Rodney

Rodney District became a neighborhood government region in the northernmost part of New Zealand's Auckland Region from 1989 to 2010. It included Kawau Island. It changed into produced from the amalgamation of Helensville Borough and Rodney County in 1989. The seat of Rodney District Council was at Orewa. Rodney District and Rodney County every took their names from Cape Rodney opposite Little Barrier Island, which Captain James Cook named on 24 November 1769 after Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney.

Auckland Council has ruled the region while you remember that 1 November 2010. The Rodney ward of the Auckland Region now covers plenty of the land region, however not the Hibiscus Coast or the preceding council seat of Orewa, that are within the Albany ward. The district have become, in its closing duration, led through mayor Penny Webster and 12 councillors. Penny Webster is a former mayor of Rodney District and a councillor at the Auckland Council.