Provinces of New Zealand
Creation

Province
Formed date
Formed from
Dissolution date
Reason
Auckland
17 January 1853
New Ulster
1 November 1876
Provinces abolished
New Plymouth
17 January 1853
New Ulster
1 November 1876
Provinces abolished
Hawke's Bay
1 November 1858
Wellington
1 November 1876
Provinces abolished
Wellington
17 January 1853
New Munster
1 November 1876
Provinces abolished
Nelson
17 January 1853
New Munster
1 November 1876
Provinces abolished
Marlborough
1 November 1859
Nelson
1 November 1876
Provinces abolished
Westland
1 December 1873
Canterbury
1 November 1876
Provinces abolished
Canterbury
17 January 1853
New Munster
1 November 1876
Provinces abolished
Otago
17 January 1853
New Munster
1 November 1876
Provinces abolished
Southland
25 March 1861
Otago
5 October 1870
Reunited with Otago

Question: Which Provinces were formed between 1857 and 1862?
Answer: Hawke's Bay Province separated from Wellington on 1 November 1858; Marlborough Province from Nelson on the 1st of November 1859, and Southland Province from Otago in 1861.