Bronte, New Zealand

Bronte, a locality in the Tasman District of New Zealand, lies between Richmond and Māpua.

Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), the eponym of the Nelson Region, became Duke of Bronte (in Sicily)^[1] in 1799. (The Bronte area in New Zealand formed part of the former Nelson Province from 1853 to 1876, and subsequently part of the Nelson Provincial District prior to the formation of the Tasman District in 1992.^[2])

References

^ Reed, A. W. (2002). The Reed Dictionary of New Zealand Place Names. Auckland: Reed Books. p. 59. ISBN 0-7900-0761-4. Probably named in honour of Lord Nelson. He was made Duke of Bronte (a region of Sicily) by King Ferdinand IV of Naples and Sicily after the Battle of the Nile in 17[9]8.
^ Statistics New Zealand, ed. (2008). New Zealand Official Yearbook 2008. North Shore city: David Bateman Limited. p. 53. ISBN 9781869537173. Retrieved 9 August 2021. [...] an amendment in 1992 not only created three more unitary authorities (Marlborough District, Tasman District and Nelson City), but made it possible for others to be created [...].

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