Editing Taranaki (section)

===Provincial government===
From 1853 the Taranaki region was governed as the [[Taranaki Province]] (initially known as the New Plymouth Province) until the abolition of [[Provinces of New Zealand|New Zealand provinces]] in 1876. The leading office was that of the superintendent.

The following is a list of superintendents of the Province of Taranaki during this time:

{| class="wikitable"  style="width:75%;"
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!Superintendent
!Term
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| [[Charles Brown (New Zealand politician)|Charles Brown]] || 1853–1857
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| [[George Cutfield]] || 1857–1861
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| [[Charles Brown (New Zealand politician)|Charles Brown]] || 1861–1865 
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| [[Henry Richmond (politician)|Henry Richmond]] || 1865–1869 
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| [[Frederic Carrington]] || 1869–1876
|}