Aroha | Waikato | North | |||||
| Hamilton City | Hamilton | Waikato | North | |||||
| Waipa District | Te Awamutu | Waikato | North | |||||
| Otorohanga District | 8 | Otorohanga | Waikato | North | ||||
| South Waikato District | 11 | Tokoroa | Waikato | North | ||||
| Waitomo District | 7 | Te Kuiti | Waikato (94.87%) Manawatu-Wanganui (5.13%) |
North | ||||
| Taupo District | 11 | Taupo | Waikato (73.74%) Bay of Plenty (14.31%) Hawke’s Bay (11.26%) Manawatu-Wanganui (0.69%) |
North | ||||
| Western Bay of Plenty District | 12 | Greerton1 | Bay of Plenty | North | ||||
| Tauranga City | 11 | Tauranga | Bay of Plenty | North | ||||
| Rotorua District | 11 | Rotorua | Bay of Plenty (61.52%) Waikato (38.48%) |
North | ||||
| Whakatane District | 11 | Whakatane | Bay of Plenty | North | ||||
| Kawerau District | 9 | Kawerau | Bay of Plenty | North | ||||
| Opotiki District | 7 | Opotiki | Bay of Plenty | North | ||||
| Gisborne District | 14 | Gisborne | unitary authority | North | ||||
| Wairoa District | 7 | Wairoa | Hawke’s Bay | North | ||||
| Hastings District | 15 | Hastings | Hawke’s Bay | North | ||||
| Napier City | 13 | Napier | Hawke’s Bay | North | ||||
| Central Hawke’s Bay District | 9 | Waipawa | Hawke’s Bay | North | ||||
| New Plymouth District | 15 | New Plymouth | Taranaki | North | ||||
| Stratford District | 11 | Stratford | Taranaki (68.13%) Manawatu-Wanganui (31.87%) |
North | ||||
| South Taranaki District | 13 | Hawera | Taranaki | North | ||||
| Ruapehu District | 12 | Taumarunui | Manawatu-Wanganui | North | ||||
| Whanganui District | 13 | Whanganui | Manawatu-Wanganui | North | ||||
| Rangitikei District | 12 | Marton | Manawatu-Wanganui (86.37%) Hawke’s Bay (13.63%) |
North | ||||
| Manawatu District | 11 | Feilding | Manawatu-Wanganui | North | ||||
| Palmerston North City | 16 | Palmerston North | Manawatu-Wanganui | North | ||||
| Tararua District | 9 | Dannevirke | Manawatu-Wanganui (98.42%) Wellington (1.58%) |
North | ||||
| Horowhenua District | 12 | Levin | Manawatu-Wanganui | North | ||||
| Kapiti Coast District | 11 | Paraparaumu | Wellington | North | ||||
| Porirua City | 11 | Porirua | Wellington | North | ||||
| Upper Hutt City | 11 | Upper Hutt | Wellington | North | ||||
| Lower Hutt City | 13 | Lower Hutt | Wellington | North | ||||
| Wellington City | 15 | Wellington | Wellington | North | ||||
| Masterton District | 11 | Masterton | Wellington | North | ||||
| Carterton District | 9 | Carterton | Wellington | North | ||||
| South Wairarapa District | 10 | Martinborough | Wellington | North | ||||
| Tasman District | 14 | Richmond | unitary authority | South | ||||
| Nelson City | 13 | Nelson | unitary authority | South | ||||
| Marlborough District | 14 | Blenheim | unitary authority | South | ||||
| Buller District | 11 | Westport | West Coast | South | ||||
| Grey District | 9 | Greymouth | West Coast | South | ||||
| Westland District | 9 | Hokitika | West Coast | South | ||||
| Kaikoura District | 8 | Kaikoura | Canterbury | South | ||||
| Hurunui District | 10 | Amberley | Canterbury | South | ||||
| Waimakariri District | 11 | Rangiora | Canterbury | South | ||||
| Christchurch City | 17 | Christchurch | Canterbury | South | ||||
| Selwyn District | 12 | Rolleston | Canterbury | South | ||||
| Ashburton District | 13 | Ashburton | Canterbury | South | ||||
| Timaru District | 10 | Timaru | Canterbury | South | ||||
| Mackenzie District | 7 | Fairlie | Canterbury | South | ||||
| Waimate District | 9 | Waimate | Canterbury | South | ||||
| Chatham Islands Territory | 9 | Waitangi | unitary authority | South | ||||
| Waitaki District | 11 | Oamaru | Canterbury (59.61%) Otago (40.39%) |
South | ||||
| Central Otago District | 11 | Alexandra | Otago | South | ||||
| Queenstown-Lakes District | 11 | Queenstown | Otago | South | ||||
| Dunedin City | 15 | Dunedin | Otago | South | ||||
| Clutha District | 15 | Balclutha | Otago | South | ||||
| Southland District | 13 | Invercargill | Southland | South | ||||
| Gore District | 12 | Gore | Southland | South | ||||
| Invercargill City | 13 | Invercargill | Southland | South |
New Zealand’s Offshore islands
There are a number of islands where the Minister of Local Government is the territorial authority, two of which have a ‘permanent population and/or permanent buildings and structures.’ The main islands are listed below (population according to 2001 census in parenthesis):
In addition, seven of the nine groups of the New Zealand Outlying Islands are outside of any territorial authority:
- Kermadec Islands (3)
- Three Kings Islands
- Bounty Islands
- The Snares
- Antipodes Islands
- Auckland Islands
- Campbell Islands
South Pacific Islands
Polynesia
This easternmost South Pacific region, which includes Hawaii, counts idyllic Tahiti and mysterious Easter Island among its treasures. Its ocean-going settlers, originally from Southeast Asia, are renowned for their navigation, having survived arduous journeys in dugout canoes as early as 1500 B.C.
French Polynesia (Tahiti)
Comprised of 118 islands, the most celebrated of which is Bora Bora, Tahiti is an independent nation with ties to France. With well- developed tourism on a dozen islands, Tahiti has been luring travelers for five decades with overwater bungalows, French-influenced cuisine, and exotic culture.
The Cook Islands
Lesser-known than neighboring Tahiti, these 15 islands, named for English explorer Captain James Cook and run as a self-governing nation with ties to New Zealand, are home to 19,000 people renowned for their drumming and dancing. Tourists generally visit the main island of Rarotonga and small lagoon-caressed Aitutaki.
Samoa
This group of nine islands was the first in the Pacific to gain independence from western occupation. Upolu is the main island and tourism hub, but life here is still governed by Fa’a Samoa (The Samoan Way), where family and elders are respected and its 362 villages are presided over by 18,000 matai (chiefs).
American Samoa
Marketed as “Where America’s sunsets,” this U.S. territory, with its singsong capital Pago Pago (on main island Tutuila), consists of five volcanic islands totaling just 76 square miles and a population of 65,000. Its tropical rainforests and marine sanctuaries are superb.
Tonga
This island kingdom straddles the western side of the International Dateline (Tongans are first to greet the new day) and consists of 176 islands, 52 inhabited. The present king, His Majesty King George Tupou V, has ruled his nation’s 102,000 people since 2006, residing in the capital, Nuku’alofa, on the main island Tongatapu.
Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
Settled by the Polynesians about 1,500 years ago and discovered by the Dutch (on Easter Sunday in 1722, hence the name), this remote 63-square-mile island is home to about 5,000 people and 800 moai, giant stone statues. Owned by Chile, the island offers rugged beauty and a blend of cultures.
Niue
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_villages_in_Niue
Niue is predominantly Polynesian. It is a self-governing state in free association with New Zealand; and New Zealand conducts most diplomatic relations on its behalf. The villages Alofi North and Alofi South together serve as the capital of Niue, Alofi (pop. 614). In the following table, the villages are listed in clockwise sequence.
| No. | Village | Population (Census 2001) |
Area[2] km² |
Pop. Density (km−2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motu (historical tribal area in the north) | ||||
| 1 | Makefu | 87 | 17.13 | 5.1 |
| 2 | Tuapa | 129 | 12.54 | 10.3 |
| 3 | Namukulu | 14 | 1.48 | 9.5 |
| 4 | Hikutavake | 65 | 10.17 | 6.4 |
| 5 | Toi | 31 | 4.77 | 6.5 |
| 6 | Mutalau | 133 | 26.31 | 5.1 |
| 7 | Lakepa | 88 | 21.58 | 4.1 |
| 8 | Liku | 73 | 41.64 | 1.8 |
| Tafiti (historical tribal area in the south) | ||||
| 9 | Hakupu | 227 | 48.04 | 4.7 |
| 10 | Vaiea | 62 | 5.40 | 11.5 |
| 11 | Avatele | 150 | 13.99 | 8.9 |
| 12 | Tamakautoga | 140 | 11.93 | 11.7 |
| 13 | Alofi South | 358 | 46.48 | 13.2 |
| 14 | Alofi North | 256 | ||
| Niue | 1788 | 261.46 | 6.8 | |
Melanesia
These islands, located west of Polynesia and south of Micronesia – among them Fiji and Papua New Guinea – are known for their many ceremonial rituals and customs, elaborate body tattoos and wood-carving techniques.
Papua New Guinea
Adventure-seekers typically have this nation wedged between Australia and Southeast Asia on their must-see list. Covering 182,700 square miles (the eastern half of New Guinea Island and 600 other islands) and home to 5.5 million people (who speak 800 languages – although English is official), it is a prime spot for bird watching and expedition trekking. The capital is Port Moresby.
Solomon Islands
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania lying to the east of Papua New Guinea and northwest of Vanuatu and covering a land area of 28,400 square kilometres (11,000 sq mi). The country’s capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal.
Solomon Island Administrative divisions[edit]
For local government, the country is divided into ten administrative areas, of which nine are provinces administered by elected provincial assemblies and the tenth is the capital Honiara, administered by the Honiara Town Council.
| # | Province | Capital | Premier | Area (km²) |
Population census 1999 |
Population per km² (2009) |
Population census 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Central Province |
Tulagi | Patrick Vasuni | 615 | 21,577 | 42.4 | 26,051 |
| 2 |  Choiseul Province |
Taro Island | Jackson Kiloe | 3,837 | 20,008 | 6.9 | 26,371 |
| 3 |  Guadalcanal Province[1] |
Honiara | Anthony Veke | 5,336 | 60,275 | 17.5 | 93,613 |
| 4 |  Isabel Province |
Buala | James Habu | 4,136 | 20,421 | 6.3 | 26,158 |
| 5 |  Makira-Ulawa Province |
Kirakira | Stanley Siapu | 3,188 | 31,006 | 12.7 | 40,419 |
| 6 |  Malaita Province |
Auki | Peter Ramohia | 4,225 | 122,620 | 32.6 | 137,596 |
| 7 |  Rennell and Bellona Province |
Tigoa | George Tuhaika | 671 | 2,377 | 4.5 | 3,041 |
| 8 |  Temotu Province |
Lata | Fr. Charles Brown Beu | 895 | 18,912 | 23.9 | 21,362 |
| 9 |  Western Province |
Gizo | David Gina | 5,475 | 62,739 | 14.0 | 76,649 |
| – |  Capital Territory |
Honiara | Mua (Mayor) | 22 | 49,107 | 2,936.8 | 64,609 |
| Solomon Islands | Honiara | – | 28,400 | 409,042 | 14.7 | 515,870 |
Fiji
Consisting of 333 islands, this welcoming nation of about 85,000 people – all of whom love to shout their exuberant greeting, “Bula!” every chance they get – is known for its luxurious private-island resorts and superb diving. The main island, Viti Levu, home to the international airport at Nadi, is the hub from which tourists fan out to Vanua Levu and resorts in the pristine Yasawa and Mamanuca islands.
Vanuatu
This republic of about 221,000 people is three hours by air from Australia. Its 83 islands are mostly mountainous and are home to several active volcanoes. Vanuatans speak 113 languages, but all celebrate life with a series of rituals and events, making it a fascinating spot to visit. The capital is Port Vila on Efate island.
New Caledonia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Caledonia
New Caledonia (/ˌkælɪˈdoʊniə/; French: Nouvelle-Calédonie)[nb 1] is a special collectivity of France, currently governed under the Nouméa Accord, located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, to the south of Vanuatu, about 1,210 km (750 mi) east of Australia and 20,000 km (12,000 mi) from Metropolitan France.[3] The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Chesterfield Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of Pines, and a few remote islets.[4] The Chesterfield Islands are in the Coral Sea. French people, and especially locals, refer to Grande Terre as Le Caillou (“the pebble”).[5]
New Caledonia has a land area of 18,576 km2 (7,172 sq mi) divided into three provinces. The North and South Provinces are located on the New Caledonian mainland, while the Loyalty Islands Province is a series of islands off the mainland.
Micronesia
This northernmost sub-region is comprised of thousands of small (hence the term micro) islands. Best known is the U.S. territory of Guam, but other isles such as Palau and Yap have hidden pleasures (such as incredible dive sites) and eccentric oddities (such as giant stones used as currency).
Kiribati
Member of United Nations. Independent of Great Britian.
3.5 million square kilometres (1.3 million square miles). In terms with its Exclusive Economic Zone in the Pacific, it straddles across all three primary geographic regions; Banaba (Melanesian-Micronesian Border), the Gilbert Islands (Micronesia) and the Line and Phoenix Islands (Polynesia).
Their spread straddles both the equator and the 180th meridian, although the International Date Line goes round Kiribati and swings far to the east, almost reaching the 150°W meridian. This brings the Line Islands into the same day as the Kiribati Islands. Kiribati’s easternmost islands, the southern Line Islands, south of Hawaii, have the most advanced time on Earth: UTC+14 hours.
Guam
This 212-square-mile island (Micronesia’s largest with 175,000 people) may be a U.S. territory, but its unique Chamorro culture and language is a blend of 300 years of Spanish, Micronesian, Asian and western influences. As Continental Airlines’ South Pacific hub, Guam has excellent airlift and is the region’s melting pot.
Palau
Well-known to divers, who claim its waters are some of the planet’s best, this 190-square-mile republic (made up of 340 islands, nine of them inhabited) was featured a few years ago on “Survivor.” Independent since 1994 and home to 20,000 sociable people (two-thirds of whom live in and around the capital Koror), Palau also offers stunning forests, waterfalls, and amazing beaches.
Yap
One of four Federated States of Micronesia, Yap is steeped in ancient traditions – most notably its stone money discs and its raucous dancing. Its 11,200 people are shy but welcoming and its diving is excellent (giant manta rays are abundant).
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