page_title: 1851 New Zealand census
section_title: Population and dwellings
hierarchical_section_title: 1851 New Zealand census / Population and dwellings
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of Provinces of New Zealand in 1848
context_page_description: The 1851 New Zealand census was the first national population census held in the Crown colony of New Zealand. The day used for the census was Saturday 1 November 1851. The enumeration was left to the governments of New Ulster and New Munster, the two provinces into which the country was then divided and was ordered by the Census Ordinance of 1851. The census, which only surveyed European New Zealanders, revealed a population of 26,707.
context_section_description: Population counts for the New Zealand districts. 
  The original six were Auckland, New Plymouth, Wellington, Nelson, Canterbury, and Otago, though in 1858 New Plymouth was renamed Taranaki.
caption: New Ulster & New Munster (1848 onwards).
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